Rihanna

And then it was terrifying to have this really vulnerable part of yourself shared.

It feels like standing naked in a group of people and allowing them to make this judgment or these comments about who you are and what you're doing.

It was a lot of conflicting emotions.

I really am so proud of the women involved in that suit.

The Supreme Court making that decision has no impact on how much strength and courage it took to come forward and to have your name publicly attached to this case and to have your trauma publicly displayed for everyone to look at and judge.

It was so scary to be involved in, but it also felt so, so, so empowering to finally say, like, as a group, hey, we experienced this and it was wrong.

and someone needs to be held accountable for it.

I don't understand how an institution can want to hold on to this man who has caused so much harm.

I understand why he wants to retain any power he can, but I fundamentally cannot understand why a university would go to such lengths to protect a man who has admitted he abuses students, who has admitted that he has engaged in inappropriate relationships with students.

I have none.

I have told my wife multiple times, I want to go back to school.

I want to engage in theater again.

I want to do these things with my life.

And I don't trust the institutions.

I don't trust myself not to fall prey to a situation like this again.

It sounds small, I feel like, but I don't trust institutions.

theater productions.

I don't trust directors.

I wouldn't trust my fellow actors.

It has completely eroded my sense of trust and my love for something that was like a crucial part of me and such a big dream and goal.