I do accept that it's a strong possibility she's been coerced and controlled by Joyce, and as a result of this has accepted/put up with/made excuses for his behaviour.
It's a harder pill to swallow that she was not long ago gloating online about him wanting to know the addresses of Tattlers. For someone to revel in threats of violence (yes India, that's exactly what you were insinuating so don't even bother) when their partner has multiple previous convictions for common assault, well I think that shows you exactly what type of person she is.
I noticed his Wiki page has been updated to show the important info