The Nelson County General District courtroom is a place where some of the county’s most horrible incidents are recounted. The courtroom the afternoon of Oct. 2 was a celebratory atmosphere of victims of domestic violence overcoming some of those horrendous events.

The event at the Lovingston courthouse highlighted Domestic Violence Awareness Month for the month of October. A woman who is a survivor of domestic violence spoke of her experiences with abuse and leaving a county resident who was prosecuted by the Nelson County Commonwealth's Attorney’s Office.

The Nelson County Times is not identifying the woman. She said the warning signs were there after she married her husband, and she endured physical, mental, emotional and financial abuse.

The domestic violence survivor encouraged othe

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