Vanessa Guillen's lawyer, Natalie Khawam, had worked with politicians to adopt the "I Am Vanessa Guillen Bill" or Law, which went into effect in Texas in September. For the Gullien family and Natalie Khawam as an attorney, this is a big triumph. She openly speaks about her victory and difficulties during the case.
Vanessa Guillen was a small weapons repairer from Houston and a soldier who went missing on April 22, 2020, on base in Fort Worth, Texas. On April 22, 2020, around 1:00 p.m. local time, Guillen was last observed in the parking lot of her barracks at the Texas-based Fort Hood Army installation. Her car and room keys, as well as her identification card and wallet, were discovered in the armory where she had been working earlier in the day.
Gloria Guillen, Vanessa's mother, has told the media that her daughter claimed a sergeant was harassing her sexually within the military base. She also said that someone from the base informed her that her daughter had been kidnapped.
Cecily Aguilar was accused of conspiring to tamper with evidence on one count on July 2, 2020. She could spend up to 20 years in federal prison and pay a fine of up to $250,000. Aaron David Robinson, according to the complaint, told Aguilar that he killed Vanessa Guillen by hitting her in the head with a hammer. The body of Guillen was dismembered and dumped in Bell County by both Robinson and Aguilar.
After the release of the documentary, I am Vanessa Guillen the murder case of Gullien was widespread, and the fans online seem to be invested in the case and they demand justice for the victim. Fans online wonder who is handling the case of Vanessa. Read this article to know more about Vanessa Guillen's lawyer.
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The Guillen family and their attorney Natalie Khawam had been working with politicians to implement the I Am Vanessa Guillen Act, which went into effect in Texas in September. This is a significant victory for the Gullien family and Natalie Khawam as a lawyer. She openly speaks about her victory and difficulties during the case.
Spc. Vanessa Guillen's case received national attention this year after the 20-year-old soldier, who was also stationed at Fort Hood, went missing on April 23. Her remains were located near the base and identified in early July. Between March and May, three other Fort Hood troops were discovered dead under dubious circumstances.
Three of Guillen's sisters traveled to Tampa on Wednesday, two weeks after her funeral service, to find out what it would take to pass a law in her honor. It would allow active-duty service members to submit sexual harassment or assault claims with a third-party agency rather than theirs.
Enraged and saddened by Vanessa Guillén's treatment, her family decided to take action by pushing for the I Am Vanessa Bill with the assistance of their lawyer, Natalie Khawam. Mayra Guillén told Newsweek that they were not going to take no for an answer.
She added:
We transformed this [tragedy] into bringing legislation for many countless victims that were silenced much before my sister, and for future victims, unfortunately, because this is never going to end but we can do our best to try and bring justice and accountability for these cases.
The I Am Vanessa Bill attempted to improve the Department of Defense's reaction to sex-related offenses perpetrated against members of the armed forces by allowing a member to file a complaint with someone outside the immediate chain of command. Before the I Am Vanessa Bill, sexual assault allegations in the military were investigated and prosecuted internally, with commanders choosing whether a case should be dropped or brought to trial. Natalie Khawam explained to Newsweek why the system needed to be changed. She added:
This has been a long-standing issue in the military, sexual misconduct is prevalent because there is no accountability and there are no courts like we [civilians] have, You have to tell the commander who has to commission a court so that means that he would have to create a court for you to pursue something. Seventy to 80% of sexual misconduct happens within the [army] chain of command so you're going to the same chain of command that sexually harassed you to ask them to file something against themselves and pursue a case against them or their buddies, which is inherently biased.
Khawam, Mayra Guillén, and their supporters visited the White House as part of their campaign, meeting with then-President Donald Trump, Democrats, Republicans, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The National Defense Authorization Act, which includes the updated I'm Vanessa Guillen Act, was approved by the US House. The authority to prosecute sexual assault and harassment is transferred from the military to independent military prosecutors.