Samantha (the victim)

Noel really said, yes, this case is a slam dunk case, but if this does go to trial, you're going to be dragged through the mud.

Dropping the criminal sexual conduct charges didn't feel like full justice to me in some ways.

I wanted everyone to be able to point at Christopher and say, this person is a rapist.

But in the end, I decided to trust Noel's instincts and say, yes, let's go for a plea deal and let's

try to make him look as awful as we can.

When I asked Noelle who the judge assigned to the case is, she tells me it's Judge Elzenheimer.

That was the same guy who denied my PPO.

How could this judge be assigned to this case?

And I'm like, either that's going to be a good thing because he's going to feel awful, or potentially it could be bad.

Christopher does choose to accept the plea deal.

And finally, I get a date for sentencing.

It's going to happen February 5, 2024.

Christopher enters in his orange jumpsuit with his hands bound.

and he's there in the flesh in front of me.

Noelle hoped that this would persuade the judge to sentence outside of the guidelines.

It just felt like such a private thing that would just be out in the open, but I understood why she needed to do it.

I felt like this was the first time after enduring that whole day with him that I felt free to really tell him some of my true thoughts.

I don't want to address Christopher as he has not honored my requests, nor shown he values my thoughts or feelings in over a decade.

I wondered if I would see Daylight again.

I shook and sobbed after he raped me.