![]() Jenn Abelson is a reporter for the Boston Globe Spotlight Team. Chessy’s case and eventual trial garnered national and international media attention, as her assault was part of a ritual competition at the school called the “Senior Salute.” Two years later, in Chessy’s pursuit for justice, she decided to step forward publicly in August 2016 and launched the #IHaveTheRightTo initiative with the organization PAVE, for which she is an ambassador. In this initiative Chessy encourages survivors and others to assert their most important, basic rights, and uses her voice to let other survivors know that you are not alone. ![]() Paul’s School-a boarding school in New Hampshire, where her father and sister attended. There, as a freshman, Chessy was the victim of a sexual assault. Raised in Japan, Chessy matriculated to St. Prepare to be inspired by this remarkable young woman and her story of survival, advocacy, and hope in the face of unspeakable trauma.Ĭhessy Prout is a high school sexual assault survivor. Chessy’s story offers real, powerful solutions to upend rape culture as we know it today. It takes a magnifying glass to the institutions that turn a blind eye to such behavior and a society that blames victims rather than perpetrators. This memoir is more than an account of a horrific event. Then, in the face of unexpected backlash from her once-trusted school community, she shed her anonymity to help other survivors find their voice. Chessy bravely reported her assault to the police and testified against her attacker in court. Paul’s School, a prestigious boarding school in New Hampshire, when a senior boy sexually assaulted her as part of a ritualized game of conquest. In 2014, Chessy Prout was a freshman at St. This is the true story of one of those girls. The numbers are staggering: nearly one in five girls ages fourteen to seventeen have been the victim of a sexual assault or attempted sexual assault. A young survivor tells her searing, visceral story of sexual assault, justice, and healing in this gutwrenching memoir.
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