Speak Up

after i finally left frank for good, i was searching for a new place to live. kevin's brother, scotty, and i became friends and his best friend was looking for a roommate, so i went to meet him. his name was giovanni and he was columbian/american. he was in his late 20's and very handsome. we hit it off and were easily attracted to each other and i proposed that we find a place together, but NOT his very run down, dumpy apartment. i really thought he was going to be different from all the others and he was at first. (i never moved in with him by the way.) this was late august of last year and i was arrested on september 12 of last year.

one night i spent the night with giovanni and he asked me to pick up his cousin in lawrenceville at the kroger near cruse road. so i did and a couple that lived next door to giovanni came over and we partied that nite. so giovanni kept kissing me and touching me while we were on the couch in front of his cousin. his neighbors already went home. his cousin was like 22 yrs old, chubby, NOT good looking, but nice ... at least i thought he was.

so i played along with giovanni for a little while assuming he was proud of me and wanted to show me off in front of his cousin. well then giovanni asked me if his cousin could watch us have sex. i told him i really wasn't interested in that. i really liked giovanni and i only wanted to have sex with him, knowing full aware how threesomes get started.

well he kept pushing so i said okay, he can watch, but in the bedroom and no physical contact, assuming his cousin would just whack off. keep in mind i had been up for 3 days and i was flopping badly. his cousin didn't speak spanish, but i very loudly and clearly pointed to him and said GIOVANNI SOLAMENTE! (giovanni only! in spanish). giovanni pinned me down and told his cousin to go get a piece of that, meaning me. and he did. i remember screaming no, no, no, giovanni solamente! and then i passed out cuz i was coming down!

another weird thing was right after we all went into the bedroom, the woman of the couple who lived next door to giovanni came banging on the door saying she and her bf had been fighting and could she sleep on the couch and chill for a few hours. so she's hearing the sounds but thinks it's all consensual.

the next morning about 10 am, i woke up in a different room ... alone. then when i went into the bedroom where it happened, the bed was soaking wet and i ran around screaming at giovanni and his cousin demanding to know what happened. they brushed it off, saying i had peed in the bed. so i smelled the fluid but it didn't smell like urine. mostly like plain water actually. so when they weren't looking, i took the wet pillow case off the bed, found a used condom in a trash bag, and my panties that were on the floor and sealed them in a ziploc baggie.

the next day i went to the police, filed rape charges, and had a rape kit done. the investigator for the rape has been on leave of absence, and i have no idea what the status is of the investigation.

steph