Jesus. This is horrible to happen to anyone let alone a four year old.

Her friend is terrible.

Wow, just wow! How pathetic can a parent be?

I'm destroyed because this is what i tell my daughter but I don't want her to keep anything from me. I'll have to explain it differently...

and to think today is improved over how things once were. despicable. I hope you find a way to deal with your pain. It is not your fault.

This is awful! Who cares about family? A child was damaged!

My heart is breaking from reading this.

She acused the victime of having sex with an adult man.... People that blame the victime are trash.

It was not your fault. Not only were you a child, but rape is never, under any circumstances, allowed.

I'm so sorry this happened to you

That’s heartbreaking

Indeed, they should come forward much more. This isn't about genders. This is about the violation of human's right.

Yes, so many predators use their positions to bully victims. It was not your fault

I was sexually abused, they said I have weird fantasies and that I was makingit up lol

sorry, but f**k his wife, how is she even important in this story?!

This guy seems like donald trump has made an account on BP.

So terrifying. I'm so sorry

Wow, I’m so sorry

Wow, I read her entire tweet thread (its about 40 something tweets long) and it is so powerful and heartbreaking and infuriating.

Oh my god, that's horrible.

This breaks my heart. I'm so sorry

I'm so sorry--what an evil man.

I am so sorry. Heart wrenching

Hope that made you feel a little better.....I applaude your courage <3

this is awful!

Reminds me of the movie "The Accused."

i'm so sorry. None of this is your fault.

Exactly. Many years and thousands of dollars worth of therapy.

I have a similar story and feel the same way. He only touched my thighs inappropriately on several occasions and didn't respond to me saying no (a friend saved me later on, I confided in him and he talked to the assaulter). I'm trying to be thankful. Because I have friends who have been raped. Only recently and much thanks to the whole "Me too" movement I made myself tell people. Even the ones who know him. Maybe he won't do it again but maybe he will. And I shouldn't be the one who bears the responsibility of not telling anyone. If people think less of him because of it - they should. He should have listened to me saying no.

Read this, people, who question why women don't come forward

Trump is really digging a hole he cant get out of

This is infuriating and nonsense, and my praise goes to your supportive friends. Support is all we need as a society.

Security? More like in-security.

Hopefully, you will get the support and therapy that you need.

Whatevers not taken, religion is not b******t. You know what? There's no point even trying to defend my beliefs because this world is so full of hate, no one will pull their heads out of their asses long enough to hear anyone but themselves. Stop judging people that you don't even know.

Pedophiles choose their victims because they know that children are weaker, and less likely to tell. They also know that young children may feel guilt, as if they did something wrong.

I can understand

Sick bastard.

AMEN. The phenomenon of inaccurate detail memory is found in car accident victims, too, for the record.

You probably felt guilty for "betraying" your best friend. I hope she figured him out and left him.

I'm sure someone would have said "Well, why did you go on a blind date?"

He is a*****e to think that if she didn't report it then so she might be a liar. He is insensitive prick like you are. Not a inch of empathy or humanity.

What´s wrong with you @Whatevers not taken? People like you makes this problem worse and worse.

Earned my PTSD diagnosis. What was said about "you forget ti so it doesn't affect you until later"... is why it's called POST-trauma. And is, in fact, part of PTSD.

Nice poem. It says so much.

This is honestly so sad, that this seems normal. Our country is broken, and not just ours. This happens all over the world, and nobody tells, because people don't belive them, or because the person who did it was a "kind person", "they would never do that", or they "didn't have evidence". Why would you need evidence and not trust the word of the person it actually happened to? I know sometimes people lie about this happening to them, and that is just abominable. But every case, and I mean EVERY, should be treated as real. I understand this is a post about why people didn't report, but some should learn from this and always tell, no matter what your family or friends say.

I hope your friend escaped him.

No it was not. This breaks my heart.

No one deserves being raped for acting like a teenager. It was his fault never yours.

@Whatevers not taken your taking this trolling way to far. Like gtfo already. You should realize you just look like an idiot and what you say has no effect on anyone other than pissing people off. Got way to much time on your hands obviously.

He knew he would get by with it. That's why rape exists. They pick victims they know won't be believed.

Professional incompetence at its finest. If those people don't feel any compassion for the victim, shouldn't they at least feel ashamed for not being able to do their job properly?

Horrible experience.

It's outrageous how many colleges allow this, and actually punish people who report sexual assault. Ask some of the Cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy, who have tried reporting it.

A lot of rapists have started wearing condoms so that it is more difficult to identify them through DNA evidence.

A moment of thrill for him, and a lifetime of hell for you.

Are you really that stupid?? She just wrote why she didn't report it! That has nothing to do with law-school, but how the LAW is not taking these reports seriously. And instead of solving the case, they blame the victim - just like you do!

can you please stop whatevers not taken cause that's just rude and mean i mean it could have taken a lot of strength to post this even though they have been laughed at before so your just making your grave cause people think your mean and rude and think that this abuse is cool and nice not wrong and messed up soo can you just stop

yep. Saying it out loud makes it so much more real, unable to every push it away.