'I helped to put you where you belong': Girl, 15, who was raped by her mom's boyfriend when she was just 12 confronts him in court as he's jailed for 25 years
A 15-year-old girl confronted her rapist on Monday after he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Stephan William Thompson, 33, from Hindsville, Arkansas, raped his then-girlfriend's daughter when she was 12 years old.
The girl read her victim impact statement to the court and told Thompson: 'There are more like you out in the world but as of right now I have helped get one less off of the streets.'
Stephan William Thompson, 33, raped a girl when she was 12 years old and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The victim, now 15, confronted him at court on Monday and said: 'There are more like you out in the world but as of right now I have helped get one less off of the streets'
'While your fate awaits you, mine awaits me full of love, hope, financial success and the power of knowing that I helped to put you where you belong,' she added.
The sex offender had been abusing the young girl since November 2017. He raped the 12-year-old four times between then and February 2018 before his arrest months later on June 26.
He attended court via Zoom on Monday where he was sentenced to spend 25 years at the Arkansas Department of Corrections by Benton County Circuit Judge Robin Green. Before that he was being held at Benton County Jail on a $50,000 bond.
According to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette the victim told Thompson his actions wounded her but she has recovered and is stronger.
'So today I sit here proudly reading this to you, letting you know that I am capable of all the things you once made me feel I wasn't,' she said.
According to the affidavit filed by the Rogers Police Department, the girl's mother was dating Thompson at the time and the rapes took place in her mother's bedroom.
Benton County Circuit Judge Robin Green sentenced Thompson during a hearing that took place over Zoom on Monday
Thompson 'had bought (the victim) underwear from Victoria's Secret' but she was told not to tell her mother about it, the court documents revealed.
She tried to tell her mother about Thompson touching her in April of 2018 but she didn't believe her. The girl told police that her mother called Thompson and asked him about it but he said she was lying and probably dreamt about it.
The last time Thompson raped the victim her mother was laying in bed with her boyfriend. Her mother had fallen asleep when Thompson 'told her to come lay by him'. According to court documents the victim started dozing off 'and when she woke up was touching her'.
In an interview conducted at the Children's Advocacy Center the girl circled the breasts and vagina on an anatomical diagram after being asked by forensic interviewer Early Mallow where her mother's boyfriend touched her.
She told Mallow he touched her 'chest, underwear area and buttocks'. Thompson would also 'tell her how gorgeous she is and how good her body is'.
When asked why the girl waited four months after the last assault to tell her mother about what happened, the mother told the police it was because she had recently told her daughter she was very serious about her relationship with Thompson 'and wanted it to be long term'.
Thompson dated the victim's mother and raped the 12-year-old in her mother's bed four times over the course of four months. He was sentenced to spend 25 years at the Arkansas Department of Corrections
Police believed this may have triggered the young girl to reveal what was happening. 'She was afraid to tell her mother and did not want to be at home,' the court documents said.
As a Level Three sex offender Thompson is considered 'high risk' as offenders in this category usually have a history of repeat sexual offenses, according to the Arkansas Crime Information Center.
Thompson was convicted in 2009 for raping a 13-year-old girl in Missouri. He spent five years in prison for the crime.