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Podcast: So Money with Farnoosh Torabi
Episode: Bonus: Understanding Financial Abuse with Survivor Mercii Thomas
Description: This episode is brought to us in partnership with the AllState Foundation.
[Trigger Warning] Today’s show focuses on a very serious issue, domestic violence and specifically, financial abuse, described as the invisible weapon of domestic violence. It is something that happens in nearly all cases of domestic violence - 96 percent of domestic violence victims experience financial abuse.
We will hear from one very brave survivor, Mercii Thomas, who recently left her abusive partner, a man that made her financially and geographically reliant on him. We’ll discuss the importance of understanding financial abuse and how that can prevent a vict...