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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 these theories? >> i mean, i was hysterically crying and telling him, like, "this is -- this man tried to kill me." you know, and he would just say, "well, that's not what he says." i'm, like, "of course that's not what he says." >> reporter: kristin says that despite her bruises, police