Only smart to say silent if he is guilty of the abuse. If he is not guilty of any sort of abuse, EASILY the best path is to come out and say 'I did not abuse her. period'.
Some of you guys seem pretty naive to me. All this stuff going on that week, all those fights, jealousy, lies, a crazy girl, a lot of drinking, cat fights, bruises and probably drugs, and you guys don't think there isn't a high likelihood Zeke hit her?
I think you're naive.
It's a he said/she said case and in those cases...credibility is very important.
This is a girl that is on record of:
1. Alleging she was abused somewhere between the 16th-19th
2. Going to EE's apartment for a party that he specifically told her that she was not invited on the 21st
3. Got into a fight with a random woman prior to her going to his apartment.
4. Went to his apartment after the fight, saw EE being driven to his apartment by a female and then confronted the female.
5. Yelled at EE that she was going to ruin his career in front of 6 different people.
6. Had the audacity to then lie to police about the entire incident on the 21st despite there being 6 witnesses there.
7. Was crazy enough to then ask her friend, in a text message, to lie to police for her.
Just based on those events, this is a hostile, volatile woman with a penchant for violence and some incredible audacity/stupidity to think that she can lie despite several witnesses being there. And then have the audacity/stupidity to tamper with a witness. And she's looking like a pathological liar.
She claims she was abused by EE, but that still did not prevent her from coming to his apartment for a party she was specifically told she was not invited to. Given the other evidence and her pattern of behavior, it's highly unlikely an abuse victim would get abused and still try to get with her abuser despite the fact that he specifically told her to stay away from him.
Yet, you still want to believe otherwise and are willing to nitpick semantics because it isn't to your liking because you simply cannot believe a female would lie about domestic violence.
YR