I have changed my name for her sake - just in case ...
To cut a v long story short:
My best friend married a twat a few years ago (she didn't see what he was like until it was too late sadly) .. after treating her like crap for a few years he left her with 2 small children to care for ... although luckily he was a rich twat so she has not had too much problems with financial stuff.
Anyway - long after they had separated she had a relationship with someone else and her husband found out and turned violent - police involved etc - she was hurt physically, it was awful. She divorced him and in the divorce proceedings she found out that a girlfriend had an injunction out on him due to violence. Anyway, over the last 2 years she has worked hard to build a 'working' relationship with him for the sake of the children and recently things were looking ok. They live in the same town, he sees the children every weekend and it was all ok (although she has been too scared to have a relationship with anyone else)
But - last week her children came home from a weekend with him and they told her that 'Daddy had been naughty' and had had an argument with his girlfriend. It turns out that her 4 year old son witnessed his father hit his girlfriend during an argument.
My friend is distraught and beside herself. She has stopped all contact and has told him that until she has the truth from him he can't see the children without her being there or his mother being there. He denies it and says the little boy is lying .
What on EARTH can she do???
help ... please ...