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Okay, the most obvious point to make is to see a goddamn lawyer, fer chrissake!
That said - and I kind of cringe to say it - something about the LW strikes me as terribly familiar. I may be mistaken, but I think I recognize this level of doormatishness, because I used to be one myself.
The clue: what does the LW's girlfriend/boyfriend have to say about all this? Apparently nothing, because they almost certainly don't exist. Why? Because if they did, they'd damned well have gotten pissed off and spoken up months ago.
It's not my intention to humiliate the LW. As I said, I was a doormat virgin myself for longer than I care to tell. That's how I recognize the symptoms: an almost pathetic willingness to do anything that anyone asks, no matter how unreasonable - and particularly if the requester is female and attractive.
So my advice is to get a lawyer, for the excellent reasons which have been repeated 1,000 times in previous comments. And then, please, get a good therapist (assuming that the LW doesn't already have one). Frankly, a full behavioral evaluation would not be the worst idea either - you might be surprised at what could turn up.
