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The story of Alina , ten years old , Ukraine
Alina
The story shows :
• Connected with perpetrator online .
• Groomed to gain trust .
• Experienced repeated sexual abuse from perpetrator .
• Instructed to do sexual activities with other children while the perpetrator was filming .
• The parents discovered the films and blame Adelina .
• The father denied everything when talking to the investigators .
• Alina connects with the helper and starts to open up .
Alina is a 10-year-old girl , and she is the only child in her family . The family lives in the eastern part of the country . Alina is an exemplary girl : she is fond of dancing and wins prizes in competitions all over Ukraine . She studies well to get the highest scores in an elite school . The parents are 40 years old , they are engaged in war related activities and devote most of their time to this . They want the family to be the example of a model family and for Alina to be obedient in everything . The atmosphere at home is good , everyone treats each other with respect , but , unfortunately , the parents do not have enough time for Alina . Despite all Alina ’ s activities , a large number of friends at school and dance acquaintances , she feels lonely and smiles very seldom . At home , she is introverted and keeps to herself . She also keeps a diary where she records all her worries . On internet , she discovers a chat group , and she meet a boy named Bohdan ( a fictitious name ). Even though he is 30 years old and lead a very active life , he shows interested in Alina ’ s affairs and feelings . Alina opens up , because no one has ever shown interest for her before . She starts skipping dance classes and begins to date Bohdan .
After six months of communication and complete trust , Bohdan entered into sexual contact with Alina , despite the pain the child felt , he argued that since they were friends , and they should help each other . These meetings and an intimate relationship grew stronger . He also asks Alina to please him orally . After this , Alina could not eat for several weeks , because everything provoked a gag reflex in her . Bohdan later brought in other girls and instructed Alina to do sexual activities to him together with the other children .
All meetings were filmed . He sent some short films to Alina and instructed her to practice to become better , because if she didn ’ t , he would break their friendship . Even though Alina felt excruciating pain through every sexual act , she could not refuse . She was afraid to lose the only person for whom she was important . One time Alina forgot her phone at home and her parents found out about the whole situation . Instead of being supportive , the child was accused of being a “ little whore ”. They also said that if this came out it would be a disaster for the whole family . Alina became even more introvert . The parents took away her phone and computer and told the teacher at school that she was ill . In this way she was not allowed to communicate with anyone . Again Alina found herself lonely , useless and unworthy of love .
Alina vomited often and she could not wash her genitals , because her parents explained that it was “ the evil that caused us to be disgraced by the whole city .” Nothing brought her pleasure , she could not dance because her whole body resembled his touch . Her parents ’ reaction was always
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