How A Woman Who Was Sexually Assaulted By A Man She Met Online Helped Put Him In Prison For Life
After matching on a dating site and texting for a week, Kelly says she met her date for a drink in a public place. But the worst thing she could imagine happened when he walked her to her car. Kelly was dragged, thrown into her date’s vehicle, and raped. Kelly says she reported the rape, but police convinced her not to press charges. Then, two years after she was attacked, authorities in Atlanta called her to testify after the same man assaulted someone else. “At the end of it, he was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences,” says Kelly in the video above. This episode of Dr. Phil, “Dating App Horror Stories,” airs Thursday. And later, are dating apps addictive? Dr. Phil talks to Nancy Jo Sales, the writer and director of the HBO documentary “Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age,” who says dating apps are too dangerous and need to change because there are too many scams, catfishers, and assaults. Check your local listing for airtimes. WATCH: Dating App Nightmare: College Student Strangled, Stabbed, And Nearly Killed By Man He Met Online TELL DR. PHIL YOUR STORY: Have an outrageous story that will shock Dr. Phil?
