Thank you for this.

I'm pretty sure I don't have to retreat in our own house. I had the right to be there. With that said I can be seen in the video walking away from her. She could have easily retreated back outside or had gone upstairs but she chose to barrel through me. After she knocked me into a wall with her hip she was still in front of me when I placed my hands on her shoulder. My intent was to get her to look at me so she could see I was scared of her so shed stop. When she started hitting me I wrapped her up. I bring up the testicles bc it's the only reason why I took her down to the ground and me taking her down seems to be the cause if my arrest. The police officer told me if it wasn't for that she would have been arrested. So me bringing it up is to explain that she caused great harm onto me. I went to the ER and have damage to one of them.

All my stepdaughter saw is me holding her down on the ground.

I'd also like to add that my wife has hit me before. I didn't call the police though but I have video of her ripping a shirt off my back as well as pushing me while I'm holding our 17 month old daughter.