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'via Blog this'Many rape victims do not come forward, but Arend said she thought of the man victimizing other women — or worse, her own teenage daughter. A day or two later, she was retelling her tale to a Denver internal-affairs investigator.
"At first, I didn't know. I thought, 'If I do this, is it going to shred me and make me look terrible because I've been in some trouble in my life? And he could still be free doing that to other girls,' " Arend said. "But if you do the right thing, hopefully good things will follow."
Since the alleged incident, Arend has successfully completed probation and found work cleaning homes and helping at a friend's roofing business, she said. But she doesn't sleep at night.
She takes medication for depression, suffers stress-induced nausea and attends counseling multiple times a month. She has moved to Lakewood and stays out of Denver as much as possible for fear of retribution from Denver police officers.
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