In another installment of dystopian news, a 17-year-old trafficking victim in Iowa has been ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution to her accused rapist’s families after stabbing him to death in 2020
, thePieper Lewis was 15 when she killed 37-year-old Zachary Brooks in his Des Moines apartment. Prior to the incident, Lewis said in a witness statement that she had run away from home, fleeing an abusive situation involving her adopted mother. She said she
was sleeping in the hallways of an apartment building when a man, 28-year-old Christopher Brown, took her in, posing as her boyfriend before allegedly forcing her to have sex with other men for money, including Brooks. Per Lewis, Brooks coerced her to consume alcohol and other intoxicants before raping her while she was unconscious on at least five different occasions.
In addition to being ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution to Brooks’s family, Lewis was also sentenced to five years of probation. She was ultimately granted a deferred judgment, meaning her guilty plea will be expunged when she meets her stringent probation requirements — including completing 200 hours of community service every year for three years and wearing a GPS tracking device for five. Per the“This is the second chance you’ve asked for.
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