Opinion ID: 4394859
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Amy

Text: Amy submitted a restitution request of $25,000. In support of her request, Amy provided a victim impact statement, several psychological evaluations from Dr. Joyanna Silberg, and an economic report. In her victim impact statement, Amy stated that she “live[s] in constant fear that someone will see [her] pictures and recognize [her].” Amy expressed feelings of powerlessness related to the traffic in the images of her sexual abuse as a child because “the crime has never really stopped and will never really stop.” Amy explained that she experienced fear, shame, and humiliation at the thought of her friends and other people she encounters discovering her images online. In a December 2014 report, Dr. Silberg opined that although Amy had made strides as a result of an intensive treatment plan initiated in 2012, ongoing issues related to PTSD remained. Dr. Silberg explained that Amy continued to experience flashbacks and nightmares, as well as “fear about the internet and shame associated with the ongoing viewing of her picture.” Dr. Silberg concluded that Amy “continues to suffer from the ongoing effects of her victimization from child abuse and from the continued use of her image by child pornography traders, viewers, and abusers,” and recommended continued psychological treatment and monitoring. Amy’s economic report estimated her net lost wages as $2,855,173, and her future counseling costs as $512,681. 17 Case: 17-12349 Date Filed: 05/08/2019 Page: 18 of 67 The government did not concur in Amy’s $25,000 request and instead requested a restitution amount of $15,664 using its 1/n method. The government provided a list of 215 other restitution awards to Amy, ranging from $50 at the low end to $3.5 million at the high end. Rothenberg opposed Amy’s restitution request. Rothenberg noted that he possessed only one image of Amy and that the average post-Paroline restitution award to her was $3,891. Rothenberg asserted that the government’s list of prior restitution orders was inaccurate as to some of the awards and argued that the government made no attempt to disaggregate his conduct from that of other defendants.