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How she avoided sexual assault

Name: How she avoided sexual assault
Uploaded: 2013-05-12T11:45:00-0400
Duration: 1 min 39 s
Description: Early on in her captivity, Jessica told a lie that helped her avoid being sexually assaulted. She knew mothers were ranked higher than single girls in Somali society so she said she had a son.

Early on in her captivity, Jessica told a lie that helped her avoid being sexually assaulted. She knew mothers were ranked higher than single girls in Somali society so she said she had a son.