My body has been trespassed…
Kori Cioca, 25, was proud to be in the Coast Guard. She loves boating, the water, the honor that comes with military service. But her life was shattered by the fist of a superior when he broke her jaw and then later raped her.
“You think of a Coast Guardsman, you think of somebody in the military holding themselves at a certain level,” Cioca said. “When somebody walks up to you and shakes your hand and says, ‘Thank you for your service,’ little do they know they’re shaking the hand of a man who rapes and beats women in the military. ”
She said she continues to suffer from numbness in her jaw and has nightmares.
“My body hurts every day. My face hurts. I get the most horrible headaches. My body has been trespassed. The honor that I had was stripped from me. I’m no longer proud of myself. People tell me thank you for your service, but my service wasn’t what it was supposed to be,” Cioca said.