Trigger warning: This article contains discussion of child sexual abuse. The truth about Frankie Osborne ’s ( Isabelle Smith ) abuse at the hands of twin brother JJ ( Ryan Mulvey ) is exposed in Hollyoaks later this week, with the aftermath of the revelation set to send shockwaves. JJ, as viewers know, has been sexually abusing Frankie for months, with the Channel 4 soap tackling a storyline that explores the common but under-recognised form of child sibling sexual abuse .
The abuse first came to light in March when JJ snuck into Frankie’s room at 17 Basswood Road and berated her for failing to celebrate him getting signed to the under 18s football team. Distressed by his presence, Frankie promised to celebrate later but JJ insisted on ‘celebrating’ how ‘they used to’ by ‘playing school discos’, as he closed the gap between he and his sibling. Frankie was utterly devastated, with subsequent scenes confirming that she had been suffering abuse at her twin brother’s hands since she was just nine years old.
The teen suffered in silence for months, having been groomed by twisted JJ into keeping quiet, which led to her self-harming , in addition to her seeking solace in alcohol, which resulted in a number of trips to the hospital . To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser that supports HTML5video JJ vowed to stop the abuse if she refrained from self-harming but, much like he’s done for years, he lied. In upsetting scene.