My life has been on hold for over a year, a year of anger, anguish and uncertainty, until a jury of my peers rendered a judgment that validated the injustices I had endured. Had Brock admitted guilt and remorse and offered to settle early on, I would have considered a lighter sentence, respecting his honesty, grateful to be able to move our lives forward. Instead he took the risk of going to trial, added insult to injury and forced me to relive the hurt as details about my personal life and sexual assault were brutally dissected before the public. He pushed me and my family through a year of inexplicable, unnecessary suffering, and should face the consequences of challenging his crime, of putting my pain into question, of making us wait so long for justice.
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“The Success Summit was formed to inspire innovation in San Mateo County, and to create an avenue for solution-oriented discussions to meet the challenges of the future in the North San Mateo County region,” said California Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, honorary co-chairman of the event, The Summit’s organizers encourage everyone to “imagine a better future … close the gap between what is and what can be” and then at the close of each summit, participants vote to ballet earrings, tutu with shoes- dancer earrings select one initiative to tackle during the coming year..
The first night of ‘AGT’ live performances at Radio City Music Hall brought 12 acts to the stage for America to see and vote for who they want to see move on to the next round. Dancers Sean & Luke, aerial act Valo & Bobby, singer Julia Goodwin, Salsa dancers Baila Conmigo, magicians David and Leeman, musical group The Willis Clan, Flight Crew Jump Rope, Chinese dance and ballet group Jasmine Flowers, singer Emily West, strongman JD Anderson, comedian Dan Naturman and singer Miguel Dakota all gave their best 90 seconds.
