One former victim of rape is speaking out to seek justice for the many other young ladies who were also victims.
The identity of the individual has been withheld, however she reached out to ANN saying that she was now in her early 30\u2019s, however the series of horror events occurred when she was 11 years old, right around the time when she said she had gotten her first period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI suffered as a child silently \u2013 I was beaten to have sex, and I was beaten not to talk,\u201d she told ANN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the woman, she was molested by an older cousin and the abuse went on for a little more than six years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhenever I have my periods, I\u2019ll be so down sometimes I can\u2019t function and the reason being, the very first time I had sex was during my period,\u201d she explained.
She said that during the time of the sexual abuse, there was nothing that she was able to do to prevent it adding that when she tried to say something to an adult, they never took her seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI remember when he finished having sex with me I would bleed and get headaches and there are times when I attempted to kill myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If not for the mercies of God, she said that she would not have been alive today.
The revelation comes days after Justice Brian Cottle sentenced 46-year-old Cassell Lavia, and who is also HIV positive for raping a 10-year-old girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was sentenced to 22 years and 10 months in prison for the act \u2013 the court heard that on the day, March 8, 2018 that after being left in his care by the girl\u2019s mother, Lavia entered her bedroom as she was undressing and proceeded to have sexual intercourse stopping only after another child entered the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere are many young girls who are suffering in silence and you may look at them and think they rude, or just want to be the way they are,\u201d she said.
\u201cBut until you walk the road they walked, you won\u2019t know,\u201d the young lady continued.
According to her, abuse is real and comes in many forms as she said that for some time, she was groped by a shopkeeper in her community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was until one day when she decided that she was going to stand up for herself.
She said that she met her husband at the age of 18 and the two were married when she was in her mid-20\u2019s.
\u201cI am burdened by the by the news I hear and read about young ladies and women being abused, who is gonna stand up for them? Who is gonna say no? Who is gonna love and care for them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very hard when u go through things like these you don\u2019t value yourself, you think people better than you and I’ve gone through that,\u201d she said adding that she would really like to see the relevant authorities get the help that these young ladies and women need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAlso, justice must prevail and I mean justice overall not because you are a big man in society mean you must abuse one and go free,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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