▁assault , ▁and ▁Law son ▁left ▁the ▁family ▁home . ▁Law son ▁said ▁in ▁court ▁Sa atch i ▁subject ed ▁her ▁to ▁" int imate ▁terror ism ", ▁that ▁he ▁threatened ▁to ▁destroy ▁her ▁unless ▁she ▁cleared ▁him ▁in ▁court . ▁Sub sequently , ▁while ▁giving ▁evidence , ▁Law son ▁claimed ▁cas ual ▁cruel ty ▁and ▁cont rolling ▁behaviour ▁by ▁Sa atch i ▁made ▁her ▁unh appy ▁and ▁drove ▁her ▁to ▁occas ional ▁drug ▁use . ▁She ▁c ited ▁as ▁examples ▁that ▁Sa atch i ▁prevent ed ▁her ▁entertain ing ▁at ▁home ▁and ▁pun ished ▁her ▁for ▁going ▁to ▁a ▁birth day ▁party ▁of ▁a ▁woman ▁friend . ▁She ▁was ▁not ▁be aten ▁but ▁was ▁left ▁em otion ally ▁scar red . ▁ ▁Sa atch i ▁announced ▁his ▁divor ce ▁from ▁Law son ▁in ▁early ▁July , ▁stating ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁" clear ly ▁been ▁a ▁disappoint ment ▁to ▁N ig ella ▁during ▁the ▁last ▁year ▁or ▁so " ▁and ▁the ▁couple ▁had ▁" be come ▁est r anged ▁and ▁dr ift ed ▁apart ". ▁Law son ▁made ▁no ▁public ▁comment ▁in ▁response ; ▁however , ▁court ▁papers ▁showed ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁Law son ▁who ▁applied ▁for ▁divor ce , ▁cit ing ▁on going ▁un reason able ▁behaviour . ▁On ▁ 3 1 ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁seven ▁weeks ▁after ▁the ▁incident , ▁the ▁pair ▁was ▁granted ▁a ▁dec ree ▁n isi , ▁ending ▁their ▁ten - year ▁marriage . ▁They ▁reached ▁a ▁private ▁financial ▁settlement . ▁ ▁Ass ist