Pieper Lewis is a young American woman who was abused and raped from the age of 15 by a man who offered her a roof over her head. Now the woman faces criminal charges and must serve a sentence for killing her attacker.
According to her testimony published on the ‘WHO13’ channel, in 2020 she had to leave her adoptive mother’s house due to the abuse they exercised against her.
One day, a man identified as Zachary Brooks, 37, saw her sleeping on the floor and offered her a place to stay.
Lewis stated that he did not want to go, but had nowhere else to go. Brooks was up to something cruel and it didn’t take long for his true intentions to show.
According to Lewis, Zachary Brooks he offered her to other men to rape her in exchange for money. The abuse was repeated several times until the teenager took a knife and stabbed the assailant in a series of stabs while he slept
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The trial and the judge’s decision
I face rape, abuse, hate, betrayal, manipulation, abandonment, loss of a parent, loneliness… I wonder what else I will carry in that bag of pain
During the litigation, several police officers and prosecutors requested a sentence for the young woman, since the man “did not represent a danger to her” at that time.
Nevertheless, Lewis stressed that it seemed absurd to him to consider Brooks as a victim.
And he ended with some harsh words: “I face rape, abuse, hate, betrayal, manipulation, abandonment, loss of a father, loneliness… I wonder what else I will carry in that sack of pain.”
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So Lewis was sentenced by American justice. The judge in the case, David M. Porter, decided that the teenager would have probation for five years with social service included and that she should pay the abuser’s family $150,000 (a little more than 660 billion Colombian pesos).
What happened to the young woman?
The teenager, who is currently 17 years old and has been detained for two years, has already obtained her high school diploma.
One of his lawyers told the local media that Lewis “has plans for his future.”
He further added: “Pieper is doing very well under the circumstances, she is an amazing young lady.”
Given the difficult life that Pieper Lewis has had, she considers herself and defines herself as “a survivor”.
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