By: HonestDavid

HonestDavid
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 06:11:50 +0000

You all forget that people need time to report things to the police. It takes time to decide if you are go to the police or not, sexual assault is a traumatic experience that needs self processing. There are social fears, and self blaming and fears of being called a liar, not being believed, fear of family/friend disappointment or fear of the other person retaliating. When someone is assaulted the last thing most survivors want is everyone knowing their business or that it was them when it's going to hit the news. I applaud this survivor for stepping forward! If there was mishandling or covering things up you better believe the survivor or those close to the survivor would blow the whistle on that.