Hollyoaks spoilers follow for Monday’s episode (January 27), which is available to watch now on streaming service Channel 4 and hasn’t yet aired on TV.
Note: This article contains discussion of rape and domestic abuse.
Hollyoaks has resolved the tense cliffhanger involving Abe Fielding, in the show’s latest episode.
In the previous episode, Cleo was inspired by Mercedes, who was fighting for her life, and found the courage to report her abuser Abe to the police.
But that evening, she got a shock when Abe himself appeared on the McQueens’ doorstep, and Cleo’s fate was left up in the air.
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In today’s episode, as John Paul worried about Cleo’s whereabouts, it was revealed that Abe had trapped her in the room in his flat once again.
When she was let out, Cleo was adamant that he wouldn’t get away with this, as she had told her family about where she was held captive.
The police then arrived, but Abe was already two steps ahead, and he told Donny that Cleo had forced her way into the flat and attacked him.
A fight broke out in the village as Cleo was furious at Abe’s lies, but he was then arrested for kidnap and false imprisonment.
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At the station, Abe, Cleo and Peri all gave their version of events. Abe told a sinister lie and said that Cleo made him keep her safe in the flat after believing that she caused Suzanne’s death.
Abe then gave Donny a USB stick containing an intimate video of them from while she was being held in the flat.
After Donny told Cleo she wasn’t being charged herself, he showed her the video. Cleo was horrified and made it clear that Abe had filmed her without consent, but Abe was released for the time being.
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Later, Peri, Leela and Joel searched for the video, fearing that Abe had posted it online. They were devastated to find not only the video of Cleo, but one of Peri too.
Leela secretly continued scrolling, and found a video of her, from when Abe raped her at Theresa’s party.
Will Leela come forward about her own ordeal?
Hollyoaks airs on Mondays-Wednesdays with its Channel 4 streaming premiere at 7am, then an E4 broadcast the same night at 7pm. Full episodes are also released on YouTube a week after their Channel 4 release.
Selected omnibus episodes are available via Prime Video.
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If you've been affected by the issues raised in this story, you can access more information from Rape Crisis England and Wales, which works towards the elimination of all forms of sexual violence and sexual misconduct, on its website or by calling the National Rape Crisis Helpline on 0808 802 9999. Rape Crisis Scotland's helpline number is 08088 01 03 02.
Readers in the US are encouraged to contact RAINN, or the National Sexual Assault Hotline on 800-656-4673.
Organisations including Refuge and Women's Aid can also provide further support and information. The 24-hour, freephone National Domestic Abuse Helpline is 0808 2000 247.
The US National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233), or text LOVEIS to 22522.
