Case 9.137cr780051rDMM Document 59 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/04/2013 Page Please pull the microphone down so that your voice can be heard. Please state your name. A- -- Q. can you spell your last name? A. -- Q. Thank you. Do you know a person by the name of Raymond Adams? A. Yes. Q. How do you know him? Gymnastics. Q. And do you recognize him in the courtroom? A. uhehuh. Q. can you describe where he's sitting or what he's wearing? A. In the blue suit. sorry. Q. Take your time. I understand that you've prepared some things that you would like the judge to know before he imposes sentence. 1w'1tnese nodding head.) Q. Do you want as would you like to read that for the Judge? A. Yes. Q. Go ahead. A. I did gymnastics ever since I could remember. 1 was in my mom's stomach when she did Mommy and Me Classes at EoCa Case Document 59 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/04/2013 Page Direct -- Twisters with my sister. I loved gymnastics and still do. It was my whole life. The was my second home. I never wanted to leave. I had practiced five days a week, five hours a day. I reached level seven by the age of nine and was going for a college scholarship. I would miss play dates, birthday parties, and many more things just to do what I loved. I never imagined doing anything else. I even wanted to be home schooled so I could be at the more. My parents tried to take me out for a summer to try other sports, but of course I went right back to gymnastics. It was my everything. I still remember the day when I met Ray for the first time. My teammates and I were all standing at the mirrors in the vault area. I remember what I was wearing. My pink leotard which Ray ended up calling my lucky leo. only to realize later that it was his favorite because it showed pretty much all of my figure in detail. He had a lucky leotard for only a couple of girls. From the moment he started his job at American Twisters, every young girl and parent loved him, including me. He was our favorite coach. He was the best. He was also very affectionate. He would tickle my back, play with my hair, rub my shins splints, and tell me how much he loved me and also how I was his favorite. I never thought twice about this because I also come from a very affectionate family. I never thought a Case Document 59 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/04/2013 Page grown man would hurt a little girl. He was the only coach that cared when I broke my foot. when he left American Twisters and went to Bieger, he would ermail back and forth through my mom's ermail asking how I was healing and recovering over my foot injury. I missed him, all of my best friends, and especially gymnastics some of my teammates were already at the new with him, and I wanted to be there too. He told me in the ermails he was at Hieger International Gymnastics, and so I went. He would tell me how much better it was from American Twisters because he didn't have Gary, the head coach at American, to be over him and tell him what to do. He could do whatever he wanted, he would say. There was not necessarily a head guy, as he said, at Bieger to watch over him. And I remember while I'm down on the floor and Ray counting my ribs over and over like it was a joke. But it wasn-t a joke to me. I never really thought my favorite coach who loved me would do anything wrong to me. I was only 10 years old. It was exactly my half birthday, and I remember a couple ea it was like my third day at Bieger, and I remember the day before he was asking me what day my half birthday was and it happened to be the next day. I was so young and innocent. I had no idea any of it was coming. I had no idea what molesting was. I was confused and didn-t understand. I thought maybe it was my fault, maybe Case Document 59 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/04/2013 Page was what I was wearing. I've had to live with this for almost five years now. I have lost so much because of what happened to me. I lost all of my friends. They all thought I was lying. Imagine at the age of 10 having absolutely no friends. They all turned on me. I have no one except my family. I lost gymnastics, the only sport I've ever done my entire life. My whole life was taken from me just like that I was depressed and had major anxiety, which I still battle until this day. I was so anxious about everything. Ray was living within a mile from my home for over three years until we moved. I knew he would find me. And I always worried what he would do if he did. he started going to my church, and it made me feel even more scared. He was looking for me. I didn't feel safe anywhere; not at home, not at school, certainly not in public and not even my own church. In my mind he was everywhere. I couldn't sleep alone anymore after that night at the gym. I still sleep with my mom to this day. I had a very hard time at school. I've always gotten straight As. I was getting close to Cs. when I thought it couldn't get any worse, one of my best friends I lost because of him started going to my schooL Her brother was even in my class. Her mother started volunteering daily there. It was a very small school, 60 kids Case Document 59 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/04/2013 Page Direct -- 20 in one grade, so everybody knew everybody. I had to see them every single day. It was a nightmare knowing that they didn't believe me. I would come home crying every night wondering if they would tell anyone. when we were at gas station, I would hide at the bottom of the car floor. One time at American Twisters I was at the front desk. Ray came to congratulate me on a good practice. Instead of patting me on the back he started to pat me on the bottom. As soon as I saw what he was doing, I leaned forward to try to avoid it. Every time a man is behind me I lean my body forward so no one can touch me. I thought every single man was a pedophile. I trusted no one, especially men. I still don-t. I'm scared to walk anywhere by myself. And I'm 14 years old now, and I had to grow up so fast. I didn-t know about everything I needed to know when I was only in years old. I would cry every single night for four years. I didn't have gymnastics anymore. It was my everything. I missed it so much and I still do. I still won't go back into a gym. I never will go. I'm scared someone will recognize me or a coach will do what Ray did to me. I couldn't understand why everyone didn't believe me. I couldn't understand why this happened to me. why I didn-t Case Document 59 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/04/2013 Page Direct -- 21 have anymore friends. This all has affected me in so many ways. It changed my life. It changed how I view things. Everywhere I go I'm scared. when I go somewhere or I'm just at home, I'm hypervigilant. A couple months ago I was walking to Publix with my two best friends to get Cookies, fruit and iced tea. when I'm walking home, I saw something out of the corner of my eye. And when I turned, it was Ray. He his sitting in his car stopped next to us, and I screamed. And once we made contact, his eyes got big and he sped away. That-s when one of my that was one of my biggest fears, was to see him. My friends were all worried. And I said it was nothing, I thought I saw someone I knew. He just kept walking we just kept walking like nothing happened while I was freaking out in the inside. The next day when I spoke to the nice police officer for the report, he was even trying to make me feel better, but it didn't work. I finally told my best friend about six months ago. This has been five years, and I've only told one person. I have terrible trust issues because of what he has done to me. I trusted him with everything and now I trust no one. This has affected every part of my life. My counselor, my best friend, and especially may family try to Case Document 59 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/04/2013 Page help me every day. Yet if feels like it happened only yesterday. and I'm It will be five years this September 23. still learning how to deal with the impact family. It has had a tremendous impact on every aspect of my life and always will. As hard as this is, I know everything happens for a reason. My goal is that I'm the last girl he will ever touch and that ends with me. Q. Thank you. MS. GALLER: I have nothing further, Your Honor. THE COURT: M5. Harriet. CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MS. BARRIST: Q. Now, you said that a Couple months ago you saw Ray outside a Publix? A. Yep. Q. And that was in Boca? A. YES. Q. Do you know he's been locked up for since March? It was before March. Q. okay. You know he's been on an ankle bracelet and not allowed to leave his house for three years before that? MS. GALLER: objection, your Honor. THE COURT: Overrul ed . THE WITNESS: I did not know that. I knew he was on Case Document 59 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/04/2013 Page house arrest, but 77 BY MS. BARRIST: Q. And if he had left his house, someone would have known about it, he would have got in trouble? A. Isn't he allowed to go to Publix to get food? Q. No. You said you have a counselor. when did you get this Counselor? A. About a year ago. Q. okay. But up until a year ago you had never had a counselor? MS . GALLER: Objection, Your Honor. THE COURT: Overrul ed. THE WITNESS: No. BY MS. BARRIST: Q. okay. And you said that you are depressed and you suffer from major anxiety? A. yes Q. okay. Have you taken any medication for that? No. Q. okay. Have you ever seen a A. No. Q. Have you ever seen a A. No. Q. okay. Now, you've had lots of talks with your mom about Case Document 59 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/04/2013 Page Ray? Yes. MS. GALLER: BY MS. BARRIST: Q. What he did? MS. GALLER: THE COURT: BY MS. BARRIST: Q. Did she tell you Objection. Objection. Overruled. that he worked in lots of other and dance studios and touched other girls? Ms . GALLER: THE COURT THE WITNESS: BY MS. BARRIST: Q. Okay. Now. A. Yed you and your mom sued Bieger's, objection. It's hearsay, Your Honor. overruled. Yes. right? Q. And you got $24,000? A. Yes. Q. And when was that? A. I don't remember. Q. Like a year ago maybe? A. Maybe. MS. EARRIST: THE COURT Judge, can I have one minute? Yes. Case 9.137cr780051eDMM Document 59 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/04/2013 Page (Defendant and Counsel conferring sotto voce.) MS. EARRIST: No, Judge, nothing else. Thank you. THE COURT: Ms. Galler, anything further? MS. GALLER: No, Your Honor. Thank you, he - THE COURT: All right. (witness was excused.) MS. GALLER: At this point we would reserve for argument, Your Honor. THE COURT: All right. Go ahead. MS. GALLER: Your Honor, I think when you need to think about fashioning a sentence in this case, we need to start with what the defendant's conduct was related to the offense of conviction, and that was the attempted receipt of child pornography. The file name that this defendant clicked on was the image, That's that's the movie, the video that he was trying to see. Based on that when agents went to his residence and executed a search warrant and conducted forensic exams on his computer devices, they recovered images, over a hundred of them, of images of child pornography. some of them with girls in bondage. There were also an additional hundred or so images of what probably fall into the category of child erotica. Although they don't necessarily meet the definition that the