and so, then i was crying, rape. after the attack, police charged him with unlawful restraint, a misdemeanor. the next day, kristin and her dad went to the bryan police department to find out why her attacker wasn t charged with something more serious. i was furious. i had thought in this moment that i survived, i survived. like, this is it. this guy is going down. she met with the detective who asked her questions. lots of them. i had bruises all up and down my throat. i couldn t swallow. and then at one point i had a detective ask me to place my hands on my own throat. and i mean, even psychologically that was even traumatizing. why would they want you to do that? because i did that and he looks at me and he says, well, those could have been self-inflicted. what did you say to the detective who s coming up with these theories? i mean, i was hysterically crying and telling him, like, this man tried to kill me. you know, and he would just say, well, that s not what he s
reporter: after the attack police charged him with unlawful restraint. a misdemeanor. the next day, kristin and her dad went to the bryan police department to find out why her attacker wasn t charged with something more serious. i was furious. i had thought in this moment that i survived, i survived. like, this is it. this guy is going down. reporter: she met with a detective who asked her questions. lots of them. i had bruises all up and down my throat. i couldn t swallow. and then at one point in time the detective asked me to place my hands on my own throat and i mean, which even then reporter: why? like, psychologically, like, that was just even traumatizing. reporter: why why would he want you to do that? because i did that and he looks at me and he says, well, those could ve been self-inflicted.
story about how it had been a drug deal that had gone bad. and so, then i was crying, rape. reporter: after the attack police charged him with unlawful restraint. a misdemeanor. the next day, kristin and her dad went to the bryan police department to find out why her attacker wasn t charged with something more serious. i was furious. i had thought in this moment that i survived, i survived. like, this is it. this guy is going down. reporter: she met with a detective who asked her questions. lots of them. i had bruises all up and down my throat. i couldn t swallow. and then at one point in time the detective asked me to place my hands on my own throat and i mean, which even then reporter: why? like, psychologically, like, that was just even traumatizing. reporter: why why would he want you to do that? because i did that and he looks at me and he says, well, those could ve been self-inflicted. reporter: what did you say to the detective who s coming up with thes
i thought he was going to come and find me and kill me. down at the police station, the man had given a wildly different version of events. eric buskey is the current bryan police chief. he wasn t with the department back then, but says the suspect told investigators that he and kristen had a fight over drugs. she got angry when he substituted aspirin for cocaine, and she went off in a rage when that occurred. i think he told them some story about how it had been the drug deal that had gone bad, and so i was crying rape. after the attack, police charged him with unlawful restraint, a misdemeanor. the next day, kristen and her dad went to the bryan police department to find out why her attacker wasn t charged with something more serious. i was furious. because i had thought in this moment that i survived, i survived. this is it. this guy is going down. she met with a detective who asked her questions. lots of them. i had bruises all up and down my throat. i couldn t swallo
the next day, kristen and her dad went to the bryan police department to find out why her attacker wasn t charged with something more serious. i was furious. because i had thought in this moment that i survived, i survived. this is it. this guy is going down. she met with a detective who asked her questions. lots of them. i had bruises all up and down my throat. i couldn t swallow. and then at one point in time, the detective asked me to place my hands on my own throat. which even then, like, psychologically that was even traumatizing. why would he want you to do that? because he looks at me and says, well, those could have been self-inflicted. what did you say to the detective who s coming up with these theories? i was hysterically crying and telling him, this man tried to kill me. you know? and he would just say, well that s not what he says. of course that s not what he says. kristen says that despite her bruises, police treated it like a he said/she said story. how