From a story by Julie Robinson in the August 4, 2009 Charleston Gazette: 

 

It's hard to imagine anyone pushing Star Hogan around. The resolute 38-year-old single mother of three recently completed her master's degree and was promoted to a managerial position in human resources at City National Bank. Sitting in her stylishly furnished home, Hogan recalled a background of abuse. She is the featured speaker for Girls in Pearls: The Black and White Bash on Aug. 13, which benefits the YWCA's Resolve Family Abuse Program. She met her abuser in the fall of 1990 when she was a sophomore, and they had a healthy relationship for several years. "Then things started changing," Hogan said. Hogan was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma and had to pull out of college to accommodate her chemotherapy schedule. "It broke my heart and my spirit to leave college," she said. As she recovered from the treatments, Hogan noticed that her boyfriend insisted that she spend more time at home. At the time, they lived in separate apartments, but he expected her to stay home. He didn't want her to talk to her family or go out with her friends. "He would hit me if I went out," she said. "I retreated and isolated myself. It was just easier to comply." "He limited all my contact -- I couldn't have any visitors or calls," she said. "There I was with a new baby, and that's when the abuse became the most physical." Anything could set him off. A late dinner or difference of opinion over a movie or childrearing could trigger a violent tirade. He would pull her out of bed and lock her out of their home in her nightclothes, letting her back in the house only if she begged. Later, he would apologize and insist he loved her.