The Other Side of Rape Allegations (The Christina Story) (Very Long Post)

With the recent drama revolving around Toby Turner and his recent rape accusations I felt like I needed to get this story out here since his story really hits hard with since I can somewhat relate. While my story is not on such an extreme level as Toby it still has seriously changed my life in a way I can only hope to accurately describe. I will warn you all now this story is going to be very long and very descriptive so prepare yourselves.

(Note all names have been changed to avoid furthering this drama)

About 3 years ago in October of 2013 I was just recovering from a break up of a long term relationship and pretty much desperate to find love. I resorted to a teen dating at call MeetMe where I found a girl who I will call Christina. Christina was 13 years old and I was two years older at age 15 and to me this two year age was was perfectly fine. Little did I know that this tiny age gap would get me into a world of trouble. Fast forward about two months late and my relationship with Christina is still growing strong. I felt comfortable enough with the relationship to share it on Facebook to all my friends. So on December 6th 2013 I set my relationship status to "In a Relationship with Christina." This seemingly harmless post would mark the downfall of the relationship between myself and Christina. Eager to see how of my Facebook friends were to see that Christina and I were dating, I logged in every day to see if anyone had like or commented on the post. Only three days later two of my friends posted 1 comment each which were the exact opposite of what I expected. Instead of encouragement I was met with two comments which directly quoted said "no u didnt what the" and "Wait, wut. Oh my wut. Ok. Let me just grasp this." I was met with complete awkwardness and confusion from my friends and it honestly surprised me. The about 5 days later Christina's brother who I will call Derrick, also decided to give his two cents about the whole situation. Now when I first saw Derrick has posted I honestly didn't recognize him, I knew he was Christina's sister but I didn't know he actually knew me. I soon realized Derrick was actually an old classmate of mine from middle who I never really saw eye to eye with ever. It was clear from what he commented that his opinions about still hadn't changed from middle. Derrick posted just five words "OH HELL TO THE NO!" I just took it that people weren't expecting me to hop back into a relationship so soon and shrugged off all the negative comments. Then about a month later I received a phone call after school from Christina. I thought nothing of this since we usually called each other after school and talked on the phone for hours but this time it was different. This time when I picked up the phone, I was not greeted by the light-hearted Christina who I had grown to loved, but instead I was confronted by here asking, "Do you got something you need to say?" Before I could even try to respond the phone was quickly snatched from her by her brother Derrick who without missing a beat made up a story about how some friend at school heard from me that I was bragging about wanting to rape his sister and that I was some creep who kept pictures of her on my phone.

Before I continue this story I want to point out a major flaw with the story Derrick was putting forth. Not only have I never in my life forced Christina or thought about forcing Christina into non-consensual sex with me but the even bigger flaw was that I at the time went to a completely different school from Derrick and Christina. Derrick and Christina went to my home high school whereas I was going to a early college style high school. There was no way for me to ever tell anyone Derrick talked to on a regular basis that I "wanted to rape Christina." I immediately pointed out this major flaw and began to rant about Derrick trying to lie about me. At first I thought I had really gotten through to him and he was silently sitting back and letting me explain myself but when he didn't reply back to my questions to him I realized he had hung up a long time ago. I decided to call back and attempt to re-explain myself but every time i did he would yell at me then hang up. This cycle of calling and being hung up on went on for a good fiteen minutes before I finally gave up.

Just when I thought I could just let the situation die I got a voicemail message from Christina's neighbor who I knew was a family friend of hers. His chilling message ordered me to call him back withing ten minutes or he was going to call the police on me. This absolutely terrified me to a point where I literally broke down in tears when I finally called back. I tired to explain to him that I was innocent but in the back of my mind I feared being locked up for false rape allegations. The man told me to "Never call him or Christina ever again or the police would be called on me." About five minutes later I got a call from Derrick's older brother who I'll call Steven. Steven seemed to be the voice of reason and maturity which honestly gave me hope that I would finally be able to clear my name. I poured my heart out to Steven until h stopped me with a message that made me want to run in the middle of traffic and die. He said "I don't care what you've done or who you are I just want you to never talk to my little sister ever again or I will come personally and beat you." I also received another voicemail from Derrick saying, "If you keep trying to talk to me or my family I will come to your school, kick your ass, and break your phone." At this point I just gave up on the day and tried to sleep the drama away. This relief last for about eight minutes before I got another phone call from Christina. Thinking she was calling to talk to me about how crazy what just happened I picked up. Christina's mom was on the other end and she simply said, "Look, I don't care about who you are or what you are about but if you want to sit around and harass my daughter and argue with my boys then I will let them do whatever they need to do to you," before promptly hanging up the phone. I finally was able to sleep the rest of the day away after this conversation and in my mind the drama was over, little did I know the lies that took place that night would follow me to school the next day.

Rumors had spread that I was a rapist and a sex offender and I could barely make it through the day without crying my eyes out. As soon as I got home I let my mom know exactly what happened and tried to let her know I wanted to press charges for slander or communicating a threat. Unfortunately Derrick got off scott free since my mom thought it would be a better idea to call Christina's mother and eventually agree with her that I should never communicate with her ever again.

I'm now a senior in high school and I go to the same school as Christina and Derrick. I see them both every day and it terrifies me to know that Derrick's actions have gone unpunished all this time. I'm still fighting off accusations of rape and perversion to this day. All because one kid decided to ruin my life with false rape accusations.