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Deciding whether to proceed with charges

After speaking to a detective with the sexual assault and child abuse section on June 22, 2018, E.M. says, she went to the hospital for an exam.

She says she declined a full-body, head-to-toe physical exam because she didn’t have “typical injuries” and didn’t think it was necessary.

She says that at the sexual assault clinic, she detailed what happened to her to two people.

On June 24, E.M. says, she learned police couldn’t speak to the men unless they agreed to have a conversation.

“If they would just say ‘no,’ they wouldn’t be held accountable at all,” E.M. says.

She says the detective told her he would support her no matter what she wanted to do, whether that was pursuing charges or not.

But she said he told her he had reviewed footage from the Delta hotel lobby and it didn’t look as if she were that drunk, based on how she was walking in high heels. That was disappointing, E.M. says.

Humphrey then questions E.M. about whether she wanted to go ahead with charges on her own or if it was because of “pressure” from her mom.

E.M. says she did want to go ahead with charges and her mom was just coming from a place of support.