I need advice on making a report against my ex-boyfriend

I am not sure if making a report would be worth it or not and I just need some advice. I am 19F Location: Florida

About six months ago, I left my ex-boyfriend (20m) because his behavior was increasingly abusive and violent.

I told his mother about the assault when I left him because I found out that she was letting him hang out with young girls, and I thought that maybe if she knew what had actually happened, she would pay better attention to him and possibly get him help.

This is a snippet of what was said:

[ex] was physically harmful to me. it started out with him hitting things like his car or punching his seats and when he would get upset, he would sometimes grab me by my throat and he would choke me.
There were multiple times when he had pinned me down and he was laughing while I was asking him to get off of me.
Every time that he did something harmful or violent towards me, he would laugh it off like a joke.
Overtime it just got progressively worse and I wish that I hadn't went to get to the extent that it did.
The first time that we got high together, I was very out of it. I couldn't lift my head. I was seeing doubles. I literally could not move I could hardly speak. When I was in this state, [ex] sat on top of my chest and despite me asking him to get off and trying to push him off, he pushed himself onto me and at the time I didn't think that I should say anything and I didn't think that it was assault because he was my boyfriend. I had tried to talk to him about it, and he said that I was imagining things.
When we went to Orlando for Halloween horror nights, I had just gotten out of the shower and [ex] pinned me down and for a brief moment he did assault me, but then he laughed it off saying he didn’t think it would hurt me.”

I have screenshots of my ex apologizing and admitting for abuse that he had afflicted on me. I have photos of large bruises left on my butt cheek (he would pin me down and slap me and laugh about it as I tried to get him off of me) and his handprint on my thigh from him slapping me out of anger. When we were dating, I found a ton of violent rape porn on his phone and violent content towards young women.

Everyone that knows him knows his anger and that he is violent. I know that I have people that would testify if I decided to press charges I don’t think I’m at that state where I have enough evidence. He came to my house after I broke up with him and he had a meltdown. He grabbed me and would get really close to me in my face. I’m not sure if my neighbors would have footage of that on their security cameras would it be worth asking them?

After I broke up with him, he drove past my house constantly. He left flowers at my work and drove past my job all the time I have a video of him driving past my house.

Every time I hear a knock at the door, my heart sinks, thinking that it could be him and I’m paranoid to be home alone. I’ve had people tell me that he goes out in public to look for me. I’ve seen him in public at the mall and he’s followed me around.

Would it be worth making a report against him or would the fact that I did indulge in marijuana affect my credibility. I feel like if I made a report, I would feel comfortable in case anything did happen at least they would have a record.

I really don’t know what I’m doing. I would just like help and advice. Thanks

Posted Jul 10, 2026, 7:23 PM UTC

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