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WEBVTT NOW TO A STORY OF DOMESTIC ABUSE FROM AN UNLIKELY VICTIM. WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU THIS STORY EARLIER THIS WEEK. THIS WOMAN WAS CHARGED AFTER POLICE SAY SHE CHASED HER HUSBAND WITH A BUTCHER KNIFE...TRIED TO STAB HIM IN THE BACK..AND CHOKED THEIR DAUGHTER. NEWS FOUR'S LIZ LOHUIS CAUGHT UP WITH THE VICTIM AT A FUNDRAISER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS. <"A silent auction was held here tonight for Safe Harbor-- a shelter for battered women, but they say they've seen their share of men as well. We're hearing from a man who shares his story of abuse." FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE...THE HARDEST PART CAN BE SAYING IT OUT LOUD. <"it started with me being slapped, then things were thrown at me, then it progressed to me being hit with a car, and finally to the point where there was a knife in my throat." AT A SILENT AUCTION FOR A NEW SHELTER IN OCONEE COUNTY...KEITH JENKINS SHARED HIS STORY... <"yesterday we moved for the fourth time in a month to get away from her." AND ASKED FOR HELP. <"it's just been a relentless storm of threats and promises of what she is going to do and will do and there is no way to stop her." HE SAYS IN THE LAST MONTH ALONE...MORE THAN 20 POLICE REPORTS HAVE BEEN FILED. <"she gets locked up, two days later she's out and it starts again." JENKINS SAYS THERE'S A STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE...AND IT'S EVEN GREATER WHEN MEN ARE THE VICTIMS. <"it happened to me. I am 6'2 and 240 pounds and she is 98 pounds but look at what happened to me." SAFE HARBOR WANTS JENKINS TO KNOW THERE IS HOPE. <" I am often asked the question what about the men? There is help for the men. The same help we give the women, we give the men." VOLUNTEER AND SURVIVOR KAY DAVIS SAYS THE NEW SAFE HARBOR SHELTER...SET TO OPEN THIS SUMMER...PROVIDES COUNSELING...AND LEGAL ADVOCACY FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. THEY ALSO PROVIDE TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR MEN. SHE SAYS JENKINS IS TAKING THE RIGHT FIRST STEP...BY TELLING HIS STORY. <"the whole idea is to stop whispering about it. Let's shout if from the rooftops." JENKINS SAY HE WANTS TO BE THE VOICE OF ALL MEN IN A SIMILAR NIGHTMARE. <"If somebody today sees this-- somebody somewhere-- and realizes, hey I can do this same thing and gets out of a situation, that may be one less person who dies over nonsense." <"A ribbon cutting for the new Safe Harbor Shelter will be held in Oconee County on July 8th. Liz Lohuis WYFF News 4 in Seneca."

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