How My Grand-Nephew Raped Me, Asked Me To Kill Him - 81-Year-Old Woman Recounts | READ DETAILS
Faith Ukanwa
May 06, 2021
An 81-year-old Brooklyn woman has recounted the moment her grand-nephew raped her at the man's trial in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Wednesday.
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The octogenarian who allowed her grand-nephew, Jewell Powell, 36, to live on her couch for about a month in 2019, said things changed on June 13, 2019 when he raped her.
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"He was my favorite," she testified. "I hate him."
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"I was in my bedroom watching TV. I got up to go to the kitchen. He was there naked. He grabbed me," she recalled.
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She added that Powell dragged her to her bedroom and raped her adding that he got furious when she tried to fight him off.
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"When I kicked him, he put me back on the bed, put his hands on my throat and said, 'Next time you do that I'll smother you,'" she said.
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Afterward, Powell gave his great-aunt a knife and told her to kill him, the woman told the court. When she refused to, he threatened to kill himself, she said.
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Powell was arrested two days later after the woman reported to her grandson and daughter. He has been held at Rikers Island on $70,000 bail.
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