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“embarrassed to tell anyone because I thought that this wasn’t something that happened to women like me; it didn’t happen in my social circles.”
“It’s lonely enough being a victim of abuse,” she wrote. “It’s even worse when the victim is made to stand alone.”
Sorensen has denied the allegations.
Debby Tucker, president of the board of directors for the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Vio- lence, said women are far more likely to be accused of fabricating stories than men. Such long-standing social biases play into victims’ reluctance to share their stories.
“The societal belief system supports the idea that women are vindictive, spiteful, and lie for advantage in custody and other matters,” she said.
In the days since Willoughby’s story became public, comments on social media from abuse survivors tell stories of being afraid to come forward — and not being believed when they do.
Vice President Mike Pence, striking a markedly different tone than Trump, said in an interview Friday on MSNBC that “there’s no tolerance in this White House and no place in America for domestic abuse.”
But this is not the rst time the White House has found itself in the middle of the #MeToo moment.
Trump, who was recorded on tape prior to his presidency boasting about sexually assaulting women, has denied allegations of sexual misconduct from more than a dozen women, and said he was the victim of a “smear campaign.”
Apart from disbelief, the White House also has showed ambivalence about allegations of mistreatment of women: Steve Bannon was brought on as Trump’s chief strategist despite misdemeanor charges in a 1996 domestic violence case. After Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, was arrested and charged with assaulting a female reporter, Trump asked, “How do you know the bruises weren’t there before?”
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Associated Press writer David Crary contributed to this report.
Helicopter crashes in Grand Canyon, kills 3 British tourists By WALTER BERRY, Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — Four survivors of a deadly tour helicopter crash onto the jagged rocks of the Grand Canyon were being treated at a Nevada hospital while crews tackled dif cult terrain in a remote area to try to recover the bodies of three other people.
Six British tourists and a pilot were on board the Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters chopper when it crashed under unknown circumstances on Saturday evening on the Hualapai Nation’s land near Quarter- master Canyon, by the Grand Canyon’s West Rim. A witness said he saw ames and black smoke spewing from the crash site, heard explosions and saw victims who were bleeding and badly burned.
“It’s just horrible,” witness Teddy Fujimoto said. “And those victims — she was so badly burned. It’s unimaginable, the pain.”
Windy conditions, darkness and the rugged terrain made it dif cult to reach the helicopter’s wreckage, Hualapai Nation police Chief Francis Bradley said. Rescue crews had to y in, walk to the crash site and use night vision goggles to nd their way around, he said.
The survivors were airlifted to a Las Vegas hospital by around 2 a.m. Sunday, Bradley said.
All six passengers were from the United Kingdom, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Of ce con- rmed. Three passengers and the pilot were airlifted to a Las Vegas hospital early Sunday, Bradley told the Arizona Republic .
Authorities didn’t immediately release the names or ages of the victims.
National Transportation Safety Board of cials were expected at the crash scene by Sunday afternoon to begin investigating what caused the chopper to go down, Bradley said. The Federal Aviation Administration also will be investigating the crash of the Eurocopter EC130, spokesman Allen Kenitzer said.
National Weather Service meteorologists in Flagstaff and Phoenix said winds were blowing an estimated 10 mph (16 kph) with gusts of 20 mph (32 kph) around the time of the crash.