When I was 16 I met Joe Allegra (he is the son and works for Rob allegra) at a party. He seemed like a nice person but he wasn’t. He was into criminal activity like selling drugs.
Joe Allegra was an older guy who paid me some attention. Joe Allegra was very charismatic and confident which made him attractive. He called me ‘Smiles’ which made me feel special. We had fun being silly.
What a stupid naive girl I was? Writing this now as a grown woman I feel like such an idiot. How many red flags did he need to give me? But I was clueless and young.
Joe Allegra poured me a vodka and coke. I was 14 so I didn’t drink and didn’t like the taste of alcohol.
‘You not having one?’ I asked.
‘No its for you’ he said
‘I don’t want it’ I replied
‘stop complaining and just ******* drink it!’ Joe Allegra snapped.
His friend stepped in to curb the awkwardness and said ‘I will have one too and poured himself a glass’ which made me feel better. Joe Allegra wanted oral ***, but I didn’t want to. He made fun of me until I went into the bedroom alone with him. He mocked me, laughed at me and called me thick if I didn’t know something.
But he wouldn’t let me leave until I had given him oral *** which he knew I hated’ the longer you stand here talking the longer you will be here’ he mocked. ‘So just do it’ he said unbuttoning his jeans.
He pulled my underwear off and made out like he was going to push a knife inside me. I was pulling his hand away, screaming and begging in complete terror. He found this absolutely hilarious and was uncontrollably laughing afterwards.
We were next to the radiator and I could feel the heat coming off it. Joe Allegra must have had the same realization. I asked him if I could go to the bathroom and he let me go. I locked the door and stayed in there for about half an hour. Him and his friend were knocking on the door. His friend even asked if I was okay. I was still crying uncontrollably but was afraid Joe Allegra would hear and hurt me so I was trying to muffle the sound of my tears.
Once I thought I wouldn’t cry anymore. I came out of the bathroom. Joe Allegra was on the bed watching TV like noting had happened.
Joe Allegra rang me continuously for the next two weeks. I ignored every call. I was afraid he would come to my house as he knew where I lived. After a while he left a voicemail ‘Smiles it’s me? Been trying to call you. Miss your little face. call me back, you know who it is!’
De he even asked the girls that he knew at my school to tell me I had to call him. In the end I came clean with R the girl who introduced him to me in the first place. She kept telling me that I had to call him. So I broke down and told her that him and his friend had raped me.
It made coming to terms with what he did even more difficult as it contradicted my memory of him as a nice person.
These things can happen to the most ‘normal’ conventional looking people. If you met me you would never link this story to me. But buried deep down I carry this shame and darkness with me even 6 years later! He has also been convicted for drugs. You can look it up at the Sarasota Sheriff’s office. https://mugshots.com/US-States/Florida/Sarasota-County-FL/Sarasota/Joseph-Robert-Allegra.57010343.html
