pain. >> as i became a teenager my dad would get rougher and rougher. he would just shove me into furniture, sometimes in the piano or things like that, into tables, chairs, desks, whatever was around. he would just push me really hard and i would go flying into that. >> reporter: and with her mother looking on from the front row, jodi also accused her of being abusive. >> my mom began to carry a wooden spoon in her purse. if we were misbehaving, she would use it on us. >> what do you mean by use it on you? >> she would hit us with it. >> she hit you hard? >> it felt pretty hard, yes. >> jodi portrayed herself as the victim of a string of bad choices when it came to men. describing one abusive relationship after another. especially travis alexander. admitting that she loved him despite his being what she described as demeaning, physically abusive, and controlling. >> he body-slammed me on the floor at the foot of his bed.