If you're not a survivor of sexual assault, let me explain what happens to you when an accuser comes forward. You relive every emotion around your own assault, often all at once, like someone lit all the 4th of July fireworks together & played all of the music at the same time. You are depressed and angry and defensive and hopeless and hey, is that Stars and Stripes Forever I'm hearing too? You read a detail of the accuser's story and it reminds you of a detail of your own assault and you're right back there.