Me M 20.  Her F 23 My ex and I got into it nearly 2 years ago. She beat me up pretty good left a gash across my chest, bite marks and bruises, she had like 2 bruises from me trying to get her off of me. We both have pictures of the abuse. My mom tried reporting her to my "mandated reporter" social worker WHEN IT HAPPENED who did nothing about it. She also has video of another time when she was beating me up and I also tried to push her off of me and pin her and I was screaming at her, but obviously the video is cut to only where I start dominating the fight. The videos delete after so long, so she must've recorded on her phone from where I start getting her off of me. So the police cannot get the original video most likely unless they talk to the company who does the security footage as the original deleted.

She reported me for Domestic Violence, Aggravated Assault, DV in the presence of a child, and criminal mischief all felonies, 2-3 weeks ago, and I got arrested and spent Christmas and a little over a week after that in jail before I was able to finally bail out. This all took place about 1.5-2 years ago. Her and I have been broken up for the last 6 months bc she cheated on me. She also filed a protective order, and SIGNED MY DAUGHTERS NAME ON IT😡 idc about her anymore but don't infringe on my relationship with my daughter.

Couple questions with my new charges 1. Why didn't she report it 2 years ago?    2. Why didn't she report me 6 months ago when we broke up, why wait tell a couple days before Christmas??    3. Would the Aggravated Assault fall off seeing as I didnt have a weapon, and I genuinely believe I was acting in self defense (though the way she cut the videos doesn't make it seem like that)    4. She put she was scared that I would come to her house after being served the protective order which just kept me in jail for longer, how is she scared if she waited almost 2 years to report it?    5. HOW DO I BEST PROCEED WITH HAVING SPENT ALL MY MONEY ON BAIL AND NO LONGER BEING ABLE TO AFFORD A LAWYER? public defender is the best i can do. Is that going to be sufficient to prove my innocence? Especially seeing as the court system favors girls.

(You know if she reported ME to my social worker instead of my mom on HER 2 years ago that they wouldve taken action)

Also I was never read my rights when I was arrested.

But I was kinda being dumb at the start and not shutting up bc they were saying they had video and I didnt deny anything which probably doesn't look the best on me, I just took the ride😔

Also my mom remembers when I was walking into my moms garage and my ex punched me, then when I walked inside I was carrying my daughter inside, and the ex punched me in the dick and my mom told her to knock it off.    6. Will having my mom as probably the only person who's actually seen it help me enough to get out of this mess??