Stand With Breanna – Support Survivors of Sexual Assault

In April 2025, sexual assault survivor Breanna Martin (Wampler) was ordered to pay $104,307.57 in attorney and court fees to the man who abused her Dr. Richard McGrath, and to Dr. McGrath’s former employer, the City of Sitka.

This order was issued by Superior Court Judge Amanda Browning* following the conclusion of a civil trial held in December 2024, in which the jury was forbidden to know that Dr. McGrath pled guilty and was criminally convicted in 2023 for sexually assaulting multiple women.

Alaska Statutes indicate that the court may exercise discretion to abate all or some of these fees if it would inflict a substantial and undue hardship upon the party ordered to pay. Judge Browning declined to exercise this discretion and instead chose to financially penalize and further victimize Breanna. By doing so, the Alaska Court System has communicated to all survivors of sexual assault that their stories and their experiences do not matter, and that speaking up may cost you everything.

We want survivors to know that their stories and their experiences do matter, and that we stand behind those who take on the burden and the risk of telling the truth.

This GoFundMe is dedicated to Breanna and to survivors everywhere.

* Judge Amanda Browning will be up for retention in 2028; we hope that members of the community will remember this case when they see her name on the ballot.