Mary Grabinski

Probably just thought we were horny teenagers and ran right out.

Probably just thought we were horny teenagers and ran right out.

He went from, you know, touching my shirt to, you know, taking my pants off and yeah. Oh, he's pulling your pants down. Yeah, he's touching himself.

He went from, you know, touching my shirt to, you know, taking my pants off and yeah. Oh, he's pulling your pants down. Yeah, he's touching himself.

I thought for sure he was going to rape me, but I did. There were a couple of times I wondered if, you know, he was going to kill me in that basement.

I thought for sure he was going to rape me, but I did. There were a couple of times I wondered if, you know, he was going to kill me in that basement.

Pretty much he finishes, and I just went to my class.

Pretty much he finishes, and I just went to my class.

He was begging me at that point not to press charges or to tell anybody what had happened.

He was begging me at that point not to press charges or to tell anybody what had happened.

When I first talked to the prosecutors, they said that they didn't have enough evidence to pursue a case against him. They didn't want to do anything? No, not at first. It wasn't until they got a police report stating his version, saying that I was the aggressor,

When I first talked to the prosecutors, they said that they didn't have enough evidence to pursue a case against him. They didn't want to do anything? No, not at first. It wasn't until they got a police report stating his version, saying that I was the aggressor,

Yeah, I was very thin back then, yeah.

Yeah, I was very thin back then, yeah.

It almost felt ritualistic. I knew I was not his first, but I wanted to make sure I was the last.

It almost felt ritualistic. I knew I was not his first, but I wanted to make sure I was the last.

Pretty much my will to live. But that was just the beginning for me.

Pretty much my will to live. But that was just the beginning for me.

The worst part was his defense coming at me and picking me and my story apart. Talking about what happened to me wasn't hard. Having someone, you know, question who I am as a person, question my integrity, that was hard.

The worst part was his defense coming at me and picking me and my story apart. Talking about what happened to me wasn't hard. Having someone, you know, question who I am as a person, question my integrity, that was hard.