Lawyer explains why sexual assault victims don't always report

Lawyer explains why sexual assault victims don't always report

News 8 spoke to an attorney who specializes in helping sexual violence victims, and he shared what sometimes keeps them from reporting.

A text by Ruth Charbonneau, psychosocial speaker In the films, when it comes to sexual assault, it is always the same scenario. We are presented with a fragile victim, upset, who shouts and tries to defend himself against a threatening and dark attacker, in a dirty and ill-lit alley. In real life, the reality is quite different. The myth of the perfect victim Together, let us decorate a myth that has persisted for far too long and that ravages t…