Audrie & Daisy Page #8

It's...

it wasn't right and...

I knew that, I mean, at the time.

There was drinking involved,

and it's not like...

we thought everything was okay.

I mean, yeah...

[stammers] Nothing was okay, but...

I've always felt, like,

not okay about it.

Like, I don't know, every day or so.

I don't know

what I really thought back then.

But I just never imagined

anything like what happened now.

I don't know. I didn't imagine

my whole life to be changed...

Yeah, I don't know.

Like, forever changed, so...

[Daisy] Personally, I don't know what has

happened with the boys since that night.

But I have a feeling that,

you know,

since they haven't had to go through

as much crap as I have,

that they haven't really had time

to reflect on who they are as people

or else they would've stepped forward

and taken responsibility.

Honestly, at this point in my life,

I can't even recognize

the person I was four years ago.

At one point in time, I really...

I just wanted revenge

and that's all I wanted and stuff, but...

I mean, it's a lot harder

just living your life full of hate

and everything, so I just figured,

at one point, I was like, "I'm kind of

done with just being mad at everyone,

and being mad all the time,

and just being a big ball of emotion.

I wanna be happy and move on

with my life."

So that's just kind of what I did,

I mean...

And that doesn't always mean

just forgetting the past,

it just kind of means forgiving the past.

[crowd applauding]

[man] Daisy Coleman is a recipient

of an athletic scholarship

from Missouri Valley College.

[applauding and cheering]

The class of 2015 awards

an honorary diploma to Audrie Taylor Pott.

[crowd cheering and applauding]

I was way too afraid to report it

because I was bullied, I was ostracized,

I was threatened.

I found my voice when I decided

to show my face in my first interview.

The guys recorded

and took photos of the sexual assault,

and then posted them online.

Finally, after being misunderstood

for years

and going through so much pain

and absolutely hating myself,

I decided that, if no one's gonna talk

about it, then I will.

Since my friends didn't stand up for me,

I urge other people to speak out,

because you can't ignore

an army of voices.

And I would like to see people stand up

for others who have been assaulted.

Because the words of our enemies aren't

as awful as the silence of our friends.

Thank you.

[rock music playing]

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