Luna

I was skimming through it because I'm like, the verdict is in here somewhere.

I didn't read the full thing until I got home.

But I scrolled and I scrolled and then I found in bold the fact that she found that it was unconsensual.

It was unwanted and that he was guilty of misconduct.

And I remembered somewhere on the interstate, pulled over, just bawling.

in my car with relief.

It was cathartic, to be completely honest.

Every ounce of my being was awoken at once, and I felt like I came back to reality.

For the first time since that had happened to me, I was like, somebody sees me, somebody hears me, somebody understands that I didn't want that, and I'm not this person who

was asking for it or this person who should drop the case and who should just leave it alone and be small and be quiet.

I'm allowed to take up space and share that what happened to me is not okay.

She advocated for me because she believed me.

It was just extremely emotional.

And then I called my parents.

I couldn't even wait until I got home and I was like, you guys have to see this.

So I shared the email and I sent it to everybody in my circle.

Again, my friends and my roommate.

I was like, I could not have done this without you guys and all of your support.

It felt almost as good as it did when he got arrested.

That same overwhelming emotion.