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‘Bachelorette’ star Katie Thurston reveals she was raped: ‘I refuse to feel defeated’
By BreAnna Bell,
16 hours ago
Katie Thurston is opening up about a traumatic event she survived.
The former “Bachelorette” star, 33, took to Instagram on Friday to reveal she was raped.
“It took 7 months for the San Diego Justice to let me down as a victim of rape,” Thurston wrote in a since expired post on her Instagram Stories.
Former “Bachelorette” star Katie Thurston revealed she was raped. Instagram/@thekatiethurston “It took 7 months for the San Diego Justice to let me down as a victim of rape,” she wrote in a post on Instagram. ABC via Getty Images
The reality star also shared a post detailing her experience with a carousel of titled slides.
“The justice system continues to let down victims every day. I refuse to feel defeated in the strength it took to be an advocate for myself,” Thurston said in the opening slide.
“I hope my experience will help those feel the strength and support they need. While I’m not ready to share my story, I want to share the valuable resources that saved my life.”
Thurston went on to share how she felt she was “let down” by the justice system in her rape case. Instagram/@thekatiethurston
“I did everything I should have done as a victim of rape,” Thurston, 33, told her followers. Instagram/@thekatiethurston
Thurston thanked the nurses and other advocates before she went on to share how she felt she was “let down” by the criminal justice system after she was raped, telling her followers that she “did everything [she] should have done as a victim of rape.”
“‘Here are my texts, my calls, my photos, my videos, names witnesses, locations, social media, time stamps, surveillance footage, DNA, my body,'” she continued.
“The warning ‘a guilty verdict is hard in criminal court’ echoed throughout the months, like an annoying parrot you were forced to keep. And as much as I heard it, I still wasn’t ready to be stopped. And yet, without warning, I was.”
“This is not a loss to me. I am safe. I am loved. I am supported,” she wrote in the final slide of her post. Instagram/@thekatiethurston Thurston starred in Season 17 of “The Bachelorette.” Instagram/@thekatiethurston
“This is not a loss to me. I am safe. I am loved. I am supported. No, this is yet another loss in a broken system. Change happens in failure. And the justice system failed me. And continues to fail thousands every single day. But do not give up,” she said in the final slide.
Thurston starred in Season 17 of ABC’s “The Bachelorette.” She was engaged to Blake Moynes, who proposed to her during the season finale, though they broke up in October 2021 .
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