Online fundraiser for young American woman – She killed her rapist and is being asked to compensate his family

An online fundraiser for a young American woman to raise $150,000 to pay restitution to the family of a man she killed because, according to court documents, he repeatedly raped her and forced her into prostitution has made a big splash.

The case of 17-year-old Piper Lewis has shocked public opinion in the USA. “A child who was raped should never, under any circumstances, owe money to the family of her rapist,” said one of her former teachers, Leland Skipper, who spearheaded the online fundraiser.

At the age of 15, Piper Lewis was wandering the streets when a 35-year-old man approached her, repeatedly raped her and sold her to others for money, according to US reports.

In June 2020 Piper Lewis killed Zachary Brooks in Iowa and pleaded guilty.

The court did not dispute the fact that the minor was a victim of rape and sexual exploitation. He released her with restrictive conditions, which if she violates within the next 5 years, she will face a 20-year prison sentence. But under Iowa state law — which provides for compensation to victims’ relatives for homicides — the judge ordered her to pay $150,000 to the family of the man she killed.

Denouncing the “morally unjustifiable” law, Skipper then started the online fundraiser on the GoFundMe website. The donations, most of them $20-50, totaled more than the compensation awarded to the family of Zachary Brooks. Specifically, by Thursday afternoon, $386,000 had been collected. Leland Skipper assured that the additional funds will be allocated to the young lady’s studies.

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