ped ▁her . ▁Tra um at ized ▁and ▁hum ili ated , ▁Sh aron ▁kept ▁the ▁ra pe ▁to ▁herself . ▁ ▁Nick ▁and ▁Sh aron ▁decided ▁to ▁el ope . ▁However , ▁on ▁their ▁first ▁night ▁together , ▁Sh aron ▁pulled ▁away ▁from ▁making ▁love ▁to ▁Nick ▁and ▁finally ▁conf essed ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁ra ped ▁by ▁Matt . ▁Nick ▁ran ▁to ▁confront ▁Matt ▁at ▁his ▁a partment , ▁only ▁to ▁discover ▁Matt ▁lying ▁in ▁a ▁pool ▁of ▁blood ▁having ▁been ▁shot . ▁Nick ' s ▁DNA ▁was ▁found ▁on ▁the ▁gun ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁arrested . ▁Victor ▁h ired ▁Paul ▁Williams ▁( D oug ▁David son ) ▁and ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁att or ne ys ▁to ▁free ▁Nick , ▁who ▁had ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁trial ▁for ▁attempted ▁murder . ▁Nick ▁was ▁found ▁guilty ▁and ▁sent ▁to ▁j ail , ▁where ▁he ▁spent ▁Christmas ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁However , ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁he ▁was ▁acqu itted ▁when ▁Amy ▁came ▁forward ▁as ▁the ▁actual ▁shoot er ▁after ▁Matt ▁tried ▁to ▁ra pe ▁her . ▁Amy ▁was ▁in ▁se clusion ▁after ▁recover ing ▁from ▁mental ▁tra uma . ▁Matt ▁ski pped ▁town ▁after ▁he ▁became ▁in ▁trouble ▁for ▁lying ▁in ▁court , ▁claim ing ▁he ▁remembered ▁Nick ▁shooting ▁him . ▁Nick ▁and ▁Sh aron ▁then ▁married . ▁ ▁Mar riage ▁and ▁parent hood ▁( 1 9 9 7 – 9 9 ) ▁▁ ▁At ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁her ▁marriage ▁to ▁Nick , ▁Sh aron ▁became ▁in