Piper Lewis was a 15-year-old American teenager when she was forced to have sex with multiple men. by the person who saved her After she tries to run away from home to get out of the reach of her beating mother.
On the night of the murder, Lewis is forced to visit Zachary Brooks, a 38-year-old man at his apartment. She claimed that he had raped her several times before enticing her to smoke marijuana. After that, he raped her once more. and when he fell asleep She stabbed him with a knife to death.
On September 14, 2022, the court sentenced Lewis, now 17, for the crimes committed. She had to be supervised or on probation by the authorities for five years and had to pay $150,000 to Brooks’ family in compensation. Because she admitted to committing the murder unintentionally. following the previous She was charged with deliberate and premeditated murder. Both charges might cost her up to 10 years in prison.
However, a Polk County, Florida district court judge allowed Lewis to avoid prison and her criminal record to be cleared. Upon the expiration of the parole Lewis’s lawyers said he and his client might appeal for compensation.
According to Lewis, she was a runaway boy since 2020 and was seduced by a man into having sex with other men in exchange for money and marijuana. Rooks on the night of May 31, 2020, threatened with a knife. Upon reaching the deceased’s apartment He forced her to drink and take drugs until she was dazed and out of consciousness.
Lewis said she woke up once more when Brooks was raping her. and when he finally fell asleep She got up and stabbed him 30 times with a knife, claiming that he repeatedly raped her, causing her to become furious and unexpected as she grabbed a knife from his nightstand and stabbed her deceased.
The state prosecutor’s team did not dispute her claims of forced prostitution and rape. But there is an argument that At the time of the murder The deceased was in a state of deep sleep, which was not considered an intimidating state for young women.
After Lewis received a verdict from the court. A page was set up on the GoFumdMe website to raise funds for Lewis to pay the damages to the family of the deceased. The amount that appeared on Wednesday had exceeded $200,000 (regarding 7.3 million baht).
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