Way before Rihanna’s face met Chris Brown’s fist, Juanita Bynum, boldly proclaimed she was the face of domestic violence. Now Karrine “Superhead” Steffans is picking up the pieces by confessing that she has an addiction to abusive relationships.

In a letter posted on her website, Karrine reveals that her current relationship, presumably with her husband/ex-husband/boyfriend Darius McCrary (who remains tight lipped about their status) is an abusive one…

I?ve been a victim of abuse all my life ?? literally, for as long as I can remember. It is my norm. Whereas most people would run in the other direction the moment someone physically, emotionally, or mentally abuses them ?? I stay.

It?s a sickness and just when I think I am cured, the cancer spreads.

For the past several years, I have been involved in a highly abusive relationship. I have been choked, whipped with belts, thrown about, berated, belittled, raped, and disregarded as a human being. I have been abandoned and embarrassed, then, loved and coddled.

I have been caught in a vicious cycle and have left on many occasions, just to return. Continue Reading…