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<h3><span style="color: #999999;"><em><strong>I &#8216;just trying to be happy&#8217; </strong></em><strong>&#8211; teen victim </strong><em><strong>struggling with depression and bipolar disorder</strong></em></span></h3>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Maryland judge gave no jail time to a man, 33, after he was convicted of repeatedly trading heroin for sex with a mentally ill 15-year-old high school freshman girl </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Prosecutors argued that David Knox knowingly &#8216;took advantage of a young girl with a drug problem&#8217;, after he delivered heroin to the teen several times in exchange for sex from July to Sept, 2017 </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Knox had responded to an ad she wrote on the social media app, Whisper, in July 2017 that read: &#8216;Will f**k for dope&#8217;<br />
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<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>David Knox pled guilty to lesser charges, and received four years of probation </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>He will also have to register as a sex offender but won&#8217;t serve any prison time </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The girl who had three suicide attempts and two instances of drug overdose, was depressed and bipolar and had been addicted to drugs for months </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Two other men, father-of-three Kevin Burdette, 32, and Antonio Gilham, 22, have also been charged for trading drugs for sex with the teen<br />
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David Knox [photo], 33, will avoid any jail time after admitting to supplying illegal drugs to a minor and committing statutory rape, several times, against the same teen</strong></p>
<p>A 33-year-old Maryland man who repeatedly gave heroin to a 15-year-old girl in exchange for sex will not have to go to jail.<br />
David Knox pleaded guilty to lesser charges at Montgomery Circuit Court on Monday and was sentenced to four years of supervised probation by Judge Margaret Schweitzer.<br />
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Knox will also have to register as a sex offender. He will not be required to serve any prison time unless he violates his probation.<br />
&#8216;I&#8217;m not here to brand you for life, but I am here to protect the community,&#8217; Montgomery Circuit Court Judge Margaret Schweitzer said during the sentencing.<br />
&#8216;I would have thought at age 32, you would have exercised better judgement.&#8217;<br />
Knox and the 15-year-old girl first met after he responded to an ad she wrote on the social media app Whisper in July 2017. It read: &#8216;Will f**k for dope&#8217;.</p>
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<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">Knox delivered one gram of heroin to the teen from that month until September 2017. In return, the troubled 15-year-old girl had sex with him.<br />
Prosecutors argued that Knox &#8216;took advantage of a young girl with a drug problem&#8217;.<br />
&#8216;He was a full participant, knowing full well she was underage,&#8217; they added.<br />
The girl began struggling with depression when she was 11 years old. By 15, she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.<br />
She soon turned to drugs, saying she was &#8216;just trying to be happy&#8217;.</div>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">&#8216;Waking up every day was a chore,&#8217; the girl, who identified herself by the pseudonym &#8216;Libseth&#8217;, told <a class="class" href="https://wjla.com/news/local/girl-sex-heroin-overdoses-suicide-attempts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">WJLA </a>in October 2018.<br />
&#8216;The only thing stopping me from killing myself was that my family and friends were begging me not to,&#8217; Libseth added.</div>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">In just months the troubled teen had tried 33 different drugs, including crack, cocaine, LSD, methamphetamine, oxycodone, morphine, fentanyl, PCP, and Xanax.</div>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">But it was heroin, she said, that was her &#8216;first love&#8217;.</div>
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<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">&#8216;I shot up every day, like multiple times a day,&#8217; she added. &#8216;I could be sitting in a sewer and I could be bleeding to death, but then you shoot up some heroin and you&#8217;re the happiest person in the world.&#8217;</div>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">After finishing her freshman year of high school, Lisbeth ran out of money and desperately tried to find a way to continue getting her fix.</div>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">So she went on the app Whisper and offered sex in exchange for drugs.</div>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">Knox responded to the ad as did Kevin Burdette, a 32-year-old who is the father of three children. Lisbeth said she had sex with Knox in his own home.</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">David Knox and Kevin Burdette were charged with sexual offenses as was 22-year-old Antonio Gilham, who Lisbeth had met through mutual friends.<br />
&#8216;They were manipulative. They&#8217;re not good people,&#8217; Lisbeth said. &#8216;Clearly what they&#8217;re doing is ruining someone&#8217;s life. They ruined my life.&#8217;<br />
Knox blamed his actions on his own struggle with drugs.<br />
&#8216;A lot of my actions, I believe, were controlled by my drug addiction,&#8217; Knox said in court, according to <a class="class" href="https://wjla.com/news/local/man-gets-probation-after-admitting-to-trading-heroin-for-sex-with-15-year-old" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">WJLA</a>. &#8216;I hope the victim can get better from this and bounce back.&#8217;<br />
Knox who sat quietly in court until Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Margaret Schweitzer offered him the chance to speak. Talking in hushed tones, the 33-year-old apologized to both the victim and her family.<br />
&#8220;A lot of my actions, I believe, were controlled by my drug addiction,&#8221; Knox said. &#8220;I hope the victim can get better from this and bounce back.&#8221;<br />
Defense attorney Christopher Wheatcroft, said drugs had been &#8216;squandering his [client&#8217;s] life&#8217;.<br />
&#8216;He made terrible choices, this being the worst of them,&#8217; Wheatcroft added. &#8216;He is determined to not make future mistakes. His sobriety is important for keeping his eye on the ball.&#8217;<br />
Wheatcroft said Knox, who spent 120 days in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility before trial, has since moved back into his parent&#8217;s home near Atlanta and applied for a job at Sam&#8217;s Club.<br />
Prosecutors said there will be a restitution hearing at a later date, noting that the victim&#8217;s family has paid more than $50,000 in medical bills.<br />
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Lisbeth has shuffled through psychiatric hospitals, substance abuse centers, and numerous counseling sessions.<br />
Her parents, who live in an upper middle class suburban division, said their savings have been completely wiped.<br />
&#8216;She was such a good child. She was on the honor roll and spoke multiple languages,&#8217; Lisbeth&#8217;s mother said.<br />
&#8216;We didn&#8217;t suspect anything, but parents really have to look for the warning signs. Who could do this? It&#8217;s disgusting to be sleeping with and taking advantage of a 15-year-old girl.&#8217;<br />
Lisbeth&#8217;s mother said she and her husband hope to one day retire to a Colorado ranch and help find a cure for bipolar disorder.<br />
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As for Lisbeth, she said it has been a &#8216;relief&#8217; to finally find a path to sobriety.<br />
&#8216;I had three suicide attempts and I had two overdoses where I did lose my life and they did bring me back,&#8217; she said. &#8216;I honestly thought I&#8217;d be doing drugs for the rest of my life. I honestly didn&#8217;t think I would be able to get out of it.&#8217;<br />
&#8216;But once I realized that I didn’t have to live that way anymore, it was such a relief.&#8217;</p>
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‘Drug Peddling, Statutory Rape, No Justice!’ No jail time for Maryland man, 33, after repeatedly trading heroin for sex with a mentally ill high school girl, 15 – David Knox gets probation after fulfilling teen’s ad of ‘Will f**k for dope’
