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David Keck. Is the host of Surviving Abuse Podcast. Lives in Knoxville, TN and was a victim of a brutal hate crime in 2014. He wanted to provide a platform and safe place to victims/survivors. He wants to be a part of normalizing the discussions of all forms of abuse. He would like to take a moment to give you the background of what inspired Surviving Abuse Podcast.
Show Notes
Trigger Warning from David Keck
I am an open gay man. I live in the South. We have come along way with diversity, but we still have quite a way to go. 7 years ago, at age 34 I was targeted by a straight man at a karaoke bar. Cameras show I left the bar with my friend, and then cameras show he left 3 mins later. My attacker is trained military and recently discharged due to drugs. He was driving through my town, as he lives a couple towns over. He knocked on my apartment door and when I answered he had me knocked out on first hit. He spent 2 hours raping me from room to room with his body as well as foreign objects.
He stole my car and money and went bar hopping. He got drunk and wrecked my car. When the police came to the scene he confessed to murder. He had thought he had killed me. My body was found 18 hours later. I suffered from memory loss and brain damage from lack of oxygen. I had to learn to walk again.
The media released the story while I was still unconscious. Since the media couldn’t speak to me, they based their story on his confession. His original confession is he attacked me because I sexually propositioned him. During trial he admitted this wasn’t true but thought the cops would go easy on him for being sexually propositioned by a gay guy.
Due to the story the media released people began to victim blame. I started getting death threats and people wanting to finish the job. Still to this day I am in sexual assault group therapy and it has saved my life. I have developed a passion for this and I want to be a part of making a change and difference.
David Keck
Cell- 865-237-7687
Surviving Abuse Podcast
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