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Hi! I'm having a hard time wrangling this situation. I have a character who escaped captivity. He's in his thirties and his father held him captive for a few years. Prior to that, he'd been physically, sexually and emotionally abused as a child and as an adult. The abuse happened in multiple US states. He ran to his brother who lives in a state where no abuse ever occurred.
I'm having a hard time figuring out what to do with him, even after trying to research it. The multiple states thing is giving me a problem. What about the statute of limitations? If my character wanted his father to pay for this, what could the father be legally responsible for? The captivity and current abuse, for sure. Would he have to go back to the state where it happened? Can he pursue and file a report in/from the new state? Would it be a police or FBI case?
I'm having a hard time figuring out what to do with him, even after trying to research it. The multiple states thing is giving me a problem. What about the statute of limitations? If my character wanted his father to pay for this, what could the father be legally responsible for? The captivity and current abuse, for sure. Would he have to go back to the state where it happened? Can he pursue and file a report in/from the new state? Would it be a police or FBI case?
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