Allegra

When the second meeting with the lawyers was over, as we were leaving the room, my teammates were in my coach's office at the time.

I remember saying to one of my teammates, this is what's happening.

I didn't do it, but this is the situation that I'm in.

And that pretty quickly got out.

I remember saying to my coach, if this gets out, the girls will never forgive me.

And I was 100% correct in that feeling.

You think you know me, you don't know me well at all You don't know anybody till you talk to someone

Hi, my name's Allegra, and the reason that I wanted to participate in this podcast is multi-layered.

First, I've been a longtime listener of the podcast since season one, and I absolutely love what you do, Tiffany.

I think it's really amazing.

Secondly, I wanted to put my voice to my story again and reclaim it.

Being a part of Dr. Badera's book is a great honor, but I wanted to bring my voice back into it rather than have my story be told by someone else.

And finally, I always want to help and support other survivors in the hopes that I can make their experience better than mine was.

I love that.

Oh, absolutely.

There was a lot going on behind the scenes, administratively and with different people that I just had no concept of, because it was so nefarious and underhanded that it never really occurred to me that people would move in those ways.

Well, I wanted to become a professional ballerina.

Many dancers opt not to go to college at all because of the limited time that we do have in the profession.

Our bodies only last so long.

But my parents were very passionate about education, and I am glad that they instilled that in me and made me go because I use my education and what I learned in college on a daily basis.