Submitted by GeniusBtch t3_zpxv7c in massachusetts
Justin Mustafa now Justin Curtis
He lives in Cape Cod.
He is 33 years old. He was granted a name change due to converting from Islam to Christianity.
'He tortured me for a week': Woman, 28, reveals horrific details about how her jealous boyfriend injected her with heroin, raped her, and forced her to perform a sex act on his DOG after accusing her of cheating
update:
https://www.insider.com/abuser-forced-victim-rape-dog-allowed-change-his-name-2022-12
In an intense three-day 2014 trial in a Cape Cod courtroom, Justin Mustafa was accused of orchestrating a twisted week of drug-fueled torture in which he injected his girlfriend with heroin, repeatedly beat her with a belt, and forced her to perform oral sex on his pit bull.
While a judge ordered a finding of not guilty on an animal-abuse charge, the Cape Cod man was ultimately convicted on assault and other charges, and sentenced to six years in prison. The disturbing case garnered national media attention, and prompted his victim, Gabbe Rowland, to become an advocate for domestic-violence survivors.
Now, more than a year after his release from prison, a local probate-court judge has allowed the man to change his name in a move that Rowland says lets him dodge accountability and puts other women at risk of becoming his victim.
"Based on what he has done to me and other women in my community, it's a matter of public safety," Rowland told Insider.
In November, Rowland appeared by phone in Barnstable Probate and Family Court hearing objecting to the name change.
She told the court she believed that if Mustafa — now Justin Curtis — was allowed to change his name, women wouldn't be able to easily unearth his past.
In court, though, Curtis, 33, argued that religion was the reason he was applying for a name change.
Curtis testified that he converted to Christianity from Islam at the request of his mother several years ago and that Mustafa is a name with Islamic roots. His mother has since died, and he wanted to change his name to avoid the "religious conflict," he said.
On Tuesday, a judge ruled in his favor.
Judge Angela Ordoñez wrote that because of her "difficult experience," Rowland's fear that people may not know Curtis' criminal history without knowing his birth name is credible.
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He is not required to be on a sex registry.
"Mustafa's grandfather, Ahmed Mustafa. A former Falmouth selectman, Falmouth police officer and Massachusetts state trooper, Mustafa testified that he never heard any commotion from his grandson's bedroom or bathroom..."
Please be warned.
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