The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; Right now there are many people calling for my head.  I am the recipient of death threats and hateful language aimed not just at what I was accused of, but attacking me for my ethnicity, my social class, and even my gender.  Many would gladly lynch me based because of my origin--and not the facts of my case. I know that I cannot change the minds of those who choose to hate me without cause—and base their hate only on the misrepresentations they have read, but I hope that others will be open minded and give me the opportunity to tell my story and paint a broader and very different picture. Before I begin, I want to make it abundantly clear that I abhor violence of any kind, most especially against women. I created a foundation to fight hate crimes. I consider intimate partner violence and domestic violence in that same category. I was charged with 45 felony counts of domestic violence.  All of those charges were dropped, and ulti