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Is It Too Late To Report A Crime..?

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Hello, I am a young girl location: Florida. I recently was going through old photos and videos saved on my old phone. I ended up finding some horrible reminders of my ex a few years ago.. you see, I was 17 years old living in Minnesota. I was still in high school when I met a man in the end of 2020. 53 yr old man. He and I met online.. I did lie saying I was 18. So we then met in person. I didn’t fully understand what we were going to do as a ‘date’ he wanted to meet me. He picked me up and took me to a hotel. He would video record or take pictures of me sleeping with him and making me do things to him sexually in hotel rooms or at his place. This went on for months while I was in high school. He was abusive. He was manipulative and I never told my parents what was going on because I was afraid of what would happen if I did. So I never told my family. I left it alone because he said he loved me and that they wouldn’t understand. I told him the truth, because he told me he was a criminal and trying to keep his son at the time. I told him I was actually 17 and I didn’t think we should meet anymore that way he wouldn’t get in trouble. He told me he was fine with me being younger and then we continued to see each other. He made it seem like a ‘sugar daddy’ relationship but he never gave me anything. I was just sleeping with him. Once I turned 18 in 2021 he convinced me to live with him. I unfortunately did and was with him until 2023. I still have video recordings, pictures, audio recordings and screenshots of text messages of what he said to me, what he wanted me to do with him, how he spoke to me. He was verbally and physically abusive. It wasn’t until I finally got hurt to the point I did call the cops, I was 19.. they just helped me get to my family’s home. I never told them I met the man when I was 17. I wish I did. I didn’t because I was told by my family the cops wouldn’t do anything. The more I write the more I realize I don’t think I can do anything about it now.. I’m hoping I’m wrong? I’m not sure what to do with all this stuff I had saved in hopes of using it against him. Now that years have passed I don’t know what to do. Do I erase it all, pretend it didn’t happen or do I try to do something about it? I’m older now.. going to turn 23 next yr. I still get nightmares or anxiety remembering that time I was with him. But again I don’t know if I can report what happened to me. The main reason why I do is because I want him put away. He has a record, he is a criminal.. but I stayed. So please, what should I do? I don’t know what I can or can’t do.. When it comes to legal affairs I can’t ask my family much because we just ignore the shitty things that happened to us. We just live with it. Please, whoever is reading this I need advice..

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