A woman who was viciously raped by John Moniz was in a New London courtroom Thursday when a judge issued a standing criminal protective order that forbids the 48-year-old Moniz from having any type of contact with her for the next 50 years.

The victim, who has asked to be identified only as “K,” came to court with two victim advocates and was prepared to address Judge Patrick J. Clifford.

She had declined to speak when Clifford sentenced Moniz in 2011 to 10 years in prison followed by 15 years of special parole but has become more vocal about the crime since she learned that Moniz is eligible to earn time off his sentence under the state’s new “Risk Reduction Earned Credit” policy.

Clifford was willing to listen to “K” even though she had no legal right to be heard at the post-sentencing proceeding. The judge noted he should have issued the protective order at the time of sentencing, but it had not been done.

Moniz objected when attorney Matthew G. Berger told him in the courthouse holding area that the victim intended to speak. Berger informed the judge of his client’s objection during a sidebar discussion, and Clifford decided against allowing K to speak.

Moniz was brought into the courtroom, shackled, in a neon orange prison jumpsuit. Clifford read him the conditions of the protective order and asked if he understood.

Moniz muttered, “Yup,” and hurried back into the lockup.

“K” said she understood the judge’s decision.

Outside the courtroom, she said that if allowed to speak, she was going to ask Moniz whether he has admitted to sexually assaulting other women. She said that during his attack on her, he had described other vicious crimes he had committed.

Moniz abducted “K” in a New London parking lot as she left a friend’s New London apartment at 4 a.m. to go to her job at a convenience store. He held her hostage for eight hours, taking her to New York and repeatedly sexually assaulting her before dropping her off at a local gas station.

He was not charged until 2010, when New London police received word that DNA from the crime matched that of Moniz, who had been forced to provide a DNA sample when convicted of an attack on another woman.

— Karen Florin