Girl who was gang-raped by 20 men at age 11 is now pregnant at 14

A Texas girl who was just 11 when she
was raped by 20 men over a three-month
period in 2010 has revealed that she is
now seven months pregnant at the age of
14.
The teenager says the baby’s father is her
15-year-old boyfriend and that they plan
to keep the child.
The shocking crime gained national
attention when police began investigating
in December 2010, after the girl’s
classmate told a teacher he had seen
cellphone video of men having sex with
her.
Expecting: The Cleveland, Texas gang rape
victim is now 7 -months pregnant at age
14. The father is her 15-year-old
boyfriend
Prosecutors say the girl was sexually
assaulted on at least five occasions by 20
men and boys in the Southeast Texas
town of Cleveland, about 45 miles
northeast of Houston.
The girl was 11 during the assaults from
mid-September through early December
2010. Police began investigating that
December, when cell phone video
emerged of one assault.
After investigators learned of the horrific
assault, the girl was moved to foster care
but ran away from her group home in
Beaumont, Texas in December 2011 and
was the victim of another sexual assault
while she was living on the streets.
In August 2012, she returned to Houston
to be with her family.
She now lives with her mother, brother
and sisters.
Her mother, Maria, told KHOU-TV that she
was upset when she learned the girl was
pregnant.
‘Well, when she came with the pregnancy
test, I was like, “Go away, get away from
me, I was upset,”‘ she said.
The mother says that she now realizes
that this may just be part of her
daughter’s healing.
‘I think it’s pretty common that
sometimes girls, when that happens to
them, they try to find the comfort in
someone else, like they want to feel
loved.’
The victim, who has not been identified,
said she feels nervous about the
upcoming arrival of her child. She also
said she hopes that people won’t judge
her for having a child out of wedlock.