Taylor Swift urges women not to feel blamed for waiting to report sexual assault
Taylor Swift wasn’t going to be bullied or made to feel like she was to blame for being sexually assaulted by a Denver DJ in 2013.
The famous singer opened up about her trial against David Mueller for the first time in an interview with Time magazine after she was placed on the cover for the 2017 Person of the Year: the #MeToo movement.
You should not be blamed … for the outcome of what happens to a person after he or she makes the choice to sexually harass or assault you
Swift was initially the defendant in the case, being sued by Mueller, who felt he was unjustly let go from his job. The Bad Blood singer countersued for US$1 – and won.
Now a voice for the movement as identified by Time, Swift urged her fans not to feel blamed, as she did.
“You might be made to feel like you’re overreacting, because society has made this stuff seem so casual. My advice is that you not blame yourself and do not accept the blame others will try to place on you,” she told the magazine in a message to her diehard fans.
“You should not be blamed for waiting 15 minutes or 15 days or 15 years to report sexual assault or harassment, or for the outcome of what happens to a person after he or she makes the choice to sexually harass or assault you.”