Help with friend being assaulted

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Hi this may be long bear with me.

A friend (A) loaned another friend (B) money a while back, for them to celebrate something, turns out they bought drugs with it (begins with c). A then asks for repayment as they were told B's partner C would pay it back the next day. B then tells A that no A said it was a gift (A didn't say that).

A asked for the money again last night, B said no then the partner C said that they would contact the school A's partner works in to say they are with a dealer etc A then goes to B's house and a fight ensues with B attacking A first. A gets B off them and fights back but then C runs out of the house and begins kicking A in the head, B and C are now attacking A. It finishes and A gets home but is covered in cuts and now is struggling to move with a sore head and ribs.

Any ideas what can be done A is worried about reporting them for assault because of what they said about the drugs but after speaking to A this morning I'm furious for them and also wondering about helping them to get checked out for injuries.

Sorry forgot to say A is male, B is male and C is female

Maybe have a coffee and read the OP again, it's really not complicated.

A should definitely seek medical attention and consider reporting the assault to the police.

Is A's partner a dealer? Is that where B got the coke?

Oh the irony...

Was it a surprise B spent the money on drugs?

If so, A is a fool

Says the poster with piss poor reading comprehension

A needs to write off the debt and choose better friends

A’s partner (I assume you) should think about whether they want to stay involved with someone who mixes with drug users and goes out looking for trouble.

For clarity, this is my understanding.

A lent his mate some money, his mate spent it on coke instead of what he'd said it was for.

His mate said that his girlfriend would pay him back the next day, but this didn't happen.

A went to his mate's house to discuss this. Mate attacked A, A managed to get away at first but the assault continued. Mate's girlfriend joined in with the assault, leaving A injured.

A's mate is a coke head. If there's nothing in the allegations about A being involved in drugs, he has nothing to worry about.

No A lent B money as B was going out to celebrate with family as they had just had a drug conviction dismissed. Sorry should have said in the OP it was B that then told A it was for drugs only after A asked for the money back

No it wasn't a surprise when A told me that so yes A was stupid for giving them money.

Not at all A is male as is B

The obvious answer is to contact the police given that A has been violently assaulted, but I do understand why there may be a degree of reticence about that. The threat about being linked to dealing is, on the face of it, ridiculous but now I’m wondering whether there’s a degree of truth to it, given how seriously A seems to have taken it.
Ultimately I don’t think A will see that money again and they were beyond foolish to lend it in the first place if they had wanted it back. Also A needs to choose better friends in the future.

A may well need medical attention and I have no idea what the ramifications are so you need this info from somewhere else.

However whatever A "lent" to B was obviously immediately gone , so what does B have over A, I wonder 🤔.

If A doesn't start quietly walking backwards out of this "friendship" then you OP are completely wasting your time with A. Or this ugly drama will just repeat and steadily drain you, without anything improving.

I don’t think so. The drug taker is B whose partner is C (who is not the OP)

Either A is the OPs partner or the OPs friend.

A is afraid because B & C sound like dodgy nasty people and knows they will get their head kicked in again if they grass them up. So he is keeping his mouth shut.

As others have alluded to perhaps A has been/is part of that same world too as let's be honest lending money for someone to go out on the lash to celebrate getting let off a drugs conviction is clearly bonkers and I would be disgusted if my partner thought that was a good idea.

OP it all sounds far too much drama. What is your situation with A, do you live together or have children? You need to think whether you want this to be your life and safeguard your kids if.yiu have any.

A used to be in the same lifestyle and was told it was stupid to lend them money. I'm all for him calling the police.

A said they asked him to get them the stuff at some point but he had said no hence why he asked for it back. I think he's worried if police are involved they will think more of it because B and C asked him

No B is the drug taker.
C is B's partner.