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- [Voiceover] My bare skin and head

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had been rubbing against
the ground behind a dumpster

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while an erect freshman was humping

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my half naked, unconscious body.

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(sad music)

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Your Honor, if it is alright,

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for the majority of this statement

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I would like to address
the defendant directly.

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You don't know me,

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but you've been inside me,

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and that's why we're here today.

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One day I was at work,

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scrolling through the news on my phone,

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and came across an article.

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In it I read and learned
for the first time

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about how I was found unconscious,

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with my hair disheveled,

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long necklace wrapped around my neck,

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bra pulled out of my dress,

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dress pulled off over my shoulders

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and pulled up above my waist.

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That I was butt naked all
the way down to my boots,

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legs spread apart,

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and had been penetrated
by a foreign object

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by someone I did not recognize.

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- Oh my god.

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- [Voiceover] This was how I
learned what happened to me,

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sitting at my desk
reading the news at work.

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I learned what happened
to me the same time

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everyone else in the world
learned what happened to me.

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I kept reading.

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In the next paragraph

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I read something that
I will never forgive,

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I read that according to him, I liked it.

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I like it.

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Again, I do not have
words for these feelings.

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Sometimes I think if I hadn't gone

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then this never would've happened.

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But then I realized it would've happened,

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just to somebody else.

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My breasts had been groped,

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fingers had been jabbed inside of me

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along with pine needles and debris,

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my bare skin and head had been rubbing

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against the ground behind a dumpster

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while an erect freshman was humping

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my half naked, unconscious body.

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But I don't remember,

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so how do I prove I didn't like it?

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I was not only told that I was assaulted,

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I was told that because
I couldn't remember,

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I technically could not
prove it was unwanted.

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And that distorted me, damaged me,

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almost broke me.

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The sexual assault had
been so clear, but instead,

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here I was at the trial
answering questions like,

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"How old are you?

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"How much do you weight?

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"What did you have for dinner?

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"Did you drink with dinner?

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"How much do you usually drink?

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"Who dropped you off at this party?

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"What were you wearing?

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"Was your phone on silent
when your sister called?

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"Do you remember silencing it?

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"Really, because on page
53 I'd like to point out

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"that you said it was set to ring.

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"You said you were a party animal?

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"Are you serious with your boyfriend?"

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After a physical assault,

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I was assaulted with questions
designed to attack me,

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to say "see her facts don't line up,

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"she's out of her mind.

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"She's practically an alcoholic.

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"She probably wanted to hook up.

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"He's like an athlete right,

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"they were both drunk, whatever."

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I don't sleep when I think
about the way it could've gone

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if those two guys had never come.

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What would've happened to me?

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That's what you'll never
have a good answer for.

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That's what you can't explain

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even after a year.

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He has done irreversible damage to me

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and my family during the trial.

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And we have sent silently,

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listening to him shape the evening.

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But in the end, his
unsupported statements

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and his attorney's twisted
logic fooled no one.

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- Yeah.

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- [Voiceover] The truth won.

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The truth spoke for itself.

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(upbeat music)