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Acid attack survivor discusses ‘flawed system that works’ at briefing on domestic violence

Christy Sims speaks Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, at Brenau University during the Hall County Domestic Violence Task Force Domestic Violence Breakfast and Briefing. Sims was severely disﬁgured in 2013 when her ex-boyfriend doused her with sulfuric acid. She is now the President of the Christy Sims Foundation to help prevent intimate partner violence by providing community-based education and awareness programs for young adults. - photo by Scott Rogers

10112018 DOMESTIC 3.jpg — Christy Sims speaks Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, at Brenau University during the Hall County Domestic Violence Task Force Domestic Violence Breakfast and Briefing. Sims was severely disﬁgured in 2013 when her ex-boyfriend doused her with sulfuric acid. She is now the President of the Christy Sims Foundation to help prevent intimate partner violence by providing community-based education and awareness programs for young adults. - photo by Scott Rogers

Christy Sims said she had no idea someone in her house would be plotting against her. As she was getting closer to achieving her master’s degree, her ex-boyfriend was feeling like she was growing apart from him, she said.