Gabriel Mizrahi

Dr. Margolis also pointed out that the trauma of this situation has probably created a lot of grief about how unsafe the world can be, about how organizations that are supposed to help people

sometimes clearly do the opposite and also grief about this loss of control or invincibility.

And her loose theory was, if you can work through these feelings, then this all-consuming terror about your kids going out into the world will probably start to transform.

hopefully it transforms into a type of productive anxiety that's necessary to stay safe and survive rather than remaining this debilitating anxiety that just feels distressing and unmanageable.

I like that idea a lot.

But look, our main question for you is, why are you allowing your kids to keep going to this place if it's really this dangerous?

I'm also just remembering that she said her ex-partner forced her to continue attending events at the center after this went down, despite the fact that she repeatedly said she wasn't willing to attend.

That confused me, too.

I mean, I... Yeah, we're getting into complicated territory for a victim, but I share your confusion about this.

It's curious.

This probably relates to our other big question, and both Dr. Margolis and Corbin arrived here too, which is, why haven't you reported this to the police?

I understand that this happened now seven years ago, which might make things harder, but I'm just wondering, is it because you don't want to have to talk about it?

Are you afraid to talk about it?

Do you not think you're allowed to speak up?

Are you still protecting the organization or your ex-partner to some degree?

I want to understand.

I get that reporting an assault is not easy.

We do not blame you for whatever stopped you from speaking up.

Victims deal with so much in reaching out for help, so we understand that.

But continuing to attend after the assault and not reporting this to the police, I do wonder if they might both speak to the same underlying issues.