Brooklyn, NY - On Nov. 13, 2002, a 12-year-old girl was taken by a man into a ‘filthy’ elevator room on the rooftop of her tenement and raped. Then, when the man was done, he raped her again. “[The man] raped a 12-year-old stranger, then completely dressed her, leading her to believe — however fleetingly — that her nightmare [was] over. He then undressed her and raped her a second time,” Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Dineen Riviezzo said. With no suspect in the crime, life went on. The victim described that the attack made her afraid of men and changed her from a sweet young girl into an aggressive and reclusive teen. “I had nightmares day in and day out, year after year,” she added. Then, six years later, a man named Adam Wright, now 44, would be arrested for an open alcohol container violation. A DNA test conducted at the time of that arrest matched him to the young girl’s rape. Wright was charged and put on trial. During the trial, Wright acted as his own lawyer. This put him in the position of cross-examining his victim. The victim reportedly left the stand twice in tears as she struggled with testimony about the assaults. Wright, in his role as lawyer, also claimed that his DNA samples were somehow “co-mingled” in an intra-agency conspiracy to frame him. Presiding Justice Riviezzo dismissed these claims as having “no basis in the evidence and no support in the facts whatsoever.” At his sentencing on Wednesday, Wright took the opportunity to offer ‘advice’ to his victim – now a 21-year-old mother and nursing student. “Learn to let go, don’t hold on to any pain,” Wright told the young woman, “Give it to the Lord and He will take care of it for you.” In response, the victim reportedly told Wright – in a tone described as ‘brave’ – “Today, it brings me great comfort that you are going away and will never do this to anyone ever again.” …and with that, Justice Riviezzo sentenced Wright to 47 years in prison.
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