Mother of disabled lady who can’t discuss catches stepdad raping her
- The mom of a severely disabled lady caught her being raped repeatedly by her stepdad on cameras set as much as monitor the daughter’s seizures
- Brian Kenneth Urban, 51, pled responsible to 5 prices – however his sentencing is unknown as raping adults, even when disabled, carries no obligatory sentence
- Paula Vigil, 49, is now combating for ‘Ashley’s Law’ to be enacted within the title of her sufferer daughter
A severely disabled lady from Utah was repeatedly raped by her stepfather, and her mom solely came upon after putting in cameras within the bed room to observe her seizures.
Brian Kenneth Urban, 51, pled responsible to 5 felony prices after raping his 31-year-old disabled stepdaughter, Ashley Vigil.
The 31-year-old lady has a uncommon dysfunction often called Rett syndrome, a genetic mutation that impacts mind growth in ladies that impacts fewer than 1,000 folks within the US.
‘She’s grown to in regards to the dimension of an eight-year-old woman. She’s unable to speak,’ Ashley’s mom Paula Vigil, 49, stated. ‘Her seizures had instantly elevated.’
Paula takes care of Ashley full-time, and has recognized her because the sufferer on this case in an effort to assist cross ‘Ashley’s Law,’ which she believes will assist shield weak adults in the identical method that kids and aged individuals are protected by legal guidelines.
Brian Kenneth Urban, 51, pled responsible to 5 felony prices after raping his 31-year-old disabled stepdaughter, Ashley Vigil
Ashley Vigil, 31, has a uncommon dysfunction often called Rett syndrome, a genetic mutation that impacts mind growth in ladies that impacts fewer than 1,000 folks within the US
Paula Vigil takes care of her daughter Ashley full-time, and has recognized her because the sufferer on this case to assist cross ‘Ashley’s Law,’ which she believes will assist shield weak adults in the identical method that kids and aged individuals are protected by legal guidelines
‘She’s grown to in regards to the dimension of an eight-year-old woman. She’s unable to speak,’ Ashley’s mom Paula Vigil, 49, stated. ‘Her seizures had instantly elevated’
While Urban pled responsible to the fees, together with rape and forcible sexual abuse, the sufferer and her household are nonetheless dealing with the nightmare attributable to his repeated abuse.
The disturbing revelations of Urban’s sickening habits took place in October 2022 – after Ashley’s physician really helpful that Paula arrange cameras in her bed room to observe her daughter’s mysterious seizures to realize some understanding of what was occurring.
What she noticed was far worse than she may have ever imagined.
‘Instead of catching the seizures, I caught him,’ Paula advised 2KUTV.
‘In her situation, she [Ashley] cannot transfer. He needed to fully undress her, transfer her to the sofa, and take her diaper off, to do what he did. Then he needed to gown her and put her again in her mattress, so I would not know.’
Paula believes that the seizures have been a results of Ashley’s physique screaming for assist.
‘Her physique was seizing, and he or she was crying for assist in the one method she may,’ Paula stated. ‘If not for these cameras, I’d have by no means recognized, and I’d have by no means had proof.’
After the horrific discovery, Paula referred to as dispatch and South Jordan police arrested Urban.
The abuser is at the moment behind bars on the Salt Lake County Jail – however there isn’t a obligatory minimal jail sentence for Urban, as of now, due to Ashley’s age.
Nathan Woodward, a Utah lawyer, noticed Paula’s story on Facebook and was ‘rattled.’ He determined to succeed in out and supply to assist the household.
‘I simply need Paula and Ashley to really feel heard. There’s an actual hole in how our legislation is written and utilized,’ Woodward stated.
While Urban plead responsible to the fees, together with rape and forcible sexual abuse, the sufferer and her household are nonetheless dealing with the nightmare attributable to his repeated abuse
Nathan Woodward, a Utah lawyer, noticed Paula’s story on Facebook and was ‘rattled’. He determined to succeed in out and supply to assist the household
The heartbroken mom stated she made a promise to her daughter that ‘she would by no means be anyplace the place she wasn’t protected.’ She stated ‘he took that one factor I promised away’
The lawyer defined that when somebody is raped and their attacker is discovered responsible, the severity of punishment is set by whether or not the sufferer was an grownup or a minor.
However, ‘no substantive consideration is given as to an grownup sufferer’s psychological capability, leading to an inconsistent underlying philosophy as to why we justify extra extreme punishments for crimes in opposition to kids,’ he defined.
Paula defined that there isn’t a obligatory jail sentence for Urban, so the household has no thought what the sentencing shall be.
‘She [Ashley] is an toddler in an grownup physique. He did this to somebody who couldn’t combat again. He ought to be getting a compulsory jail sentence, and there is simply this gap within the system.’
Paula and Woodward are hoping to cross ‘Ashley’s Law’ to account for weak adults in response to the damaged system.
The heartbroken mom stated she made a promise to her daughter that ‘she would by no means be anyplace the place she wasn’t protected.’ She stated ‘he took that one factor I promised away.’
‘Brian Kenneth Urban got here into our lives pretending. The act he placed on satisfied me. Convinced me he liked my ladies and would take care of them as I do. That he would shield them,’ Paula stated on Facebook. ‘Little did I do know, what we wanted safety from was him.’
