Domestic violence is taking a toll on Ohioans. Here are stories from those living the reality

Ande Richards

Posted Sunday, November 1, 2026 5:30 am

Lizzie Kaboski (via Cleveland.com)

One in four women and one in seven men aged 18 and older in the United States has been the victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime, according to the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Domestic violence can happen to anyone, regardless of race, gender, age and socioeconomic class.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — On a rainy weeknight in late September, a group of seven women sit around a table in a basement of an old building in Northeast Ohio.

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