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Inspiring Story About the Woman Who Was Taken to Jail And Nearly Lost Her Daughter After Claiming a Court Marshal Sexually Assaulted Her

This woman is a real heroine who bravely raised her voice against being sexually assaulted even when she felt inferior and ignored by everybody.
We hope that her story will encourage other victims of sexual assault never to give up and to stand up for their rights.
That day, Monica and her two-year-old daughter went to a family court under a routine divorce case. It was a simple procedure that lasted only few minutes. In the court room there was a female judge and two males - a police officer and a court marshal.
After she finished the routine divorce hearing with the judge, Monica was taken to an empty waiting room to be
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Monica agreed but when she stepped up she started speaking even louder than before that she was taken to an empty room without witnesses and that the marshal ordered her to lift up her shirt and touched her.
This is where the story becomes the most shocking and horrifying.
The police officer started putting handcuffs on her hands, she was desperately crying and shouting, begging the judge to hear her. At that very moment, the two-year-old girl came in front of the police officer and started begging him not to take her momma.
Monica was sent to jail as if a criminal and the girl was taken under the state custody.
Two months later Monica filed a complaint and six months later the internal investigation validated her claims. The court marshal was fired and the judge and many other people who work in the court are still under investigation for allegedly covering up the sexual assault by the court marshal.
Monica said that reporting her story to the internal affairs was the right thing to do and that she feels good because she knows she did the right

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