Houston rape victim awarded $20 million

HOUSTON?? A rape victim has won a $20 million verdict against her Houston apartment complex for not telling residents about other attacks.

The victim lived at the Promenade Cullen Park complex, where she was raped in February 2009.

"When I flipped on the light, he was standing, like, in front of me, 3 or 4 feet right in front of me," said the victim.

She said she was unaware a man had tried to rape a resident next door to her apartment when she renewed her lease.

The victim said she later learned her attacker was her neighbor, Anthony Darryl Martin.

Investigators said Martin had attacked two other women in the complex before her.

The victim's attorney said the apartment complex failed to send out a notice to the tenants about the two prior sexual assaults.

"They said from day one they didn't think they violated any standards that apply to apartment complexes, they wouldn't change a single policy or procedure," said attorney Troy Chandler.

After a week long trial, the jury awarded her $20 million.

"They didn't want their tenants leaving knowing that there's sexual assault, somebody out there doing sexual assaults," said the victim.

The attorney for the real estate group that manages the Promenade Cullen Park did not want to comment.

Martin pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46435837/ns/local_news-houston_tx/

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