Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-174.89.110.232-20151110035358/@comment-4010415-20151111010259

I agree, it really is possible that there could have been some physical abuse involved. Unfortunately, so far, we only have evidence of emotional abuse and him being extremely controlling (I point to the song It's My Turn). If he is really controlling, then taking her bank account hostage makes sense. Abusive, controlling parents tend to have something they can use as leverage to keep their child under their thumb and make them do what they want, be it control of their bank account or the threat of being locked out of the house or in the basement/a closet.

Sadly, a lot of abusive, controlling parents have a great public reputation where everyone else thinks that they're wonderful people and outstanding members of society. Even though Mr. Schnee has a bad reputation in terms of how he runs the company with its Faunus labor, he may be seen as a good father, which makes things hard on Weiss, feeling that nobody would believe her if she told the truth about what goes on in her home. That, and Mr. Schnee probably has someone who helps him with PR.