When my first wife physically attacked me in front of witnesses the police only told her to go home. I went to a judge and asked for a restraining order and he refused. The law is a bit biased and unfair sometimes. For the next few months she broke into my apartment, damaged my car and did all kinds of mean things to our kids to punish me. The law was not willing to help at all. The only thing I was able to do was eventually move across the country to get away from her.
She did not know about my crossdressing at all.