You don’t ask for a divorce, you get a lawyer and file legal paperwork to start the process, he will be served papers.
Meanwhile record his abuse. Don’t tell him thats what you’re doing. Don’t inflame or provoke him. Just turn on video record and leave the phone where it can hear him. If you need a protective order a recording will be priceless.
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