truth—and a man who didn’t respond to my inquiries. Though Haze’s grandmother denied these accusations on Haze’s father’s behalf, the problem with sexual assault is that even if his father had set up a face-to-face meeting, looked me in the eye, and sworn under oath that no such rape had ever taken place, that still doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. As we’ve unfortunately had to learn with the #MeToo movement, far too often it’s the victim’s word against the alleged perpetrator’s, with no independent way to verify either. Cases of intrafamilial sexual abuse involving children are particularly
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