Too often, people know abuse is happening and do nothing. This happened to me, to the people I grew up with, to Morgan, and to millions of others. The signs are everywhere—but people look the other way.
In this raw and unflinching conversation, Morgan shares her harrowing story of eight years of systematic abuse by her best friend’s father, starting when she was just eight years old. This doesn’t happen in healthy homes. There were dire things happening in Morgan’s home that led to this.
Both raised in Michigan, Morgan and I discuss the devastating reality of how victims are groomed, silenced through threats of death, and failed by the very people who should protect them. Despite visible bruises and behavioral changes, the adults around Morgan accepted excuses and ignored the truth.
At sixteen, Morgan reached a breaking point: she would rather die than endure another day. That’s when she made the courageous decision to turn her abuser in to the police. What followed was a grueling journey through the justice system—testifying against him, being turned on by his family (who were also his victims), and ultimately watching him go to prison. Years later, Morgan moved back to the very street where her nightmare began, only to learn her abuser had been paroled.
This is an intense, necessary conversation about the systemic failures that allow abuse to continue and what finally happened when Morgan’s parents—her father enraged, her mother repentant—finally stood by their daughter.
Morgan’s story is a testament to the strength it takes to survive, to speak, and to refuse to be silenced.
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