>Dawn Tyree says she was 13 years old when her father and stepmother pushed her to marry a 32-year-old child molester.
The man, a family friend, was supposed to be babysitting Tyree at the family’s home in San Pablo, Calif., while she finished sixth grade, and her parents moved to Texas to start a business. Instead, the man repeatedly raped and eventually impregnated her, Tyree said. Upon finding out, her parents and the family friend, likely aware they could face legal consequences, convinced Tyree that marriage was the solution.
“What’s a young girl to do?” said Tyree, now 49 and living in northern Oregon. “You’re not going to push back and stand up for yourself. These are your parents. You’re going to do what they say is best for you.”
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