( CNN ) -- Eman al-Obeidy , the woman who claims forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi raped her , spoke Tuesday with her mother , who has come to her defense , for the first time since her ordeal began . Al-Obeidy told Aisha Ahmad that a court employee pulled a weapon on her when she went to a courthouse . Al-Obeidy , who burst into a Tripoli hotel last month to tell her harrowing story to journalists , told CNN 's Anderson Cooper in an emotional phone interview that the administrative court employee threatened her life . `` The people came and started pulling him , '' said al-Obeidy , who related the incident to her mother , also on the phone . `` The whole day in the court they were saying we are going to kill this failure who reports on our brigades . '' A car took her home , al-Obeidy said . `` They do n't want me to go to the court at all . '' CNN could not independently verify the 29-year-old law school graduate 's claims . Al-Obeidy , who is no longer in custody after authorities rushed her away from the hotel , said she still fears for her safety in Tripoli , which she called a `` large prison . '' Rebel leaders `` disappointed '' by NATO 's efforts . She told `` AC360 '' that Gadhafi forces took her passport and would not let her cross the border into Tunisia . Her mother , Aisha Ahmad , who lives in the eastern coastal city of Tobruk , urged al-Obeidy to return to her parents `` before they kill you . '' `` You have Allah with you , you have Allah with you , you have Allah with you , '' Ahmad said . `` Do not change your statement . '' Ahmad tried to comfort her distraught daughter , saying , `` they lie in the Libyan media . '' `` I dream of them trying to kill me , '' said al-Obeidy , who has spent time with her sister and is concerned about the health of her father back home . Ahmad told al-Obeidy the world is praying for her and not to be afraid . `` I 'm not afraid , '' the daughter replied . `` The one thing that really bothers me is that I 'm far from you . Nobody is standing by me here in Tripoli . '' Asked by Cooper if she were still trying to leave the capital , al-Obeidy said , `` How can I possibly get out of Tripoli when Tripoli is under siege ? There are only two ways to get to my family , by way of Tunisia or through the eastern zone and they 're both under siege . '' Al-Obeidy , who was encouraged by Ahmad to pray and keep her faith , was grateful for the opportunity to speak with her family . `` We 'd like to thank the American people and every person who tried to make my voice heard , '' she said . In two previous telephone interviews with Cooper , al-Obeidy spoke about her alleged abuse . At times in tears , at other times defiant , she recalled men pouring alcohol into her eyes and repeatedly using rifles to sodomize her . Al-Obeidy said she spent 72 hours under interrogation after being dragged away from the Tripoli hotel where she tried to tell journalists about her alleged abuse . She has said the public statements from a state TV anchor and government officials , who initially called her mentally ill , drunk and a prostitute , have ruined her reputation . Al-Obeidy burst into the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli on March 26 while international journalists staying there were having breakfast . She told reporters she had been taken from a checkpoint east of Tripoli , held against her will for two days and beaten and raped by 15 men . When CNN saw her in March , al-Obeidy 's legs and face were bruised and she had blood on her right inner thigh . Her visible injuries appeared to support her allegations , but CNN could not independently verify her story . CNN 's `` AC360 '' spoke with al-Obeidy Sunday , Monday and Tuesday . Watch Anderson Cooper 360° weeknights 10pm ET . For the latest from AC360° click here .
`` AC360 '' reunites Eman al-Obeidy with her mother . Young woman says court employee threatened her . Her mother tells her to keep her faith . Al-Obeidy says she has tried to leave Libya , but authorities have thwarted her attempts .