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My heavily disabled friend told me yesterday she's been being abused by one of her caretakers sexually. They had sort of entered a relationship, but he has been abusing her verbally and sexually. The worst part happened 1.5 months ago (not sure what topics gamefaqs allows me to discuss, but I'll just say it was violent and there are still bloodstains in her mattress). She has also since learned that he has been doing the same with other women. I told her to go to a hospital and change her locks. She changed the locks today but wasn't able to get to a hospital (she'll do it tomorrow, she said)

She won't report him because she's afraid she'll get in trouble for continuing to hire him as a caretaker even after the abuse. But more than that, she is still held back by her feelings for him. She acknowledges that he's abusive and awful to her, and that she should break up with him, but she also tells me she still has love for him.

I've tried to help her and give her advice. But despite her telling me she agrees she should end it with him, she still hasn't broken up. And she also has called him multiple times since yesterday. And from the sound of things, he's coming over tonight to see her, and she keeps calling me. She said she thinks she's just going to let him over and she'll be okay for tonight. (So changing the locks will have been for nothing if he gets the new key...)

No matter what I say, I feel like I can't convince her. She keeps calling me but I don't know how else I can help her, and it keeps weighing on me. I feel like this abuser is taking advantage of her physical disability and her navet, and destroying her like a cancer, and I can't stop her from letting him do it
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