A Cape Cod man was found guilty of abusing his girlfriend and was sentenced to two years in prison.
His victim became a survivor's advocate as a result of the case.
A family court judge allowed him to change his name after he was released.
In an intense three-day trial in a Cape Cod courtroom, a man was accused of orchestrating a twisted week of torture in which he injected his girlfriend with heroin, beat her with a belt, and forced her to perform oral sex on his pit bull.
A Cape Cod man was sentenced to six years in prison after being found guilty of assault and other charges, despite a judge ordering a finding of not guilty on an animal-abuse charge. The disturbing case resulted in his victim becoming an advocate for domestic- violence survivors.
More than a year after his release from prison, a local judge has allowed a man to change his name, allowing him to avoid accountability and putting other women at risk.
It's a matter of public safety based on what he has done to me and other women in my community.
He appeared by phone in the court to object to the name change.
She believed that women wouldn't be able to uncover his past if he was allowed to change his name.
He applied for a name change because of his religion.
The man testified that he converted to Christianity from Islam at the request of his mother several years ago. He wanted to change his name because of his mother's death.
A judge made a ruling on Tuesday.
Judge Ordoez wrote that she had a difficult experience and that she was afraid that people wouldn't know about his criminal history if they didn't know his real name.
She wrote that she filed notice of the name change in The Cape Cod Times and at the court's supervision office.
Ordoez ruled that the court understands the objector's concerns and applauds her for making her reasons known. The reason for changing the name is reasonable according to the court.
Local and internatio nal media reported on the week of abuse that took place.
After giving interviews to The Cape Cod Times and other media outlets, she took control of her story by sharing the details of her abuse and healing.
She said he was sent to jail for filming his ex-girlfriend nude without her consent after they began dating. She believed him when he told her that the accusation was a lie.
He was in jail for one year. Their relationship deteriorated when he was released.
The worst was yet to come. It wasn't until after the break up that the abuse got worse.
He injected her with heroin after picking her up. She said that he did it several more times. He raped her and beat her with a belt when she was high on drugs. She said that he told her to undress, then brought his pit bull in and told her to have sex with it. She said the man forced her to have sex with him.
The Cape Cod Times reported that at the trial, a former local selectman and police officer testified that he never heard any signs of abuse from his grandson's bedroom.
The phone number listed for his grandfather was not immediately returned. Attempts to locate him were not successful.
She is working to combat the stigma of domestic violence.
She told Insider that she was shocked that a man accused of such vile abuse was allowed to change his name.
When she told her story in court, she thought the judge was on her side, but she thinks he did his homework and he won.
The address of the man who has a restraining order against him is listed in documents provided to her by the state Department of Correction.
She said that he is in the same town that she is in.
Changing his name eliminates the most easily accessible link to the crimes he committed because he isn't registered as a sex offender.
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