They abandoned me 480 kilometers away as a joke.

an office building to film one of their videos.

The prosecution used my testimony to demonstrate that his behavior was not an isolated bad decision, but a pattern of conduct.

I described the desert heat, the empty road, and the terror of realizing I had no money, no ID, and no reliable way to ask for help. I explained the petty humiliations I had suffered before and the damage done when people who claimed to care about me repeatedly used fear for entertainment.

“They never record what happens next,” I