my girlfriends sexual assault

This hits too close to home. When my girl friend told me about her past abuse, I was so enraged but I focussed completely on comforting her, telling her that even though it might hurt me hearing about it that I absolutely want her to be comfortable talking to me about it. I have seen this guy on 2 occasions from a distance, first time not being aware of the who he was, and the second time too fleeting to be able to confront him, and I can't predict what I would do if I encountered this guy in person again but my guess is it wouldn't go well. I don't think it would hurt her if I knocked him out, but at the same time I think it would hurt her more if I got in some sort of legal trouble over it. I love her and the thought of her with pain in her eyes kills me. I have a pretty much non existent anger, but I think I've just bottled it up for the first valid reason to use it, and I'm worried it's going to be on that guy's face. I wouldn't normally have to worry about that living in a big city but the guy has now moved onto one of her friends who has come up with every excuse in the book to keep seeing this guy "he's changed!" "It was only 1 kiss, we're not compatible!" "he's my best friend!" and she's trying to warn her but so far it's fallen on deaf ears. We're both worried for her friend but it's out of control. At the very least when we see her around at shows and the like he's no usually no where in sight, but still, it's pretty traumatizing for her knowing he could be at any one of these things. What do I do if I see him again?

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