NYC maid collapses in court as her impact statement is read about evil monster who raped her
A Manhattan maid who was repeatedly raped by a sicko building superintendent fainted in court Monday as a prosecutor read her excruciating victim-impact statement about the “monster.”The victim — who was blackmailed at one point with naked photos of her special-needs child — crashed to the floor while standing at a lectern in Manhattan Supreme Court as the prosecutor read her statement.In her letter to the court, the woman, an illegal migrant from Paraguay, detailed the torture she suffered from Jose Espinoza, a dad of three who ended up sentenced to 22 years in prison Monday after being found guilty of rape for his years-long campaign of terror.“Because of this bastard, I’m struggling to continue with my life normally,” the middle-aged mom said in her statement, which was read by Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Jonathon Junig.The victim’s eyes then suddenly rolled back, and she lost her balance before collapsing to the floor.The chaotic scene, which lasted nearly 10 minutes, unfolded just before Espinoza, 62, was sentenced after being convicted at trial in December of rape, labor trafficking and other charges in the case.The victim eventually came around from her fainting spell and sat in the first row as the prosecutor finished reading her letter, which revealed her mental struggles from the attacks that had “broke [her] into a thousand pieces.“For many years, I suffered hell for no reason at all.He destroyed my life and my innocent family,” the woman said in her letter to Judge Felicia Mennin, begging her to show no mercy when sentencing the rapist.Espinoza met his victim, a mother of an autistic child, in August 2017 and offered her money in exchange for sex if she agreed to clean apartments in the Flatiron apartment building where he served as the super.But when the woman wanted to stop the arrangement a year later, Espinoza grew irate and started physically beating her, took her passport and tracked her whereabouts as his power tr...