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Every time we talk about domestic violence and sexual abuse on this podcast the story is different, and this episode is no different.
Alyson Richelle is a former Senior Sergeant with the NSW Police turned lived-experience advocate, speaker, and founder of What They Don’t Tell You, a movement amplifying the voices of survivors and exposing the hidden impacts of coercive control, invisible disabilities, and systemic failure.
Alyson has lived both sides of the system, professionally as a frontline officer, and personally as a survivor of domestic abuse, chronic illness, and the relentless aftermath of post-separation trauma. She’s also a mother of three neurodivergent children and a tireless advocate for those navigating broken systems like Family Court, NDIS, Centrelink, housing, and worker’s compensation. Her work calls attention to the often-unseen abuse that continues after the violence stops through silence, disbelief, and bureaucracy.
In this episode she shares:
- What drew her to join the police force
- The biggest challenge she faced during her 15 years in the police
- What it was like being in a coercive and abusive relationship without realising
- Her story of sexual abuse and how it is often dismissed when it occurs in a marriage
- Why her abuse was dismissed and the flaws in the system preventing people from getting help
- What we need to change to prevent her story being repeated
- The meaning of coercive control
- What was the hardest part about being in these abusive relationships while still in the police force
- Her biggest lesson from this experience
Key Quotes
“Especially being a young female you became a real big target.”
“Sexual abuse in a marriage is so dismissed, it's like the other person has a right.”
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