ST. CLOUD TIMES — “It doesn’t sound like you said the word ‘no,’ honey.”
“This is pretty embarrassing for you.”
“This isn’t going anywhere.”
Those are just a few things law enforcement officials told Abby Honold after she reported being raped in 2014. Honold told her story to a small crowd at St. Cloud State University on Wednesday.
The former University of Minnesota student is the namesake of a federal bill that would help train police on how to speak to traumatized victims of sexual assault. U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar have sponsored companion bills.