A young Houston woman is bravely speaking out after her rape
turned viral. Last month, 16-year-old Jada was drugged and raped at a friend’s
house party and had no clue what had happened to her until pictures and videos
of her assault appeared on social media. All she remembers is being given some
punch by the party’s host, a friend of a friend, that she believes was spiked.
"I had no control. I didn’t tell anyone to take my
clothes off and do what they did to me."
Seeing her rape appear online was bad enough, but then came
the memes and hashtags making fun of the aftermath. #Jadapose became a thing
where people were copying the position her unconscious body was in after she
had been raped.
They also began cyber bullying and rape shaming the high
school junior, including the host of the party and alleged rapist, Innel Yahia,
who previously had the Twitter account “WhiteBoyLaFlare.” Before he deleted his account, he tweeted to
Jada:
HOW ITS RAPE? YOU HAD 2 MONTHS TO SAY SOMETHING BUT YOU AINT
SAY SH-T TILL YOU GET EXPOSED?
As of right now, Houston police are investigating Jada’s
claims, and although rape victims’ identities aren’t normally revealed in
situations like this, she refused to hide in hopes that it will help someone
else.
“Everybody knows,” said Jada. “And everybody’s texting me
are you OK? You’re going to be OK, and I was like alright. There’s no point in
hiding,” she said. “Everybody has already seen my face and my body, but that’s
not what I am and who I am.
“I’m just angry,” said Jada...Watch Video HERE
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