Marissa

I was very much a person that never wanted to make someone feel bad or embarrassed or I was shutting them down on anything.

This was a really hard situation for me, which I also attribute to my upbringing and not wanting a man to feel less than because of me.

To my understanding, the night was going to be just a group hangout with all of us.

The football players had had a game.

And when the football game ended, that's when we started communication.

And it was mostly at this time me communicating with SL because my friends didn't want to text the other players because they knew I was already communicating with him.

And they kind of wanted to make it seem like an accidental hangout.

We were downtown and...

SL told us to meet them at a party on campus.

I was driving that night.

We got to the party and I called him and he wasn't answering.

And then he called back and he told me that he was actually driving home to his parents' house.

Keep in mind, he did tell us that he was driving and I know he was intoxicated that night.

So he was driving under the influence.

He told my friends and I to go meet him at his parents' house, that they were going to do a little party there.

SL had told us that at the house, no one else was there and that his parents were allowing him to throw a party for his birthday.

There was a lot of alcohol at the party.

I knew that he had substance issues and I knew that his family was also LDS.

I was so confused why they would allow alcohol in the basement and why they were allowing this loud music, but he said it's because they were out of town.

I was with my two friends, Sarah and Olivia.