from the effed up and unbelievable file

you can bet if it was some rich white dude whose home was broken into.....

he wouldn't be charged for any forensic investigation that was done.

how ugly is this? not just being physically raped but raped again by the system? having to fight with hospitals and police departments and bill collectors. why should a victim of a crime have to go to all lengths to make sure bills (for evidence) are paid?

Rape Victim Billed For Evidence Costs

By Stephen Dean

HOUSTON -- Victims of sexual assault are getting bills, rejection letters and pushy calls from bill collectors while a state crime victims' fund sits full of cash, Local 2 Investigates reported Thursday."I'm the victim, and yet here I am. I'm asked to pay this bill and my credit's going to get hurt," said a single mom from Houston.She received bills marked, "delinquent," after she visited a hospital where police told her to have evidence gathered. Officers assured her she would not pay a dime for that rape kit to be handled."That was unreal," she said. "I never thought I'd be out anything for what I went through."She was 44 years old when she was attacked in her own bed. She said she awoke to find a burly 15-year-old friend of her son assaulting her. He was found delinquent, meaning he was convicted, in juvenile court, thanks in part to the evidence gathered with the rape kit."It is set up legislatively so that the criminal justice system pays for whatever evidence collection occurs," said Kelly Young, with the Houston Area Women's Center, a rape crisis facility.........