Being a victim of rape costs an average of $3,500 in medical bills

Re:Being a victim of rape costs an average of $3,500 in medi... by bryan0 on Saturday September 17, 2022 @03:02PM (#32880349)

This is a reference to: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/09/14/us/iowa-teen-restitution-...

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Re:Being a victim of rape costs an average of $3,500 in medi... by lostlogin on Saturday September 17, 2022 @04:57PM (#32881503)

Thanks - grim.

A CNN link that’s less ampy:

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/15/us/pieper-lewis-sex-traff...

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Re:Being a victim of rape costs an average of $3,500 in medi... by mwint on Sunday September 18, 2022 @05:48AM (#32886021)

This strikes me as bizarre:

> A crowdsourcing campaign to cover the restitution has raised $330,000 -- more than double what Lewis owes. But Lewis' attorneys must determine whether Iowa law would allow the donated money to be used to pay the restitution

If I owe someone $150,000 and I have $330,000, how exactly can I be prevented from using it to pay?

Even if you prevent me from using it, why can’t I buy a $300k house in cash and then take a $150k mortgage? Sell the house three months later.

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Re:Being a victim of rape costs an average of $3,500 in medi... by b409ba0801cd21 on Monday September 19, 2022 @12:10AM (#32894191)

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/910.3B.pdf

Perhaps there is a concern that the croudfunds could be considered a third party payment under subsection 4.

The only explanation that I can think of for the subsection was to prevent a defendant from claiming that a source like the decedent's own life insurance should be counted against the restitution, but that seems a bit far fetched.

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