I'm going to give you three cases where mentally unstable women falsely accused dads. In one, we had a client who said the girlfriend got a restraining order against him in criminal and civil court. My law partner handled both since there was a criminal case.
Her accusations, including being injured when he whipped her with a t.v. antenna, were grave enough that he was arrested and charged. My law partner put her on the stand in the civil case and proceeded with the case. The judge was surprised because when criminal charges are pending, civil cases are usually delayed because the accused cannot testify. But my law partner said he could do the case without the client testifying.
He got her on the stand and went over her medical records. Hospitalized repeatedly after accusing neighbors of assault, of accusing the mailman of hurting her, accusing a syndicate of causing injuries when they implanted microchips in her, etc., etc. Her story crumbled on the stand. She was not telling the truth, (although maybe she thought she was).
In another case, my client called saying his girlfriend got a temporary restraining order against him that prevented him from seeing the kids. He was scared and freaked out. She said he threatened to kill her, and hurt her. He said she was the violent one and often hit him but he never laid a hand on her. I researched her. She had obtained dv restraining orders against four other guys she went out with in the past. Very similar allegations each time. She won restraining orders each time. The court believed her.
In another case, my client's ex was completely mentally ill with bi-polar disorder, borderline, histrionic anti-social and narcissistic personality disorders. But we could not prove that at first. She went to the kid's school on a day he was supposed to pick her up, in the middle of tense litigation. She went up to his car, clawed his face and then when the police were called, said it happened when he was slamming the car door repeatedly on her and she was trying to get him to stop. The child witnessed everything and told the truth. After over two years of intensive litigation, and investigation, including me tracking down old co-workers, bosses, roommates and neighbors, and hiring a PI to track her who witnessed her slamming 18 drinks in a short period and acting like a little girl and otherwise bizarre out in public, my client has sole custody and mom only has supervised visitation. That poor kid went through so much with the mom and dad never knew until the end. By the way, she was not arrested when she clawed my client's face. But he almost was, despite no marks on her.
I can give you more cases, but those are three. It happens all the time. And when the accused is a middle eastern-looking foreigner from a culture that is known to treat women like property, and mom is a sweet looking blond lady who loves organics and church, who is more likely to be believed by the system?
Again, I'm not saying he wasn't abusive, I don't know. But Sky went missing in her care and her adored daughter did not. She surely knew that would mean she'd eventually lose custody of the daughter, probably to the dad. Where is Sky?