Denial from what?

Denial from what?

Dissociation is a real phenomena caused by trauma (one or prolonged instances)

Just because a lawyer used this as a defence doesn’t discount its validity as a real thing (in fact it’s more evidence that it is in fact legit).

It is unfortunate that you feel that using it as a defence wasn’t appropriate (it sounds like it wasn’t in that case, but I can’t judge).

However for myself and many many victims of child sexual assault and other trauma, dissociation is a very real thing.