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They ignored it the first time. They covered it up the second. And now, when men like Rupert ask the right questions, they run, they hide, they say nothing. Girls were raped. Towns were terrorized. Entire communities lived in fear. And the people in power looked the other way because speaking the truth was “too uncomfortable.” That wasn’t a failure. That was betrayal. And now? It’s still happening. Still being swept under the rug by cowards who fear being called names more than they fear girls being raped. Let me be absolutely clear. Silence is complicity. Evasion is guilt. And we will never stop demanding justice.