Opinion ID: 4394859
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Vicky

Text: Vicky submitted a restitution request of $10,000. In support of her request, Vicky submitted several victim impact statements, several psychological reports from Dr. Green, an economic report, and a statement of attorney’s fees. In her victim impact statements, Vicky described the effects of the ongoing distribution of the images of her sexual abuse as a child, including feelings of fear and paranoia, nightmares, and panic attacks. In a 2014 psychological status report, 15 Case: 17-12349 Date Filed: 05/08/2019 Page: 16 of 67 Dr. Green opined that Vicky continued to require therapy as a result of the continuing traffic in her images, as well as her discovery of attempts by some viewers of her images to invade her privacy. Dr. Green explained that Vicky continued to experience anxiety, dissociative responses, social withdrawal, anger, feelings of powerlessness, and sleep disruption. Dr. Green estimated Vicky’s total therapy costs to be between $108,975 to $113,600. The economic report estimated Vicky’s net lost wages over the course of her lifetime to be $828,150. Vicky’s counsel represented that Vicky had incurred attorney’s fees and costs of $92,371.96. The government did not concur in Vicky’s $10,000 request and instead requested an award of $1,283 using its 1/n method. The government provided a list of 659 other restitution awards to Vicky, which ranged from approximately $24 at the low end to $1 million at the high end. Rothenberg opposed Vicky’s restitution request for the same reasons he opposed Sarah’s request, noting that other courts had denied restitution requests based on the same evidence and that the government failed to disaggregate. Rothenberg also noted that he possessed only one image of Vicky and that the average post-Paroline restitution award to Vicky was $3,632. 16 Case: 17-12349 Date Filed: 05/08/2019 Page: 17 of 67