Olivia

I think it made a lot of sense once she said it.

And it was not this unspoken thing between us, but I think I had always kind of wondered.

what their relationship was actually like because I knew they were very close.

Not that I ever thought that it was sexual.

Immediately, I was honestly really pissed off at him.

It really upset me because I felt like he betrayed my trust and he had taken advantage of her and some of the behavior where like he had tried to isolate her from me because I felt... Sorry, I'm probably gonna get emotional whenever I talk about this.

I felt like it was my job to keep her safe, and I'm very protective of Miranda.

It really sucked knowing that I was close to it happening, but didn't know and couldn't have done something for her.

We didn't really talk about it a whole lot more that night, but I remember her telling me that she was relieved that I knew, and she gave me permission to share it with my then-boyfriend, if I wanted to, who we're married now, but he also went to school with us and knew Kato very well.

I offered to be a witness if she wanted me to be.

And shortly thereafter, I got the email from Title IX asking to set up a time to meet on Zoom.

And I wrote out a statement because I just felt so nervous about talking to them.

They asked me and Miranda if...

She wanted to add me as a co-complainant in case that would strengthen her case.

I left that up to her and she decided, yes, there's strength in numbers and the more people we have, the better.

So I signed on as a co-complainant.

Eventually, they asked her if she wanted to pursue an informal or formal Title IX investigation.

No one ever told her what that meant.

And so we asked the lady, what is the difference between these two things?

I will literally never forget the words that she said.