Jan Arden
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah, Thordis had drank.
I mean, she went to a Christmas party and...
And had never drank hard alcohol before.
And her boyfriend, it was her boyfriend at the time.
His name is Tom Stranger.
And he was, you know, waving off any help from security.
And security was just like, we really should get this girl to the hospital.
I think she's got alcohol poisoning.
He's like, no, I'll take her home and look after her.
And he raped her for hours when he got back.
She lived with her parents, but she had a little suite in the basement.
She was in
a grown-ass, you know, young lady that... Anyway, and this was her boyfriend.
But anyway, they... Yeah.
You know, it was just part of her life that is unspeakably difficult, but she has risen above that and written about it and did a TED Talk about it, if you guys are at all interested.
Yeah, I'll link the TED Talk.
But, yeah, I mean...
She wasn't drugged, but she had the same response from her boyfriend, whom she was so madly, you know, she just loved him.
And he was, you know, a very accomplished young man and very popular and nice looking and all the things.
He'd never done anything like this in his life.