Olivia

It was very, very weird.

But he was like that with me a lot.

Whenever he wasn't being paternal towards me, he was really angry.

His moods very much controlled my day.

He knew how to control me.

With his frustration, he would give me the silent treatment.

And then sometimes he would be almost like love bombing.

That paternal side of him would come out.

And he did sometimes make inappropriate comments, but it was much, much less frequent with me.

But he could turn very, very quickly.

And he did.

In hindsight, do you feel like he was grooming you in some way?

Yes.

I don't know that I will say that he was sexually grooming me because nothing sexual happened to me other than he made weird comments towards a lot of his female students.

That wasn't an experience that was unique to me at all.

But I do think what he was doing was grooming.

I was at his absolute beck and call in college.

I would have done anything.

anything he wanted me to do because he was giving me opportunities and he made me feel special.

And because of that, I was intensely loyal to him and I think he needed that support.