Woman Tortured, Drugged By Jealous Boyfriend

A woman from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was subjected to a “week from hell” at the hands of her jealous boyfriend, who injected her with heroin, raped her and tortured her. 

Gabbe Rowland said her boyfriend, Justin Mustafa, was convinced she cheated on him while he was in prison after she told him she was pregnant with their child.

One day, in June 2013, Mustafa forced Rowland to take drugs and then began beating her with a belt. The torture lasted a week, with Mustafa forcing her into performing sex acts and raping her.

The trouble began after the pair started dating, when Mustafa admitted to her he was due in court.

“He told me an ex-girlfriend had accused him of filming her naked without her consent,” she told The Sun. “He denied it was true, explaining they had made a sex tape together, and when they broke up she was so angry she went to the police and made up a story. I don’t know if I was blinded by my feelings, but I was impressed with such honesty. I vowed to support him because I believed him.”

Mustafa was sentenced to a year in prison, during which time Rowland stood by him and visited him twice a week. Soon after his release, Rowland discovered she was pregnant.

“At first Justin was pleased, but then he turned on me and started accusing me of all sorts of stupid things,” she said. “He said I was unfaithful when he was in prison and even asked me to have an abortion, but I wouldn’t hear it.”

He proceeded to call her a “little whore,” and the outburst prompted Rowland to pack her things and leave.

“Later, he got in touch with me again, told me how sorry he was, but sadly I miscarried our baby, probably with all the stress of what was happening,” she said. 

“I was devastated because, no matter what, I wanted this baby. Somehow we got back together again but things were never the same — there was bickering, jealousy and fighting often.”

Rowland again left Mustafa in 2013, leading him to threaten and bombard her with text messages. She says she ultimately decided to take him back when she found out she might be pregnant once again. 

“I look back and I still can’t believe I was so stupid but he was the best he had ever been. He was back to being the guy I fell in love with,” she said. 

In June 2013 the relationship changed after Mustafa learned his girlfriend wasn’t pregnant after all.

“He was like a different person again. He pulled me by the hair and accused me of cheating. I was screaming and crying and wouldn’t admit to anything,” she said.

“The next day he picked me up from a friend’s and I thought we would go off to talk. Instead, he pulled into a quiet place in the car and said, ‘Give me your arm and make a fist!’ Horrified, I pulled away because I knew exactly what he wanted me to do. I knew that Justin had taken heroin at various times in our relationship but he had always hidden it well, so there were times when I thought he had quit or he had the problem under control. It was obvious he hadn’t. He quickly pushed a vial of heroin into my arm and I was powerless — it happened so quickly and I was so afraid of what he might do if I pulled away.”

“I have never taken drugs in my life so this heroin affected me horribly. I felt so sick and I started nodding off because I felt so out of it — it was such an awful feeling. I remember thinking how happy Justin seemed that I had taken the heroin. Over the next six days, he injected me once or twice a day that I remember.”

One day during the torturous week, Mustafa drove her to the woods and forced her to pull her pants down so he could beat her with a belt and rape her. In another degrading, disturbing scenario, she says Mustafa made her give his dog oral sex.

“That was one of the most degrading things he made me do,” she said. “I felt so physically sick after and so horrified in myself. After that he told me to go into the bathroom, clean my teeth and go back to give him oral sex.”

Mustafa was ultimately found guilty of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, malicious destruction of property and witness intimidation. He was sentenced to six years in prison. 

“I was relieved but I think the sentence should have been longer,” she said. “He tortured me for a week. He could easily have killed me with the heroin or he could have beaten me to death as he promised he would. I’m now in a much better place. I’ve got a great job working in a doctor’s office and I speak about my experiences often to help other women in terrifying domestic violence situations. I wish I had left him many times but I didn’t because I always thought things would work out and there was always the threats that he would hurt me.”

Many readers called for the sentence to be longer and expressed outrage towards the man’s disturbing crimes.

“I’m so sorry for what this animal did to you this man is evil and sick!” one MommyPage reader commented on the site’s Facebook page. Actually he’s a psycho and I am so happy you are going on with your life we need more of you to share your story.”

“Thank GOD you survived,” commented another. “Go forward, stand strong for what you believe in and know you are in our prayers.” 

Sources: The Sun, MommyPage/Facebook / Photo credit: www.GlynLowe.com/Flickr, The Sun