European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Suffering while the rapist gets paid Quot a och Lac Snow flinched at each passing i Van fearing it might be the army Soldier who pinned her Between his bucket m scats and sexually assaulted her As her a a. Blood ran onto the floorboard. Snow drove through the Gates of fort Lewis wash., seated on a Pillow to Cushion her bruised pc vis it had been two weeks since the rape and she was determined to make her appointment with the military physician. At the first sight of army greens the 22-Ycar-old bowed Over the steering wheel clenched her fists and prayed dear god just done to let me see him. She knew that her. Assailant army sgt. 1st class Stephen Black 31, though charged with rape and so. Domy remained free on base. He spent his Days working As a chemical warfare specialist collecting $2,600 a month in pay. At night he spun records As a disc jockey for the base country Western nightclub earning about $800 a week on a military contract. Six months after Snow s trip Black was sentenced by court martial to 16 years in the military a Maxi mum Security prison in fort Leavenworth Kan but Blacks punishment included a Little known military Benefit his paycheck in prison. conviction Black has received $23,975 while sitting in prison Federal records show. A snows compensation from Black or the military a a Zero. A. Quot v. A a a a a a a a. A a a a a a. A a in a furious a Snow said after learning two months ago that her still being paid. A a it a not fair All the did to me. And in a in debt now because of it. I had to go to counselling. I had to be put on anti depressant the army prosecutor who sent Black to prison. Also was unaware he was being paid. A a it san anomaly a said maj Joel Wilson who tried Black at fort Lewis. A maybe the system should be changed thai s not for me to decide.�?�. The military has decided that compensating vict Tims is someone Al Sci a business. The department of defense instructs military personnel to inform vie Tims a of the Public and private programs that Are available to provide counselling treatment and Oiler v in Rochelle Snow s Case when she went to the military doctors office for her Post rape exam a _ lion a receptionist asked her for her army medical card. She did no to have one Only military members and their families go them unemployed and without medical insurance. Snow pleaded for medical help. She detailed to strangers the worst night of her life. On feb. 3, 1993, Snow went to club North the base country Western nightspot. She drank cokes danced the two step and talked music will the disc jockey sgt. Black. When the club closed she went to Denny a with a several men including one she had previously dated. Black joined them. Afterwards Snow drove several of the soldiers la their Barrack is she sat for two hours in her car talking with her former Date. They noticed Black circled the area several times but they did t think much about it. A a a r a Snow finally left and was driving toward the free Way when Black pulled his Van behind her car and began flashing his headlights she told Quot . She pulled Over. Black wanted to know if she would kill an hour with him reported to Phy Sical Quot training. A. She agreed. He raped her soon after. A a Quot i tried everything. I even tried sitting up at one Point and me Back Down a she told a reporter ,. _ Black freed Snow who drove lathe guard Shacka carry and reported to. Military police. She. Was taken to a military Hospital where a Ihrck Hiir / a a a a a a a a a a a a a ,. A a a. Cox Ica Rochelle Snow poses with her medical Bills at fort Lewis wash., nearly two years after being raped in a min. Rape exam was performed. Army investigators interviewed her about the rape. The questioning did t end two weeks later when Snow showed up for her Post rape exam. After hearing her Story i Italy employees finally changed their minds and agreed to break military policy my Grant her one visit Wii i die doctor. But it was too late Lor Snow. A a Black put me through hell a Snow remembers. Saying. Quot you just put me through hell and you want me to go through it spam on the examination Tab he i can to do . She stormed Cut. Of live office. _. Maj born no Hebert an army spokeswoman in a Washington . Confirmed snows Story and sa�?�.�?�=�?� she should have been seen immediately. An ainu _ doctor assuming Snow was a Mih tary dependent. Made the appointment he night of the rape. The mid Cal and a nones of the rape left Snow. Despondent. She mused out of her room at Seattle she lashed out at in r _ family. Her prescribed anti depressant. A a a a she wits const Only. T lured she was j ust re a fhe rape in her mind Quot said snows Moth Eft Veo. A let Snow. Quot the doctor told me she was a walking time bomb and i needed to get her into psychiatric a a. A a a a a. Snow began seeing a Counselor once a week the Cost of which was paid through the state of washing Quot tones victims compensation program. Trained As a corrections officer Snow found a Job As a Security officer at a Seattle mall. But the Job fell through. R Quot Quot a lot of Guys said they did no to feel comfortable with me. They did no to think i could Back them up on a Call because of the rape Quot Snow said. Quot Quot 1 Snow also began having trouble with her Piip. It. Would lock up and she blamed it on How Black pinned her in the Van. -4 she alerted the military but got the same old Story. A she was not entitled to military medical benefits at that Point a Wilson feared Black would find her one Day. The paranoia consumed her even in her sleep. One morning Snow was fighting off Black in a Nightmare when a Knock at her door awakened her. Tripping to the door in her Bathrobe she found a Man on her front Pinch who looked like Black. She slammed the door and retrieved a ,357-caliber a a Cox nows service Stephen Black convicted of raping Rochelle Snow has been paid $23,975 while in from underneath her mattress. She shoved cartridges in the chamber opened the door and stuck the cocked weapon to the strangers head a Quot you re not coming in a a she recalled Quot you re not getting me get off my porch before i kill you Quot a Quot her Finger was on the trigger. Her mind was still on the Van at fort Lewis. A fall could think about was Black All i could see was Blacks _ the stranger turned out to be a stereo repairman. _ that night Snow locked herself in the bathroom. Wedged in a fetal position Between the toilet and door she swallowed four bottles of pain pjlls.1 a Friend found her and took her to a Hospital where her stomach was pumped. It was a scene she d re. Peat two More times _ because of the suicide attempts each requiring. Hospitalization Snow says she owes More than _ $5,000 in medical Bills. Meanwhile Blackbu cd to the rank of private after his conviction gets paid $1,100 pc month. His a second wife whom married on base while wait ing trial look Over his min Hary disc jockey contract. Which the military cancel j in june. A Char i. Rit it january 3, 19d5 Sui iday Page 7
