EastEnders has revealed it is working alongside charity SurvivorsUK on a storyline involving male sexual assault, which will air next month.
Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden) will be at the centre of the storyline after his character is raped by newcomer Lewis Butler (Aidan O’Callaghan).
Barman Lewis has befriended Ben in recent weeks, who is enduring a crisis of identity, before he becomes a victim of sexual assault.