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The first time we filed the Title IX report, Miranda did not feel comfortable disclosing that this relationship was happening, and now she's going to.

And again, the adults in my life, they didn't have all the information, and they're going to do the right thing now.

And Kato is not going to have access to these young girls.

After the Title IX findings came back that essentially nothing was going to happen, Miranda came to me and said, hey, I have been discussing this with the lawyer and I want to know if you would be willing to participate in it.

I believe UCO's Title IX department did not protect us.

Of course, I agreed to be a part of the lawsuit.

What was that process like?

So we all had to write a statement detailing what happened with Cato and what we experienced.

A bunch of women came together and shared a very similar experience without communicating between each other.

Then we had a few meetings with lawyers and they filed.

It was during COVID, so it was all Zoom meetings.

And then it was a lot of waiting and then UCO moving to dismiss because, of course, they did.

I think with the students at UCO, this time around, we actually had a lot of support.

I remember students protesting, showing up at the dean's office and demanding that Cato be fired or removed from his position.

I remember having a lot of support from the students in the theater department.

Social media was a bit of a different story.

It's absolutely terrifying to have some of your like deepest trauma put in this black and white document that anyone can read through and come to their own determination about.

So I spent a lot of time scrolling and obsessing and reading any negative comment because of course your brain wants to zero in on that.

It was just so many emotions.

I was so happy to have this group of women who were acknowledging that we had this shared experience and there was so much love there.