In general, I try to give abuse victims the benefit of the doubt, particularly when they say there *was* abuse (specific details are often inaccurate). The only person I know for a fact to have straight-up made up abuse claims out of whole cloth was an abuser who lied about everything, all the time, including in really absurd situations, and as part of this, systematically accused *everyone* around her of abuse.
In the Hohenzollerns' case, uh, there were witnesses.
Re: Fredersdorf
In general, I try to give abuse victims the benefit of the doubt, particularly when they say there *was* abuse (specific details are often inaccurate). The only person I know for a fact to have straight-up made up abuse claims out of whole cloth was an abuser who lied about everything, all the time, including in really absurd situations, and as part of this, systematically accused *everyone* around her of abuse.
In the Hohenzollerns' case, uh, there were witnesses.