Absolutely. Her brothers, and possibly financial security, saving face with the community, etc. Anything other than the girl who is both their responsibility and his victim. Ugh.

That’s what really stood out to me too-not only has this poor child had to endure being sexually assaulted by her own father, now she gets to live the rest of her life knowing that the people who should have protected her (mom, grandma) truly did everything they could to bring this man back into her life. They…

WHAT does she think a monster is!?!

That poor girl, on top of the abuse to know that your entire family doesn’t give a single shit about you.

It doesn’t matter that you’re preaching to the choir. Your voice still matters, and what happened to you is utter shit. You’re brave for telling your story and we’re here for you.

Drink some water.

I endorse this message.

She fucking killed that debate and I am drunk and a nasty woman and also i love bad hombres and fuck him and i ate a burrito and several cookies and maybe like a whole bottle of whine or wine or shit or omg i need to go to bed even on the west coast i am a mess omg i hate trump o hope he dies ifn a fire

Word. The way he panders to the Bernie supporters is so thirsty. Is there a Van Jones fan sub-blog on Jez? Van the Man

And we’re supposed to just go on your word, I take it?

So you’re saying he seeks out the truth/facts first before making assumptions.

I wish somebody didn’t have to post this comment, but 2016 has been a strange year. Thank you for taking the bullet on this one.

The real question is if Ivanka has seen an orange one.

Should this be submitted to Shade Court and Kara?

I don’t know. I might look forward to $10 million in my bank account.

interviewing our own stacey dash!

“He was only here for about nine weeks”

Uhhhhh there’s nothing okay about telling someone about your violent fetish after you’ve isolated them in your home. If he was really in touch with his kink in a healthy way, he would have known that.

This just happened, on the 1st of this month.

This isn’t my story, personally, but it’s one that has kicked around my family for so long that it definitely feels like it’s mine. It’s been told and re-told, but I do think that the central details are very solid.