Sarah Lavis

And focusing on the court process sometimes gives you something to work towards, but don't focus on it to the point where you're going to get really disappointed when it doesn't go your way.

I know.

And just report.

Like even though it's 2%, do it for yourself.

If it doesn't go to court, don't worry about it.

That's not your truth.

If it gets thrown out of court, that's not your truth.

Like don't place your worth and your story on the court process.

Like, I think a lot of people probably feel like they're not listened to, they're not believed because they report it and the person's not charged because there's no evidence.

But I would say go and report it anyway, because next time that perpetrator does something, at least it's there in the system and you've done it for yourself and you've

Yeah, it was really hard.

And there was times obviously where I'd ring mum and just be at my absolute worst and, you know, living in Queensland.

And I know those times where she would think, am I going to wake up to a daughter or not?

Like, you know, sometimes it does get that bad.

And so it was really hard for them.

Hard for my brothers too.

Very hard for them.

Because when we went to court, the police told us 100% he won't get out on bail.

They let him out on bail.

And that's where if we do these really intensive programs in the beginning when they first go in, we're going to sort out who we can help and who we can't.