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Making justice: rapist legal case

Hi there. My name is Pieke Roelofs. Friends call me Pie.

I'm autistic activist with PTSD as a result of partner abuse and rape. 

The first abusive relationship I was in was started in 2008. When I escaped that abusive relationship in the beginning of 2016, I walked straight into the next one: my then work-partner, a youtuber a collaborated with.  It ended ugly. In a nutshell, I ended up with acute stress disorder and depression inside a hospital after assault and rape, blackmail and threats. While I was inside the hospital, the abuse of my then work partner didn't stop.

In January 2017 I broke all contact with the work-partner. Then, the public doxxing, death threats and defamation started.  I was hospitalised for 7 months total due to what happened and ended up with severe PTSD that still rules my life.

I can't get the therapy I need until the court cases surrounding the rapes are over. Even a second-opinion denied the request, stating that the ongoing court cases undo any work we do during the therapy they want to give me, and cause 'secondary and repeated traumatisation'.

In other words, since 2016 my therapy has been focused on anti-depressives, regular contact with a psychiatric nurse who helps me on an emotional level to deal with the court cases (which have become very public) and 'sitting this out until the court cases are over'.

My hospitalisation cost my healthcare insurance over 66.000 euro and the ongoing mental health care I need is draining my insurance further.

I'm luckily insured - so that's not the point. The point is that I can't get the mental health care I need to try to get help for my PTSD and actually recover, until the court cases are over. It seems that if it's up to the man who raped me, these cases will go on for a few more years.

I don't want this man to take more years of my life.

He's taken 3 already and it needs to stop.

I'm asking for help to pay for costs I'm making to move the cases forward faster and any financial bill I need to pay relating to the rape cases and to make these cases move faster - ranging from money for gas to visit court or to pay for advice or help with translations - anything really.

If you want to help me move these cases to the fast lane so I can finally focus on my mental health and start the therapy I need, any help would be appreciated.

Thank you for caring enough to read all this.

Much love,
Pieke

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Pieke Roelofs
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