He always did it when we were in bed or out of the way. “We grew up with domestic violence, he was very violent towards my Mum, there were times he left her face in quite a state. For 20 years I thought it was just me.”Īmanda’s strength and bravery came through in the interview as she outlined the character and violence by Tweed. It wasn’t until I was 27, that I found out there were other people being abused. She added: “I didn’t realise there was anything happening with anyone else, I thought I was the only one and had I have known, I would have spoken up then. “He made me believe that if I spoke out at that age, that the family would be separated, made orphans, he spoke to me about my Mum begging on the street with my sister in his arms, that was the image he put in my head.” “There are five years between me and his first daughter. “My mum met him when I was around 4, we were all moved to Ballymoney from Belfast, they had a family and got married, there were four younger sisters.
Ms Brown described the abuse at the hands of her step-father, how he came into her life, how her mother married him, how he fathered four of her younger sisters, and the domestic violence he brought into her home." “You do feel silenced, it’s difficult, even as a child keeping it quiet, and not telling anyone as a child, to then watch them get on with their lives, and appear to be the person they are in public.”Ĭlaire asked Amanda could they discuss how Davy came into the families lives. When she was just ‘standing in her own truth’. She described the difficulty of dealing with the support for a high profile abuser: “The hardest part of it is the communities that they build up around them, you are one person against masses of people, at one point he had nearly half of NI backing him, whether that was for rugby or politics.”Īmanda opened up further and described how speaking out, she was taking the risk of all the people branding her a ‘liar’. She shared her thoughts, and how abusers can use their powerful influence and build up communities, and masses of people around them. “I would have spoken out before he passed, but the opportunity just hadn’t come up.”Ĭlaire added that at one point Amanda and her sister had described Davy as a “coward”.Īmanda continued: “If you take away their power, once you take away their power, you realise and you see that they aren’t the monsters you have created in your mind.” She added: “It’s more about the other victims, it’s not so much about casting negativity on him, we took him to court 9 years ago, we did what we needed to do then, it’s has been more about other victims, allowing other victims to see we have got these big people, but they are nothing to be afraid of.” “Being able to stand here now, and sit here, speak my truth, and stand in my own power, has been very empowering,” she said.
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They were a fantastic partner last year and we share the same ambition to establish an exciting series that fans will engage with and enjoy.Courageous step-daughter Amanda Brown described what the past month has been like since his Tweed’s death, and the impact of being able to speak publicly about the man he was.Īmanda told Claire: “There have been various emotions with discussing what has happened in the past, there has been residual emotion from that, even before he had died, I had got myself to a place where I could talk about it, maybe not publicly, but I was able to talk about before he died. “We are delighted to be working with Prime Video again for the broadcast of the Autumn Nations Series. “The series will also be the opportunity for the public to enjoy some of rugby’s emerging nations, Japan, Tonga, Georgia and Fiji and witness some of rugby’s great growing talents. “We have worked closely with all our Unions to agree a schedule of fixtures, that minimizes overlaps making it possible for supporters in UK and Ireland to watch every single match from the home teams in a series that will showcase the best teams in the Northern Hemisphere against the best teams in the Southern Hemisphere, with Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa all featuring. Ireland’s Autumn Nations Series fixtures will be included in Prime Video’s UK broadcast in 2022.īen Morel, Chief Executive Officer, Six Nations Rugby said: The Autumn Nations Series fixtures featuring England, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy will all be available on Amazon Prime Video for viewers in the Republic and in Northern Ireland. Amazon Prime Video to Provide Coverage of all other Nations’ Fixtures
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