Domestic Vilence Victim Lashes Out at The Bail Project for Releasting Her Attacker

 

For far too many women, every day is living a nightmare. One Louisville woman said she feels like her abuser was rewarded.

Christina McIntosh shared videos in which her husband of 10 years, Michael Strong, is heard yelling at her. The videos include Strong calling McIntosh names, cursing at her and telling her she’s worthless. She also showed photos of bruises on her face, broken bones, and scars around her neck from one of the many times she claims Strong strangled her.

In another video Strong sent her, he admits to being “aggressive.”

“You go on that, ‘I am doing all this bad stuff’ and the other,” Strong says. “Yeah, I am very aggressive. Yeah, I’m very hurt. Yeah, I drink a lot, you’re right,” he continues. “You know why? Cause I do that to drown my god**** sorrows every f****** day.”

McIntosh said his voice in those videos still haunts her.

“Purgatory,” McIntosh described her time with Strong. “And every now and every once in a while, I got to get out and go to hell.”

McIntosh’s voice quivered when she spoke of him, and her hands started to shake. She said it was because she feels more at risk for her life now than ever before, and she is angry The Bail Project paid $5,000 cash to bail Strong out.

The Bail Project is a national nonprofit organization with a chapter in Louisville that pays bail and operates “for people in need, reuniting families and restoring the presumption of innocence.” The Bail Project believes that freedom should be free and that money shouldn’t determine who gets out or stays in jail.

“You’re kidding me,” McIntosh said of the organization. “You are a joke. The bond was set that high so (Strong) couldn’t kill me. The judge did that for a reason.”

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