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Who is Rodney Metzer from the Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story? Meet the man in the Amazon Prime film
Metzer was given a hefty sentence for his horrific crimes
EVIL Rodney Metzer put his wife through hell and back when he attacked her on New Year's Eve in 2020.
The story of his controlling and manipulating behaviour has been told in the Lifetime movie, Gaslit By My Husband.
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Who is Rodney Metzer?
Rodney Metzer is a convicted felon who is currently in jail.
He has been in prison since 2021, but before that lived in Georgia.
Metzer married his wife Morgan Metzer after they met when they were teenagers.
They have twins together, but divorced in November 2020.
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What happened to Rodney Metzer?
Rodney Metzer is incarcerated in the Augusta State Medical Prison in Grovetown.
On the night of New Year's Eve 2020, evil Metzer attacked Morgan Metzer, his wife who had divorced a month before.
Unable to accept that the marriage was over, he put his sick plan into action.
Breaking into her house and pretending to be a burglar, he zip-tied Morgan's hands and attacked her.
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He wore a Batman mask to distort his voice and conceal his identity.
Metzer punched and strangled Morgan, who still had no idea about the assailant's identity.
She only worked out it was him when he taunted her by saying how much she was going to "miss her family and husband".
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Quick thinking then saved her life.
Using reverse Psychology, Morgan immediately told him how much she "loved her husband".
This stopped the attack and Metzer fled the scene, still in his Batman disguise.
However, he quickly returned to the the house and faked being concerned for Morgan.
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Cops saw right through him, and he was arrested and charged.
It has since been revealed that Metzer was a master manipulator who was unable to accept that Morgan had divorced.
His ex-wife described him becoming "weird and stalkerish" after they split.
Metzer also faked having pancreatic cancer, just days before the assault.
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Who is Rodney Metzer's wife, Morgan?
Morgan Metzer is a mom-of-two who was the victim of gaslighting and being horrifically assaulted by Rodney Metzer.
She was just 15-years-old when they met, and the pair were childhood sweethearts.
The pair went onto marry when Morgan was 21, and they welcomed twins together.
They divorced just a month before he attacked her on New Year's Eve 2020.
Morgan's ordeal at the hands of evil Rodney has been told in the Lifetime movie, Gaslit By My Husband, where she worked alongside the cast..
The brave mom told The Sun that she hoped that by making the Lifetime movie she will help others in similar situations.
How to watch Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
The Lifetime movie Gaslit By My Husband aired on June 9, 2024, and received rave reviews.
Anyone who missed it and wants to watch it can stream it right now on a number of different platforms.
The film is available on Philo, DirecTV Stream and Sling.
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Who plays Morgan Metzer in Gaslit By My Husband?
Playing the role of Rodney Metzer in Gaslit By My Husband is One Tree Hill legend Austin Nichols.
The actor is joined by fellow OTH alum Jana Kramer, who plays Morgan.
The actress, who has also been the subject of domestic abuse, acted as executive producer on the film.
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Jana and Austin haven't acted together since One Tree Hill came to an end 12 years ago.
Gaslighting explained
Gaslighting is essentially a control tactic used to manipulate others by using deceptive behaviour to make you doubt your own sanity.
It often makes the victim feel like they are going crazy, and they start questioning their actions, while explaining away their own.
Victims usually start to question their memory and perception as a result of psychological manipulation, with gaslighters tending to twist words or convince victims they said or did something they didn't.
They will try to make you look unreasonable or irrational, distorting reality to make you feel guilty - trivialising your feelings and excusing their own bad behaviour.
The term 'gaslighting' originated from the 1944 film Gaslight, starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer.
In the movie, a husband convinces his wife that she's gone insane.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or chat at thehotline.org.