Chicago, IL - January 30, 2025, I died in Marquette Park — or at least that’s how I fell.

I was raped, humiliated, and unlawfully restrained by a prominent Chicago businessman inside his vehicle.

I did everything I was supposed to do. I endured the horror of a rape kit — stripped naked, examined etc. The hospital called the police. I told them what happened. They told me to go to domestic violence court and get an order of protection.

On February 2, I found the courage to speak publicly. I named my abuser, Wayman Freelon, Owner of Smoke Filled Room . I shared what it felt like to survive a rape kit, to be prescribed HIV prevention medication, Plan B, and to talk to police.

The very next day, Wayman Freelon ran to domestic violence court — not for protection, but to silence me. The judge granted me an emergency order of protection, but at the same time placed a gag order that banned me from speaking about the rape — not to keep me safe, but to protect my rapist’s reputation.

Wayman Freelon is a wealthy man with deep connections in Chicago — including a sister who was a top city official. I have none. And those connections worked in his favor.

The court protected my rapist.

 
🟥 How the Court Protected Him, Not Me 🟥

February 3 — Silenced
Instead of protecting me, the judge silenced me with a gag order.

March 28 — Violation Ignored
He violated the order of protection by sending 13 screenshots of my social media to his lawyer. The court used my words against me instead of punishing him.

March 30 — CPD Confirmed
The Chicago Police Department wrote a report confirming that Wayman violated the order of protection. Nothing happened. No accountability. No enforcement.

April 23  - Due Process Violations                                                              I was granted a plenary order of protection by default because Wayman and his attorney failed to appear. An hour later, Judge Jiménez personally called me on the phone and told me the order was vacated.

There was no written motion.
There was no oral motion in court.
It was done before I was even called — I wasn’t given the chance to object.

My protection was erased with a phone call, outside of the law.

The court protected my rapist.                                                                     

June 9 — My Proof Blocked, His Lies Allowed
I tried to submit my hospital records. The judge refused without certification. Minutes later, she admitted his screenshots and an iPhone video with no metadata, no authentication, no certification.

June 23 — My Credibility Destroyed
Judge Jiménez threw out both cases, calling me “not credible” because I had no hospital or police records — the very evidence she had blocked.

July 25 — 30 New Allegations
He amended his petition, suddenly claiming 30 incidents of abuse — all based on my constitutionally protected speech. He wrote down exact times, like “July 23, 2:00 p.m.,” accusing me of abuse for posting online. He called me a "predator".

August 30 — Courtroom Harassment Allowed
In Judge Yolanda Sayre’s courtroom, Wayman was allowed to call me out of my name. When I defended myself, I was threatened with contempt.

September 2 — I Fought Back
I filed a written complaint with Presiding Judge Rice about the bias and misconduct in my case.

September 5 — Proof of Bias ??
Judge Sayre recused herself. 
Every step of the way, the court protected him and punished me.

 
🟥I am not the only one🟥

Savannah Dietrich, a 16-year-old from Louisville, Kentucky, was raped by two boys who admitted to the crime. A judge barred her from speaking publicly about her own rape. She risked contempt charges just for telling the truth.  Read Her Story 

Her case proves this isn’t just happening to me. Survivors everywhere are being silenced to protect rapists.

 
🟥 What I Demand

• End gag orders that silence survivors in domestic violence court.
• Stop DV courts from being misused as free gag orders against survivors exercising their constitutionally protected speech.
• Enforce rules fairly — survivors’ hospital and police evidence must be admitted if abusers’ unauthenticated screenshots are.
• Prevent petitions on previously adjudicated matters from being refiled again and again.
• Hold judges accountable when they protect abusers while punishing survivors.
• Grant me a new venue — so my case can finally be heard in a courtroom free from bias, retaliation, and conflicts of interest.
• Launch an independent investigation into my case in Cook County Domestic Violence Court.
  This investigation must include:
• My cases: 25OP76135 and 25OP71004
  My rapist’s cases: 25OP71015 and 25OP75985
  The conduct of Judges Jiménez and Sayre, who allowed biased rulings, improper evidence, and repeated misuse of filings by Wayman Freelon.
• Dismiss the current case against me and require Wayman Freelon to file in the correct forum (civil or defamation court) if he wishes to pursue claims about speech. Domestic violence court should never be used as a free censorship tool.

🟥 Why This Matters🟥
The system failed me. Police confirmed violations. Judges blocked my evidence. I was silenced, called not credible, and threatened with contempt — while my rapist was protected again and again.

This isn’t just my story. This is proof that courts can be weaponized to silence survivors.

If it can happen to me, it can happen to any survivor.
If courts can be twisted into free gag orders, then no one’s constitutional right to speak is safe.

 
🟥 Stand With Me
I was raped. I spoke out. And the court silenced me to protect him.

This isn’t just my fight. It’s every survivor’s fight.

✍🏾 Please sign and share to demand:

• A new venue for my case,
• An independent investigation,
• Dismissal of this case,
• And protection for every survivor’s constitutional right to speak.
  Because silence doesn’t protect victims. Silence protects rapists.

#LetSurvivorsSpeak #StopRetaliation #FreeGagOrder