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In the courthouse the day of the criminal trial of Oscar Ramirez for kidnap, rape, torture, and attempted murder, Juliana was currently being interviewed on the stand by her attorney, Wayne Collins. "Hello, Detective Vasquez. I am very sorry that you had to be here today. I'd like to begin by asking you, where were you when the defendant, as is being charged, kidnap you?" he asked. "It was, I believe, around 7:50 pm. I was a couple of blocks from here, in an alley, having a smoke. We had just been in court for the Ales Muñoz arraignment, which was very difficult for my boyfriend, ADA Rafael Barba, and I, and I needed a break," Juliana replied smoothly. "I see," Collins nodded. "What happened after that?" Juliana braced herself. "I was just smoking, when the unconscious homeless man maybe twenty feet away from me began to yell in pain. It was his leg, which was wounded badly. He begged for me to help, so of course, I did. I tried to keep him calm, and I called in for backup, and then I took a look at the leg, which was the last thing I remembered, before blacking out. I woke up to the defendant standing over me as I was strapped to a table. He then cut into me with only the intent to torture me," Juliana replied more quietly. "And then what happened?" Wayne asked, stepping in closer. "Well, he uh.... I was unconscious before he finished cutting into me. He had called it a 'game of doctor'," Juliana said calmly, the mere thought of it and him making her sick inside. "He constantly called me Elena, after his sister, and I understand that all of the things he did to me, he also did to her." "And how did you know that, Detective?" Wayne asked. "He'd say things like, 'let's play a game of doctor like we used to', or.... 'I'll do that thing that used to drive you crazy in bed'." "So in other words.... Mr. Ramirez, the defendant, had raped and tortured his own sister in the past," Wayne Collins concluded. "Objection, your honor!" John Buchanan thundered. "Sustained. The jury will disregard. Tread carefully, Counselor," Judge Barth warned. "What did he do afterwards?" "Afterwards, he continued to force-feed me alcohol, at gun point, that is, for the rest of the day. The next day, he.... he forced me to change in and out of two outfits belonging to his late sister Elena, forcing me to undress in front of him. He then raped me, on camera. I saw the camera, and took the chance that this would be seen by someone other than the defendant, hand-signaling who he was, who he had forced me to become, and the name of the street that we were on, which I had learned when he was speaking to me as his sister and asked if I remembered it from his childhood," Juliana explained. "I had done a bit of hasty profiling and I took him for someone who.... someone who would only record a video like that in order to share it. He'd shown me old photo albums before the initial rape, and I'd figured that this was his own twisted and sadistic version of a family photo album." "Objection!" "Overruled. There was no violation. But however, both of you, please, tread carefully," Barth repeated. "I see, Detective Vasquez. Please continue." "The next morning.... the defendant raped me again. After that, while I was still tied to the bed, he began to cut into me again. As he was cutting into my stomach, he revealed that he wanted to impregnate me, as his sister. He bandaged my stomach and provided me with antibiotics, until I had broken off a sharp piece of wood from the headboard of the bed that I was tied to. I managed to cut maybe most of the rope, and I then pulled free and removed the defendant's gun from the situation, as best I could, kicking it across the room in front of me. But I was weak, so the defendant tossed me in that same direction. I pretended to be unconscious, until he approached me, and I grabbed the gun and shot him, in self defense, twice for accuracy as I had learned to do at the police academy. One shot had hit his leg and was enough to incapacitate and eventually render the defendant unconscious," Juliana recalled darkly. "That was when SVU arrived on the scene." "I understand. Thank you, Detective. No further questions."
