Luna

to protect myself, to protect my fellow classmates, to protect girls in the world from this happening, I think that takes a lot of the guilt away.

I did go.

That was the first time I had seen him since he had gotten arrested.

It was really early in the morning and it was in one of the bigger cities.

The night before I submitted my victim impact statement to my district attorney and my victim witness advocate.

It was a good drive and I went with my parents.

I think that we had to be there at like 8.30 in the morning.

It was terrible.

That's too early to do something like that.

But we got there.

They took my family and I in and we sat in the courtroom.

It was a really little courtroom.

We were on the left-hand side.

I think it was his mom and his grandmother were on the right side.

There was the clerk of courts, the DA and the victim witness advocate, and then the judge.

My attorney wasn't able to be there because she was out of the country, and I love that for her.

I thought I was going to throw up when I saw him for the first time.

He was wearing the same cologne that he was wearing the night that he assaulted me.

I walked into the courtroom, and I was like, holy crap.

I could literally just smell it.