Equador: cousin and friend raped young lesbian “to cure her”

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September 2020:

Two young men allegedly took advantage of a woman’s intoxication to rape her. The Prosecutor’s Office has filed charges against both of them. One of those implicated, Xavier, is the victim’s cousin, someone to whom she trusted her most intimate secrets since they were children. When they were in school, Lily (name protected) told him that she was a lesbian.

She had anxiety and was always down. She attempted suicide several times until, eight months after the rape, she told her parents and they reported him.

The lawyer Johanna Orbe took over the case and indicated that at first it was difficult for them to verify the facts because after so long a medical examinarion of the victim would not indicate any signs of rape.

However, in the defendants’ version, they affirmed that they did have sex with her and admitted that they knew of her sexual orientation. This evidence and the psychological examination of the victim were sufficient for the Prosecutor’s Office to file charges against the two individuals for the crime of rape, last Thursday.
(Translated)

Dos jóvenes habrían aprovechado el estado de embriaguez de una mujer para violarla. La Fiscalía formuló cargos en contra de ambos . Uno de los implicados, Xavier, es primo de la víctima. Alguien a quien ella confiaba sus más íntimos secretos desde que eran niños. Cuando estaban en el colegio, Lily (nombre protegido) le contó que era lesbiana.

Ella tenía ansiedad y siempre estaba decaída. Trató de atentar contra su vida por varias ocasiones hasta que, luego de ocho meses de que sucedió el hecho, les contó a sus padres y ellos lo denunciaron.

La abogada Johanna Orbe se hizo cargo del caso e indicó que al principio se les hizo difícil comprobar la materialidad del hecho porque luego de tanto tiempo no se podía comprobar mediante un examen médico si hubo violación, porque no existirían rasgos en las partes íntimas de la mujer afectada.

Sin embargo, en la versión de los acusados, ellos afirmaron que sí tuvieron relaciones sexuales con ella y admitieron que sabían de su orientación. Esta evidencia y el examen psicológico de la víctima fueron suficientes para que la Fiscalía formulara cargos en contra de los dos individuos por el delito de violación, el pasado jueves.
(Original)

Continue reading at: https://www.extra.ec/noticia/actualidad/primo-habria-violado-mujer-norte-quito-41968.html (Source)

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