Opinion ID: 4515664
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Heading: Forced Isolation

Text: ¶21. Karrah further asserts that Richard was critical of and isolated her from her family. She claims that Richard would take away her cell phone and keys in an effort to keep her from contacting her family. She further claims that on one occasion, Richard turned off the internet so she could not communicate with anyone. ¶22. But the record shows that despite Richard’s alleged criticism of Karrah and Karrah’s forced isolation, she communicated regularly with her family and friends. Karrah testified that she and Richard lived with her parents for about four months. During this time, Karrah talked to her family “every day.” After Karrah and Richard moved out of her parent’s house, Karrah talked to her parents two to four times a week. Additionally, Karrah’s mother testified that after Karrah and Richard moved out, she would go by their apartment once a week to visit for about an hour. Moreover, Karrah testified that she had “[l]ots of friends” and would hang out with those friends about once a month. 9