The Latest Breaking News from Pieper Lewis

Iowa judge orders continued probation for teen sex trafficking victim who killed her alleged abuser

A teenage sex trafficking victim who fatally stabbed the man she accused of abusing her was resentenced Wednesday to probation, telling an Iowa judge that she now has a support system to help keep her on track

The Independent UK · May 31, 2023

Sold into sex slavery at 15 and convicted of killing her rapist, Pieper Lewis faces further sentencing

The teenage victim of trafficking has violated her parole, leading to a further hearing this week. Meanwhile, the man she says trafficked her has still not been charged. Holly Baxter reports

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023

Hearing for Iowa teen who killed rapist moved to January

A judge has set a hearing for January to consider whether to order prison for an 18-year-old sex-trafficking victim who killed her rapist in Iowa and pleaded guilty last year to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022

An Iowa teen convicted of killing her rapist escapes from a probation center

Pieper Lewis, who was a 15-year-old sex trafficking victim at the time she stabbed her abuser, could face 20 years in prison if her sentence is reimposed.

WEKU · Nov 7, 2022

Pieper Lewis: Teen who killed her alleged rapist and won widespread support escapes Iowa correctional facility

Lewis, now 18, can face upto two decades in jail for alleged probation violation

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022

Iowa teen who killed alleged rapist escapes from custody

Pieper Lewis could face up to two decades behind bars for violating probation she was ordered to serve at a correctional facility

The Guardian - US · Nov 6, 2022

Iowa teen who killed rapist escapes from probation center

Iowa authorities say an 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who pleaded guilty to killing a man she said raped her escaped from a women’s center where she was serving her probation sentence

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2022

Public raises half a million dollars for girl, 17, who was ordered to pay $150,000 to family of suspected rapist

Pieper Lewis, 17, was ordered to pay $150,000 to the family of her suspected rapist, 37-year-old Zachary Brook

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2022

A teen ordered to pay $150,000 to the family of her rapist is flooded with donations

A GoFundMe account set up by Pieper Lewis' former math teacher has surpassed the amount of the court-ordered restitution — and people are still giving.

WEKU · Sep 16, 2022

Q&A: Next steps for Iowa teen sentenced for killing rapist

Donations are pouring in to help a 17-year-old sex trafficking victim who was ordered by a court to pay $150,000 to the family of a man she stabbed to death after he raped her

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2022