Legal Question in Criminal Law in Missouri

A Female Friend Of Mine (ex-wife) Was In Dire Need Of Place To Stay Over The Winter. She Was Referred By A Friend Of Hers To A Married Couple. They Agreed That She Could Live There And Pay Her Rent By Doing The Housework And Cooking And What-Not. I Had Suspicions Of Their "Benevolence" From The Beginning. Things Seemed To Be Going Along Well, At Least As Far As I Could Tell. She Asked Me To Bring Some TV Cable Over One Day So She Could Watch Television In The Privacy Of Her Room In The Back Of The Apartment. These People Agreed So I Hooked It Up. She Wanted Some Privacy. I Was Told That It Was Immediately Unhooked Soon After I Left.This Action , Apparently, Was To Deny Her Privacy. And Not In A Good Way. (this is a long story). From What She Described To Me, She Was Slowly But Surely "Forced" (a loose description) By Increasing Verbal Intimidation Into Being In The Same Room (small apartment) At All Times So As To, In Her Words; "I Felt Like They Were Trying To Keep An Eye On Me Constantly And That I Was Obligated To Be There For Some Reason". So She Had To Sit There And Watch Them Both "Surf Porn" On The Internet Ad Nauseum. They Were Setting Her Up For Something. Incessant Talk Of Sex According To Her. Now, Recently, She (my ex) Had Surgery For Lung Cancer And Was Naturally Sick And In Pain. But The "Room And Board" Conditions (housework,etc.) Escalated To Something Else. She Had Already Described To Me That She Felt As If She Were Being Turned Into A Prisoner. Her Prescribed Meds Were Suddenly Being Either Given To Her Or Held Back At The Wife's (the couple) Whims. Medications She Required For Her Condition. Then, The "Conditions Of Her Residency" Turned To "You Are Going To Have Sex With My Husband". Now, This Woman (my ex) Is 49 Years Old. She Is By No Means Unintelligent. You May Be Asking Yourself: "Why Didn't She Just Leave?" She Couldn't Stay With Me Because I Live Far From The Doctor's She Need's To See On A Constant Basis, I Work 40 Hr's A Week And Don't Have The Time Or Fund's For This, And I Haven't Had Running Water For 3 Months (well pump need's replaced) ... She Is Unemployed And Can't Pay Rent Anywhere, No Family Nearby Who Will Take Her In, Emergency Women's Shelter? Temporary. What I'm Getting At Is She Was Basically Intimidated Into Having Sex With This Other Woman's Husband. At His Whim Apparently. She Weighs 89 Lbs. This Guy : 200. She Is Recovering From Major Surgery. Healing Ribs. Many Stitches In Her Left Torso. Constant Medication For Pain. If She Is Allowed It. (by the wife). Before You Say "Voluntary" , Some Background: About 20 Years Ago, She(ex) Hooked Up With A Guy (who is now in prison for a very long time) Who Turned Out To Be Not What She Thought (too common) Alcoholic, Hard Drug Abuser, Career Criminal, (sociopath) Who Physically And Mentally Abused Her For Several Years. He Broke Both Of Her Jaws, Most Of Her Ribs, Shaved Her Hair Off With A Hunting Knife, And Strangled Her Nearly To The Point Of Death. When She Finally Realized It Was Leave Or Die, She Was Running With Her Child In Her Arms While Dodging Bullets Fired From Said Criminal. OK. Eventually She Was Diagnosed By Mental Health Professionals As Certified PTSD, Co-Dependant And Manic-Depressive (bi-polar). My Point Being, Is "Voluntary" (above) Really "Voluntary"? Have These People Taken Advantage Of A Mentally Ill Person? Some Background On "The Couple" Mentioned Previously: A Young Lady Who Had Been Taken In By Them Under The Same Circumstances (nowhere to live) Left Their Home After A Brief Stay With A "I Don't Want To Talk About It" Demeanor. She Had Mentioned "Something Is Not Right There". Their Daughter (the couple) Left Their Home As Soon As She Was Physically Old Enough And Able To Leave. She Is Now A Heroin Addict And Prostitute In K.C. MO. This Is A Fact. The Mother Does Not Seem To Be Bothered By This. Her Word's: " If That's What She Want's To Do, It's Fine By Me". SOMETHING Is Wrong With This Picture. Regardless, I Gave My Ex-Wife $100.00 A Few Hour's Ago , Which I Couldn't Afford But Nonetheless Consider A Good Deal Just To Get Her Out Of There After Watching Her Sobbing And Shaking From Telling Me The Story Of Her Ordeal There (yes, there is more) But I Got Her Moved-In With A Young Responsible Friend Of Her's Who Need's Help With Rent(which i will gladly help with) Until She (the ex) Is Either Physically Able To Be Employed Or Is On Disability. At Least I Know She Is Safe There. I Was There (at the "couples" home) To Remove Her (the ex) Belongings, And It Was Obvious, That HE KNEW That I KNEW What Was Going On, Whereas He Would Greet Me Before And Have Conversation With Me, He Would Not Get Off Of The Phone Or Even Look At Me And Seemed Quite Secretive, While His Wife Was Also More Than Transparent With Her Willingness To Be "Benevolent" Where She Had Not Been Before. So. Yes. Something Is Not Right Here, And My Question Is, If The Above, As Related To Me As Facts, Are Truly Facts, Do These Events (as pertaining to said ex-wife's experience) Warrant An Investigation Or Could This Be Considered Criminally Or Civilly Actionable? If This Couple Is, In Fact, Doing What Has Been Related To Me (what i consider to be, at the least, sexual abuse) On An Ongoing Basis , I Wish To See It Terminated.

Thank You For Your Time.

Glenn D. Ford

Eugene,Mo.

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