Woman raped by man pretending to be rideshare driver speaks out as attacker jailed

“My phone died instantly after I sent that message.”

Unable to open the door, Connor was then raped twice.

“I got out of the car, panic attack, couldn’t breathe, started crying,” she said.

After reporting the attack to police, Chavez, a father-of-two, was then charged and eventually pleaded guilty.

On Friday in court, Connor bravely faced her rapist for the first time since that night.

“It was surreal,” she said.

“It was like I just… I couldn’t even look him in the eye ’cause I saw him looking at me and I just… I couldn’t even look at all.”

Chavez has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison.

“I thought he should have gotten 14 [years], which is the max,” she said.