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Hi, my name is Arya.

I am sharing my story with you all today.

I think it's important for women out there to understand that sometimes we can find

ourselves in really difficult situations in moments when we least expect it with people

who we least expect bad behavior from.

I think it's important for everyone out there to hear how you can be manipulated and

pulled into situations that can essentially be set out to wreck your life, but you can

also persevere in the end.

So I met Jim in mid-September of 2019.

I was introduced to him by a friend who also happened to be a member of a university police

department and Jim was a very high-ranking officer within the police department.

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