Update on things.
Yesterday my young friend called and said that he had gotten a call that the third person had accepted the plea deal. The creep/jerk/liferuiner is back in jail. Yippe Yay! Also found out a few more details about the other victims but most awful is that one victim in Seattle has lifelong injuries. That case will now be moving to trial since they know who the perp is. Apparently this guy might have been a suspect all along, but my friends incident was the one that actually identified him by camera and linked it all together.
Also went to the crisis center today. That was rather un-dramatic. Mostly because after two weeks lots has happened and he has been through a lot already, we've taken care of a lot of things already, the prosecutors have been busy, and so many other things. The advocate was shocked at the lack of response by the store and the police and the slowness of medical exam, etc. Once my friend is comfortable with releasing some information to her, she will be calling the SVU team and explaining the importance of the local police officer responding to the call to treat sexual assault vicitims equally, male or female, for medical exams, etc.
We did get a list of resources to start counseling and several of the names on the list are on our local LGBT website and being friendly to our community and specific issues so that is good. A meeting Thursday with store staff about insurance stuff and other help and then he will call to schedule to begin counseling. I told him, in my father voice and demeanor, that I would be checking with him on that. He's coming to stay with us again on Thursday and out to school with me on Friday to see friends again so I will have a chance to talk with him again.
He was nervous, and that was all he wanted to do today. One step at a time. But forward.
Parents are being pissy and wanting access to his bank accounts, his new address and such. He said no, not any of your business. They are toxic, take his money and threaten physical violence. Just what we didn't need to deal with today. Oh well.
Sewed again yesterday but not much. Off to work tomorrow.
Thanks for listening.
Steven Alaska