Hollister, CA asked in Criminal Law for California

Q: Can my husband be arrested for marital rape if I have 100’s of text messages between us of him semi admitting to it

I’m scared to go forward with reporting years of sexual abuse, I haven’t even posted this yet and I’m already getting shaky from nerves, but I need to know that if I report him he can no longer come after me and harm me or my children. He’s a covert narcissist and he’s destroying every bit of me. I can’t keep living like this, I just want to be happy some day and I want my children to grow up happy and healthy. I’ve been threatened multiple times by my husband that he will do what ever he has to to put me in jail and take my son away forever if I ever report him, I opened a case already but now I’m terrified he’s going to find out and come after me and my 3 year old son.

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1 Lawyer Answer
Joseph Franklin Klatt
Joseph Franklin Klatt
Answered
  • La Jolla, CA
  • Licensed in California

A: Can he be arrested, it sounds like it. How and whether it proceeds to criminal charges is up to the District Attorney.

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