“I wanted to explain that Chanel’s social life was healthy and well populated, but it was lonely being Emily Doe, my world much smaller, a shrunken circle of confidants. I wondered how it happened that I was now spending more time with my rapist than my friends.” CourtAssaultRapeSexual AssaultKnow My NameChanel MillerEmily Doe Book:Know My Name Source: Know My Name
“Being questioned by the defense was stifling. He didn’t want to open up the emotional territory that she (the DA) did; he wanted to smother it, to erase my specific experience, abstract me into stereotypes of partying and blackouts, to ask technical questions that tied my shoelaces together, tripping me as he forced me to run.” CourtRapeKnow My NameChanel Miller Book:Know My Name Source: Know My Name