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Want to take legal action against cousin sexually assaulted 17 yrs ago


25-May-2023 (In Criminal Law)
Dear Sir, My name is , I was 7-8 years old when i was sexually abused by my cousin brother who is around 10 years elder to me. This happened when i visited to his house in 2001, it was New years time. It's been a long time but i couldn't forget the time when he did all this with me, i still feel the pain and suffering. I didn't understand this at that time and didn't tell anyone about it. But it still haunts me and i feel disgusting. I never stayed at his house again after this. But now he is staying in my house with his kids and wife from last one year as a tenant and my all those dark memories got refreshed. I couldn't tell anyone at that time but now I want to overcome this and report it. Please advice me how can i report all that after 17 years. Thanks 
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Well it is difficult to report the same at this point of time. Though I understand your pain but legally it will be difficult to prove anything. Therefore, you will have to file a complaint with a new recent incident (even if it is false) and thereafter narrate the incident that happened when you were a child.
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