I’ll try to skip the details for now. Basically, I just learned that my experience constituted as aggravated rape against a minor, and that my state does not have a statue of limitations on it. I always thought through out my years of trying to come to terms with the incident that the limitations had run out and I could never bring these men to court for what had happened. I always wanted this chance, but now that it is here I am scared. I am scared of having to relive the entire incident and tell it to a courtroom. I have never even played through the whole thing in my head continuously once. I’m scared of being public about the abuse. I am scared of not being believed. Am I better off letting it go or do I need this sort of closure? I am still very disturbed by the incident.
