Mark
This is
a story about Kera’s ex boyfriend Mark. Kera
went out with Mark, but Mark used her and moved too fast and was a complete
asshole making Kera feel like a slut and making her lose all her dignity. Although Mark pleaded with Kera to forgive
him, Kera wouldn’t. She didn’t have any
reason to. Mark manipulated her, used
her, and went out with her just to make out with her and because of her
body. This is a story of when Mark
finally gets Kera’s address.
Mark has asked Kera for her address
so he could send letters to her from Australia, but Kera didn’t give him
the address. He was very mad at her
because she wouldn’t forgive him and when he couldn’t get the address from the
horse’s mouth, he took alternate measures.
When Mark returned to the States from Australia,
and so had Kera from Greece,
Mark got in touch with his good friend Nina who was also pretty descent friends
with Kera. He asked her what Kera’s
address was, and Nina told him. Nina
didn’t know what Mark was planning.
Spring break came, Mark went over
to Kera’s house planning what he had been planning since August, and in case
you don’t know Spring Break is in April, he had about eight months to prepare
for this. He knocked on Kera’s door then
stepped aside. He knew Kera was home
alone making it easier for him to execute his plan. Kera opened the door a crack to look at who
was at the door. Since Mark was standing
to the side, she didn’t see anybody so she opened the door the full way. Mark then jumped from the side, shoved Kera,
stepped inside and hit the door so it would close. Kera was now scared as she realized that she
was home alone with a guy that had once taken advantage of her and he had
gotten in by force. Mark grabbed Kera
and pulled her toward him, he looked up and saw a bedroom. He asked her if there were any other beds in
the house. Kera was terrified and didn’t
feel like angering him any more, so she told him there was one in the
basement. Mark then picked up Kera and
carried her to the basement and placed her on the bed. Kera asked a question that she shouldn’t have
asked but when you’re in fear you don’t care.
She asked him if he was going to rape her. Mark just smiled and didn’t say a word. Mark took Kera’s arms and pinned them behind
her head. He told her to leave her hands
there. She grabbed Kera’s legs spread
them and wrapped them around his own body.
He then got on top of her and started French kissing her. Kera screamed stop but it was useless, he
wouldn’t listen. He then got up and took
off her socks. He told her to get up,
she obeyed out of fear. He walked up to
her and took off her shirt. He then reached
down unzipped her pants and took off her shorts. Kera was in her bra and panties now. Kera kept saying “Stop” but Mark didn’t seem
to hear it. He took off her bra and said
“You little slut it’s time to get freaky”
He laughed as he said that because
he knew Kera thought herself a slut because Mark was doing this to her. Kera yelled, “STOP”
Mark grabbed her and threw her
against the wall and covered her mouth and said “If you ever scream again I’ll
take off your panties as well and rape your slut ass”
Meanwhile Kera’s cousin Larry
pulled into Kera’s driveway to surprise his cousin. He walked to the door and
saw it cracked open (Mark didn’t completely shut it). He then heard Kera say
“Stop” and ran in. He saw Mark with Kera
pinned against the wall, Larry then ran and threw Mark against the wall. He was throwing Mark around the room like a
rag doll into computer tables chairs anything he could see, he tossed Mark into. Larry then bent Mark’s head down bent his
elbow around the back of Mark’s neck and through his arm down causing Mark to
hit the ground head first. This is known
as a “DDT”. Larry angled his arm so that
his elbow was alongside his own body so that when Mark hit he would flip
over. He helped Mark to his feet, and
then Larry put both his arms around Mark’s thighs and lifted. He then pulled Mark’s legs toward him and
threw his upper body forward so that Mark’s upper body would be snapped to the
ground. This move is known as a
“Spinebuster.” He then lifted Mark’s
legs and put his hands behind his knees so that they would bend then lifted the
legs so that his feet were at Larry’s armpits.
He then bent his arms around his shins then he twisted his body so that Mark
would turn onto his stomach. Larry then
leaned back and squatted causing pain to Mark’s back this move is known as a
“Lion Tamer.” By this time Mark was
severely injured and couldn’t walk. Kera-who
got dressed while Larry was throwing Mark- started kicking Mark in the stomach
for she knew Mark was defenseless now. Larry
held Kera back and Kera didn’t want to protest.
Larry pinned Mark’s arms behind his head and straightened his legs. He then duck taped his arms and legs. He pushed himself up on Mark’s arms and
slammed his knees into Mark’s stomach. Mark
was in pain but he couldn’t move. He
then grabbed Kera from behind and told her to jump up, and reach her legs up to
her knees around Larry’s waist. He
reminded her it wasn’t sexual, so Kera obeyed and Larry lifted the upper half
of Kera’s body and slammed it across Mark’s chest and stomach. That’s when Mark started spitting blood. Larry then brought him to the top of the
basement stairs and threw him down them.
Mark went crushing down the stairs and nailed a Lego table at the end of
it. He then racked Mark and carried him
up the stairs and just dropped him on the first stair as Mark went rolling
down. Then for humiliation they set up a
video camera where Kera was hitting Mark, because the film was just being
filmed it looked as though Kera was the one to cause all the punishment to Mark. So Kera unleashed kicks and slaps on Mark. There was blood all over Mark and as much as Larry
didn’t want to stop Kera he stopped the tape and stopped Kera. He then wrapped Mark up in towels and put him
in his car, drove to a nearby hospital.
They told him his name and carried on with their lives. A week later Larry went back home, but Kera
got a letter that wasn’t very nice. It
was a document filing a lawsuit on them for the injuries caused to Mark. The next day Kera called Larry to tell him
about what she got. Larry was shocked
and had to get a lawyer. He got the
sheets and went over to his friend Drew’s house whose parents were
lawyers. He gave Drew’s dad the file and
he said he’d look through it and get back to him the next day. The next day he called Larry telling him that
he got the trial to take place in Cleveland rather than Brooklyn where the
crime took place and gave Larry the court date and told him to try to get Kera
down here so she could testify but he wanted to try to keep Kera’s mom out
because if she knew she’d freak. It
seemed like an impossible task because Kera’s mom was always hesitant about
letting Kera travel by herself somewhere.
After he pleaded and the answer was a definite no. Larry had to tell her the truth. He explained it and she didn’t believe them
because she felt she knew what was going on in Kera’s life and would know about
the Mark character. Mr. Faki (Drew’s
dad) called Kera’s mom up and told her the truth but since it was coming from a
lawyer Kera’s mom believed him and agreed to send Kera down there. She did agree that she would not tell Kera
what she knew. Kera went there and the
next flight Kera’s mom was going down too.
They
arrived in Court and it was time for the lawyers to give their testimony.
Mr. Faki started out by saying,
“Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury we are here to debate the case of Mark verses
Larry Rozos in whether or not my client should pay for the hospital bill plus
$500. We are here to prove that my
client’s acts were justified and that the actions by the opposing client were
unsophisticated and unjust.
Mark’s lawyer said, “Ladies and
Gentlemen of the jury we are here to prove that Larry Rozos had no
justification in his actions toward my client. We will tell you the events of
the night and the events leading up to the night, I’m sure you will come up with
the right solution because Larry is a menace to society and this will be just a
small step in his suffering. What he did
to my client was unjustified and wrong.
That is what we are proving today.
After the lawyers’ testimony it was
time to call in the witnesses. First Mr.
Faki called Larry.
Mr. Faki
said “I call Larry Rozos to the stand”
Larry
took his seat.
Mr. Faki said, “In your own words
describe what happened that night”
Larry responded, “There’s no fancy
way to say it, I drove up to her house as a surprise, saw the door cracked open
heard her scream and Mark had her pinned against the wall so I kicked his
a….butt”
“So you were defending your cousin”
“Yes sir”
“It specifically states in law that
murder or severe injury can only be justified in defense, but it must be an
equal opposite reaction in my client’s case he saw his cousin being forced upon
her.”
“What is your relationship with Kera?”
“She’s my second cousin and a very
good friend”
“What went through your mind when
you were throwing Mark off of her?”
“I was extremely angry at Mark,
he’s forcing himself upon my cousin and friend I’m not going to stand for that”
“What did you do after your anger
placated?”
“I put newspaper over my seats in
my car placed him on the newspaper wrapped in towels and took him to the
hospital we then told them his name and numbers they could contact his family
and left”
“So you helped him”
“Yes”
“No
further questions your honor”
Judge
said, “Does the opposing wish to cross examine”
The
lawyer got up and responded “Yes your honor”
Larry
looked up and saw a man he knew Judge Manos so he felt really pressured.
Lawyer
said, “How old are you”
Larry
responded “16”
“How
old is Mark”
“12 or
13”
“So you
are three or four years older than Mark”
“Closer
to three sir”
“You have had three more years to
grow bigger and stronger don’t you think that you overreacted due to my
client’s age”
“No”
“No?
What do you mean by that”
“Anyone
who’s forcing himself upon my cousin I will kick his ass regardless of age,
race, height, weight, or size”
“Man
that sounded like a psycho”
“If you
had a daughter or someone close to you was going to be forced upon would you
help her?”
“You
little son of a ……. That’s a personal question and has nothing to do with this
case”
“Doesn’t
it though?”
The
lawyer turning bright red in anger, “Have you ever committed incest with your
cousin?”
“Heck
no, incest is the sickest thing in the world.”
“Why
weren’t you hesitant to see your cousin half naked then?”
“Well I
didn’t know she was half naked”
“When
you walked down and saw her half naked why did you continue?”
“You
assume too much I didn’t see her half naked, light travels in straight lines
and all I could see was Mark, and Kera’s hair.”
“Let me
remind you, you are under oath did you at any time see your cousin half naked”
“Yes”
“When
was this?”
“When I
threw Mark off of her”
“Then
what did you do?”
“I
attacked Mark and Kera put her clothes back on”
“How tall are you?”
“5’11”
“My client is 5’5” you are taller
than him and should keep your hands to yourself”
“If I’m going to go to jail because
I won’t watch my cousin get forced upon and witness her lose self-respect,
self-dignity and pride then put the hand cuffs on me right now, I’d rather go
to jail then see that happen”
The lawyer was a little shocked at
the response but responded “You know what all you are is a little bully, you
look at little kids and try to hurt them for your personal pleasure”
Mr. Faki interrupted “objection
your honor, he’s badgering the witness”
Larry said, “No it’s ok this man is
entitled to his opinions even though me and everyone else I know knows the fact
that even if Arnold Schwarzzenagger or Jean Claude Van Damme was on my cousin
or pissed me off I’d attack their asses too.”
Judge said, “Please mind your
language young man you are in a court of law”
“I’m sorry your honor”
The lawyer was frustrated because
he wanted Larry to lose his temper the problem was Larry knew this. He then went right up to Larry and said, “Are
you telling me you don’t fear anything?”
Larry smiled and said “Could you
take a few steps back for my personal space?”
The lawyer took two steps back and
it was the lawyer who lost his cool he repeated his question
“No I don’t”
The lawyer was caught off guard, as
he didn’t expect Larry to answer this way
“You attacked my client, hospitalized him and
took pleasure out of it didn’t you”
“If he picked a fight with me and I
did that I’d take pleasure but the reason I was doing it made me not look at it
as entertainment but as a duty.”
“You were armed at the time were
you not?”
“Yes I was I had my knife”
“Did you ever take it out?”
“No sir I did not”
“Why
not?”
“Because
it wasn’t necessary”
“I beg
to differ don’t you think that if you pulled out your knife Mark would have
been scared and ran off?”
“What
would stop him from doing it again?”
“Don’t
answer a question with a question”
“Well
that’s how I answered your question I asked that question to myself and I
didn’t come up with an answer so I continued to kick his ass, you could prove
me wrong by answering that”
“I have
no obligation to answer that question I’m the one asking the questions here”
“Thank
you for clearing that up sir”
“Let me
ask you something son, What are you doing with a knife”
“It’s a
legal knife as the guards at the metal detector found out after testing it, and
I carry it everywhere I go just in case.”
The
lawyer was still furious at this time so he just said, “No further questions
your honor”
The
Judge told Larry he could step down, as he got up he smiled when he saw Kera
with both hands on a cloth over her mouth trying to hold back from laughing”
Judge
called for any more witnesses
The
lawyer said, “We call Mark to the stand”
Mark sat down in the witness chair and the lawyer walked up
to him. Mark was really nervous about
the whole case.
The
lawyer said, “How long have you known Kera?”
Mark
responded “a while now”
“What
did you think of her?”
“Well
she would always seem to be mad at me about something then we’d be friends,
then like each other it kept changing”
“So she
changed her mind a lot?”
“Yes
sir she did”
“What
was your relationship with Larry?”
“I met
him online and we talked a little, he seemed to like me I thought he was cool,
met him in person once”
“Was Kera
there when you met him?”
“Yes
she was”
“How
was your status with Kera at this point?”
“Not
too well”
“Then
why did she agree to meet up with you?”
“I’m
not sure”
“Would
you ever physically harm Kera?”
“No
because she’s a girl and any boy who kicks the shit out of a girl is a coward I
mean I’ve beaten people up for doing that”
“Does Kera
know this?”
“She
should I told her stories about me beating people because all they did was beat
up girls”
“From
Christmas ’98 till present day did you notice any changes in Kera?”
“Yes
sir, she wasn’t as afraid to speak out”
“What
happened at the same time you noticed these changes?”
“She
began talking to Larry”
“So you
would say Larry was a bad influence?”
“No not
really just that you can’t walk all over Kera anymore”
“How
many times did you go out with Kera”
“3 or
4”
“You
two had to like each other if you went out 3 times”
“It was
on and off like I said”
“Kera
would change her mind constantly first she liked you then hated you No further
questions your honor”
Judge
“Does the defendant wish to cross examine
Mr. Faki
“Yes your honor”
“Getting
back to when you two dated, did you do anything with Kera the first two times
you dated, for instance kiss her”
“No”
“Did
you the third time”
“Yea”
“Was Kera
ok with it?”
Mark
started to cry “She had asked me to stop multiple times but I never listened”
“And
why was that?”
“Because
I liked it”
“So
because you liked it and Kera didn’t you continued is that right?”
“Yes”
“What
were you planning when you went to Kera’s on the night in question?”
“To
make her pay”
“Pay
for what?”
“What
she did to me”
“What
was that?”
“Ignore
me not talk to me, not accept my being nice, and not giving me simple favors”
“You took advantage of a girl and
got mad when she wouldn’t give you special favors is that correct”
“Kind of”
“So you wanted to punish her you
wanted to strip her to only her underwear and force yourself upon her is that
right?”
Mark’s lawyer said: “Objection your
honor he’s badgering the witness”
Judge: “overruled answer the
question.”
“Yes, so she could suffer like I
did”
“And you’re mad at my client
because Larry stopped you”
“No”
“Then why are you mad at my client”
“He hurt me”
“He hurt you the way you hurt Kera”
“I didn’t send Kera to the
hospital”
“You gave her worse pains, pains in
her mind the wounds my client gave you will heal the ones you gave Kera will
not at least not as fast, I think you are mad because my client hindered your
master plan”
Mark just cried
“Now about a month prior to all
this you hired somebody to photograph Kera didn’t you”
Mark looked up shocked and said,
“yes”
Could you tell us details about
that”
“I said I’d pay him $50 for every picture of
her in her bra and panties. $100 for a picture with her in her bra and panties
with her legs spread. $25 for her backside photographed with bra and panties
on. $100 for every nude picture taken of her front of course and $150 for her
nude with her legs spread and $50 for her backside nude”
“What did you receive from this
deal?”
“Four $50 front with bra and
panties. One leg spread bra and panties
on. Four from her backside bra and
panties on, four for nude front side, four of nude backside nude, one leg
spread nude. For a total of $1100
“Was that the end of the
photographs”
“No the kid supposedly felt bad for
me so he took more of her in the shower and other nude pictures of her”
Mr. Faki did not know that those
weren’t the last pictures but he asked to see what would happen and it worked
in his favor. “Well Mark we have those pictures he took of Kera if the judge
would allow them.”
The Judge did
“No further questions your honor”
Judge said “Any more witnesses”
“Mr. Faki said, “Yes the defendant
calls Kera Paloympis to the stand”
Kera came up and took her seat
Mr. Faki said, “Miss Paloympis in
your own words describe to the jury what happened on the night of question?”
Kera responded, “Well I was home
alone when I heard a knock, I opened the door a little bit and didn’t see
anybody, when I opened the door fully I was shoved back in by Mark. Then he
forced me downstairs and got on top of me and started making out with me, and I
kept telling him to stop but he wouldn’t, he then took my socks off.” Kera
began crying, “He then told me to stand up. Then he took off my shirt, then my
pants then he said to me ‘you little slut it’s time to get freaky.’ He then
took off my bra, and I screamed I didn’t know what else to do. He slammed me
against the wall and said ‘If you ever scream again I’ll take off your panties
as well and rape your slut ass’ That’s when Larry came down and threw him off
of me he was protecting me.”
“Could
you tell us who Mark and Larry are?”
“Yes”
“Are
both of them in this court room now?
“Yes”
“Could
you please point them out”
Kera
pointed over at Mark’s table at Mark and said that was Mark then pointed at the
table Mr. Faki had come from and pointed to Larry and said that’s Larry.”
“Are
you certain you are not mistaken in the identity of your attacker and your
protector?
“Yes
I’m certain”
Mr. Faki
ended by saying, “No further question your honor”
The
judge asked if the opposing lawyer wished to cross-examine the witness. He did
The
lawyer said, “Do you know my client”
Kera
responded “Yes sir”
“Did
you ever go out with my client”
“Yes
sir as Mark told you.”
“How
many times did you date my client?”
“He said 3 or 4 but it was
3”
“3
times it appears to me you had a good relationship with my client?”
“No
sir, when we weren’t going out I thought he was a jerk then he would sweet talk
me into liking him again”
“So my
client charmed you”
“Yes but
he was all words”
“Now
the first two times you went out who ended it?”
“I did”
“What
was your reasoning?”
“Your
client was a jerk and bad mouthed me amongst his friends and treated me like
dirt”
“My
client was asked a question he wasn’t sure the answer to so I’ll ask you, why
did you meet him that day at Marine
Park?”
“My
cousin Larry wanted to meet him, he was my guest I was a good host”
“While
playing truth or dare at a friend’s party you embarrassed my client by saying
what”
“Well I
was helping someone think of a dare and someone said that I would suggest for Mark
to kiss me and I said, ‘I didn’t kiss him when we went out why would I now? But
I apologized countless times for that”
“Yes
you did apologize because you felt bad but did you kiss him the third time?”
“Yes”
“Did
you French kiss him?”
“Yes”
“Did
you like it?”
“No sir
I asked him to stop he just yelled at me saying that was a major turn off he
moved too fast for me which Mark hinted at in his testimony”
“After
my client dumped you, what did you feel”
“I felt
bad I mean I was just dumped, manipulated, taken advantage of and was just a
little play for him”
“Mark
tried being nice online from Australia
isn’t that correct?”
“Yes, Mark
loved sweet talking”
“And
how did you respond?”
“Harshly
and ignored him”
“You
blocked him too correct?”
“Yes”
“Why
didn’t you accept his honest apology”
“I’ve
heard it before and realized he never lives up to his word”
“Did my
client try to rape you?”
“No
just force himself upon me”
“Were
you nude?”
Mr. Faki said, “Objection, this is not a case about rape the
question has nothing to do with the case”
Judge
responded, “overruled, please answer the question”
Kera
said “No I was not nude just in my panties and that’s it”
Lawyer
“Did you try to fight him”
“Sir my
arms were pinned behind me, he wrapped my own legs around him and I was scared
out of my mind it was a physical impossibility to fight him”
“Did
you lead my client on?”
“Absolutely not, I answered a damn
door”
“But
you gave my client your address didn’t you”
“No”
“Then
how did he get it”
“That’s
what I’ve been trying to figure out”
“You
led him on when you went out he hadn’t seen you in almost a year and he wanted
to see your body, last time you were in person you led him on didn’t you?”
Kera
was crying uncontrollably now but managed to say, “No,” took a long pause to
wipe some tears “Mark just said I did and convinced me that everything was my
fault”
“No
further questions your honor.”
The
judge said, “You may step down now”
Kera
got up and walked straight past everyone out of the courtroom covering her face
The judge asked for any more
witnesses and when neither lawyer responded she asked for the final testimony
of each lawyer
Mark’s Layer said, “Ladies and
gentlemen of the jury that man beat my client and hospitalized him because he
thought that my client was forcing himself upon Kera, however he could have
been mistaken and his actions were unjustified and will not be excused. I feel you will come up with the right decision
that the action does not meet the crime He is just a bully and he needs to be
punished”
Mr. Faki responded, “My client was
merely defending his cousin. He was not
mistaken in his assumption. It was very
hoNinable of him to defend her, and I can only imagine what kind of mental
trauma he inflicted on Kera and how much it would have escalated had my client
not surprised her and Mark as he went through on his plan. Mark hired somebody to photograph Kera and he
wanted his way with her so he could brag to his friends, he is a player and he
is looking for sympathy that he doesn’t deserve my client is not a bully he
merely protected his cousin.
The judge sent the jury out to
deliberate now all they could do was wait.
Kera who was in the back pew with her face covered, she was crying even
harder than when she left the stand, she walked up and hugged Larry and cried
on his shoulder. Kera’s mom was
astonished and said to Larry’s mom “Betty, Kera never cries on anyone’s
shoulder, she despises it. She’s real
independent like that”
Larry’s mom responded, “Well those
two are really close”
“It’s not just they’re friends,
they need one another, they have to see each other more often”
“I think they’ll both be glad to
hear that”
Kera kept saying “thank you” before
burying her head into Larry’s shoulder crying.
The hug lasted throughout the deliberation, which was about a half an
hour. Finally Kera stopped crying and took a seat.
The judge asked if the jury came up
with a decision, they said they had. A jury member went up and said, “We the
jury relieve Larry Rozos from all accusations of this case and furthermore
issue a restraining order against Mark so he can not legally come within 25
yards of Kera.
Kera had a big smile on her face
and Larry shook Mr. Faki’ hand and then hugged him. It was a good victory and the problems Kera
had with Mark were over. Kera had not
known that Mark bribed the kid to take pictures of her. She knew it was over because of the
restraining order.
Kera’s mom then took off her hat
and glasses and Kera saw that her mother was there the whole time. She thought she was in big trouble. Then- in
a talk with her mom- she heard the words that she had wanted to hear for so
long. Those words were, “I understand now how close you and Larry are and I
talked to Aunt Betty and we came to a decision that you will be seeing a lot of
each other”
And Kera and Larry did see a lot of
each other. A heavy load was lifted from
Kera’s shoulders but it didn’t solve all her problems but she was eternally
grateful that Larry was there to save her life.
Later Kera asked Larry how he got the pictures and Larry told her, “I
was just being the bully that I am”
Kera laughed, she never thought
about the possibility of what would have happened had Larry not been there that
day.
Kera’s mom had sent Mark a note
saying that if Mark broke the restraining order they would file a lawsuit that
may put Mark in Juvenile Hall, after all forcing yourself upon someone and
breaking in and entry are both serious offenses.
Mark’s lawyer was unfelt by the
final verdict, he did not agree with the case but it was his job to defend him
so he did to the best of his ability.
