Pieper Lewis was ordered to pay her rapist's family $150,000 in restitution after she was convicted of killing him. A GoFundMe account set up by her former teacher has since helped raise over $500,000.
Pieper Lewis, left, speaks with Polk County District Judge David M. Porter during her sentencing hearing on Sept. 13. Donations are pouring in to help Lewis, a 17-year-old sex trafficking victim who was ordered by the court to pay $150,000 to the family of a man she stabbed to death after he raped her.Pieper Lewis, left, speaks with Polk County District Judge David M. Porter during her sentencing hearing on Sept. 13.
The 17-year-old pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and willful injury for killing Zachary Brooks in 2020. According to Lewis, Brooks, who was 37 at the time, repeatedly raped the then-15-year-old in the weeks before his death. She told the court that eventually, something in her snapped and, in a fit of rage, she stabbed Brooks at least 30 times., Polk County District judge David M.
The GoFundMe page was launched by Leland Schipper, a former math teacher of Lewis, who described feeling"incredibly proud of her."
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