28 Sep 2023

Give-a-Little page set up for Mama Hooch sexual assault case victims

From Morning Report, 7:38 am on 28 September 2023

A survivor of the Christchurch Mama Hooch sexual assault case has set up a Give-a-Little page to support victims' recovery.

Last month Brothers Roberto and Danny Jaz were convicted of multiple charges including rape, sexual violation, indecent assault, stupefying, disabling, making intimate recordings of women without their knowledge or consent, and supplying illicit drugs to victims.

The legal aid bill for the two has reached almost $900,000, and the brothers were not ordered to pay reparations.

They are now appealing their sentences. Survivor Sophie Brown says money doesn't fix everything, but it could go some way to help the 31 women with trauma.

You can find the Give-a-Little page here - https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/mama-hooch-operation-sinatra-survivors-fund

Brown spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.