{"id":15211,"date":"2020-10-02T13:27:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T20:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakthesilencedv.org\/?p=15211"},"modified":"2022-08-27T10:51:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T17:51:44","slug":"vanessa-gray-survivor-sister-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakthesilencedv.org\/?p=15211","title":{"rendered":"Vanessa Gray Survivor Sister Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My first boyfriend in high school experience at fourteen years old, was an abusive one.  He abused me for two and a half years; emotionally, physically, psychologically, and financially. I ended the relationship when I was sixteen years old, after he raped me. I was stalked by him months after the break-up. The school and police department were not help to me at all. I am a survivor because of my family. My brother protected me at school and mom pulled me out of school to save my life. 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