shrinking violet whose home cowering under her husband's direction. >> when it came to being home and opening that door i was that shrinking violet. that's how it was. two different ellens, two different lives. >> they interviewed ellen's old boss. he told the detective he remembered an incident when ellen came to work with bruises. >> she was wearing her sunglasses. i said why are you wearing sunglasses. she finally took off her sunglasses and she had a nice big old shiner and i said what happened to you. she stated to me that supposedly mike and michael got in to a big battle and mike was beating the crap out of him and she jumped in the middle of it and took the brunt of it. >> was she giving the classic battered wife explanation for her bruises?