The sentence you decide today can tell Bryce Walker what he did was wrong. I get to leave constantly looking over my shoulder for monsters dressed up as the popular kid, constantly on edge and assuming the worst in every boy. Your Honor, when we leave this courtroom, Bryce Walker gets to leave convinced that he chose the wrong girl to have sex with. I had been babysitting for this family for, I guess, two years. I spent the evening insisting we work on the case. He invited me to a strategy meeting in his hotel room.
When he got up from my bed and left, my roommate rolled over and told me it happened to most of the girls. I found out later this guard had a reputation. I fought and I fought, but he was 18 and I was 12. He just picked me up and carried me behind the fence.Īnd he lay down on top of me and started to take my pants off. I wanted to slow down, but he told me not to be a tease.Īnd he pushed me down on the couch and said he was glad I had waited for him.Īnd then he pulled off my jeans and then my underwear.Īnd he said that if I showed my body better, people wouldn't think I was a lesbian.Īnd then he grabbed me on the inside of my thigh.Īt that moment, we were left alone, and he picked me up. The way he looked at me, there was something in his eyes. When I opened my eyes, I was alone in the hot tub with him, and there was. I may not remember all of the details, but I will never forget the sheer terror of feeling your weight on top of me, I remember feeling you push yourself inside of me.
I remember thinking that I just needed to close my eyes for a few minutes.Īnd then I remember waking up to you pulling off my underwear. I wanted to host a party like I thought a popular cheerleader should.Īnd then I started to fall asleep or. The first weekend in September, my parents were out of town and my little brothers were at their grandparents'. If it's all right, for the first part of my statement, I'd like to address the defendant directly. Your Honor, thank you for this opportunity to address the court. To stand up in front of all these people. I have to admit, when I was asked to speak today, I didn't want to. Prior to sentencing, the victim would like to exercise her right to make her own statement. It is my sincerest hope that you will allow me to do so.ĭoes the county accept the allocution? We do, Your Honor.
I'm trying every day to be a better man, to be the man that my parents raised me to be.Īnd to be a positive influence at Liberty High. I was used to a certain culture of partying and hookups, and many of us never questioned it, but it is time to question it.Īnd I know that I need to be the one to set an example. Every day, I wish that I could go back in time. When I think of the pain that I may have caused, I-I just. It truly hurts me to think that my actions have caused anyone emotional distress.
How to pay tribute, but also tell the truth. I thought a long, long time about what to say today.