This isn't what happened.. according to people with access to the audio, he SPIT IN HER FACE (and according to friends, it's not the first time he has done it) and that's what set her off.. he then spit in her face again in the elevator and that's what caused her to rush toward him and slap him
This doesn't help either of their cases. They are both idiots, they were both to blame, they both should have been arrested and convicted of assault, and they both, very appropriately, are going to pay a huge financial price for their stupidity.
It's very, very simple, but most people are way too emotional to get to the basis of it.
So he spit on her, and her response was to strike him? You think that's okay? You think that's within the law? It's not okay, and it's illegal. You may not physically go up to a person who is walking away from you and slap him in the face because he spit on you.
But see, your view of women is one that demands that you treat them as less than men. They are entitled to equal treatment in all aspects of life, in my view, and the archaic notion that they are allowed to hit but not be hit back is insulting to all women.
And again in the elevator - "he spit on me" is not grounds for attacking somebody. It's grounds for filing a complaint with the police for assault, and leaving him.
But she didn't right? Not only did she not leave him, she married him.
Why? Because she understands that she was partly to blame for what happened.
He should not have spit on her.
She should not have assaulted him.
She should not have gotten on the elevator with him.
He should not have spit on her again.
She should not have attacked him.
He should not have knocked her out.
But they did.
And the fact that she is female and got knocked out does not change any of that, regardless of how much you want to degrade her by not allowing her to be anything but a foolish victim who is too helpless to be responsible for her own actions.
And I'm sure that you will view her decision to marry him as an indication that she's a helpless woman who is too much of a victim to leave him.
Rather than what it is - which is she and he have a twisted relationship and she damn well knows that she shares part of the blame for what happened, whether or not that sticks in your anti-women craw.
That'll be a good way to end the Strummer handle. Take care, and remember, "equality" doesn't mean that you get to treat (genders, races, cultures) differently because you don't really think they're equal.