I don’t doubt for a second that he did it. Video evidence is neither here nor there if he reckons it ‘proves’ he didn’t , you can stop filming any time and immediately attack her, but I don’t think that’s what he is saying anyway, I agree that he’s saying he was ‘provoked’ which is pathetic. Violently attacking your partner, particularly with the strength and size disparity, is inexcusable, I literally do not care what she did, or what he says she did. Fucking prick.
eta also it’s such a classic abusive bastard move to use their partner’s past against them. I was repeatedly beaten badly by an ex in the past but have no ‘proof’, no evidence etc, and the ex roundly denies it to this day, so you could argue I’d ‘made it up’ but only a scum bag would use that sort of past against you, to cast doubt on you… wait…
eta also it’s such a classic abusive bastard move to use their partner’s past against them. I was repeatedly beaten badly by an ex in the past but have no ‘proof’, no evidence etc, and the ex roundly denies it to this day, so you could argue I’d ‘made it up’ but only a scum bag would use that sort of past against you, to cast doubt on you… wait…