Katie Thurston is opening up a few traumatic occasion she survived.
The previous “Bachelorette” star, 33, took to Instagram on Friday to disclose she was raped.
“It took 7 months for the San Diego Justice to let me down as a sufferer of rape,” Thurston wrote in a since expired submit on her Instagram Tales.
Former “Bachelorette” star Katie Thurston revealed she was raped. Instagram/@thekatiethurston
“It took 7 months for the San Diego Justice to let me down as a sufferer of rape,” she wrote in a submit on Instagram. ABC by way of Getty Photos
The fact star additionally shared a submit detailing her expertise with a carousel of titled slides.
“The justice system continues to let down victims daily. I refuse to really feel defeated within the energy it took to be an advocate for myself,” Thurston stated within the opening slide.
“I hope my expertise will assist these really feel the energy and assist they want. Whereas I’m not able to share my story, I need to share the dear sources that saved my life.”
Thurston went on to share how she felt she was “let down” by the justice system in her rape case. Instagram/@thekatiethurston
“I did every part I ought to have finished as a sufferer of rape,” Thurston, 33, advised her followers. Instagram/@thekatiethurston
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Thurston thanked the nurses and different advocates earlier than she went on to share how she felt she was “let down” by the prison justice system after she was raped, telling her followers that she “did every part [she] ought to have finished as a sufferer of rape.”
“‘Listed here are my texts, my calls, my photographs, my movies, names witnesses, places, social media, time stamps, surveillance footage, DNA, my physique,’” she continued.
“The warning ‘a responsible verdict is difficult in prison courtroom’ echoed all through the months, like an annoying parrot you had been pressured to maintain. And as a lot as I heard it, I nonetheless wasn’t able to be stopped. And but, with out warning, I used to be.”
“This isn’t a loss to me. I’m secure. I’m cherished. I’m supported,” she wrote within the last slide of her submit. Instagram/@thekatiethurston
Thurston starred in Season 17 of “The Bachelorette.” Instagram/@thekatiethurston
“This isn’t a loss to me. I’m secure. I’m cherished. I’m supported. No, that is yet one more loss in a damaged system. Change occurs in failure. And the justice system failed me. And continues to fail hundreds each single day. However don’t hand over,” she stated within the last slide.
Thurston starred in Season 17 of ABC’s “The Bachelorette.” She was engaged to Blake Moynes, who proposed to her in the course of the season finale, although they broke up in October 2021.
She then started courting one other contestant from her season, John Hersey. She later revealed Hersey determined to interrupt up along with her in 2022.
When you or somebody you already know is affected by any of the problems raised on this story, name the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.