It is innocent until proven guilty, but as for the 5 year delay in opening up about this to the public. I assume you have never been close to anyone who had been raped, especially by someone they know and trusted. I was raped at 13 by someone I trusted and it wasn't until 10 years later and my marriage was on the verge of collapse that I was finally (with alot of professional help) able to say the word rape out loud let alone tell my husband and family what I had gone through. There are still only a few people that know the complete story on what I endured at the hands of this "trusted friend". Thank God I got the help I needed to stop blaming myself and understand that my marriage was on the rocks because I was pushing my husband away because I couldn't deal with what someone else had done to me, before I had even known my husband. Today we have an incrediably strong marriage and I'm really thankful that I was able to come to grips with what happened 20 years ago, there are still somethings that will bring back the old torment, but my husband knows the signs and knows how to help me through the darkness and back into the light! Don't judge her because it has taken so long to go public with this, just hope that the truth whatever that maybe comes to light and is dealt with the way it should be.
