Type of Aggie currently: Undergraduate
Classification/age at time: Junior
Location of crime: Off-campus
Was the crime reported: No
Reasoning for decision to report or not report: "I decided to not report because I didn’t want my parents to know what happened, I didn’t want to face backlash from people who didn’t believe me, and I didn’t want to hear him try to justify his actions."
"Last year right before covid disrupted the spring semester, I was hanging out with a guy I had known for almost a year. We went on a few dates and had kissed but nothing more. One night we were hanging out when his behavior became aggressive. He grabbed my hand and forced me to grope his genitals and then he groped me, not stopping when I said it hurt. The next day my body was bruised. It took a long time for me to realize that was sexual assault and an even longer time to not blame myself for it happening. I hope that other survivors of sexual assault and sexual violence can find peace and know that they are loved no matter what has happened to them in the past."