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# Alyssa, Ashley and More Explain #WhyIDidntReport
- URL: https://celebritykind.ghost.io/alyssa-ashley-and-more-explain-whyididntreport-2/
- Published: 2018-09-23T07:01:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-30T04:14:02.000Z
- Author: Nehal Dalgliesh
- Tags: Kindness, #Migrated-1790726633553, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-30 00:04

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Hollywood celebrities are among thousands of sexual assault survivors sharing heartbreaking stories on social media about why they didn't report their attackers straight away. The #WhyIDidntReport hashtag started in response to a tweet by US President **Donald Trump** questioning whether **Dr Christine Blasey Ford** was ever really sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee **Brett Kavanaugh:** *"If the attack on Dr Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents."*

The truth is, there are a million and one reasons why survivors of rape and assault don't go to the authorities straight away. Fear of not being believed, shame, psychologically distraught - just to name a few.

For **Insatiable** star **Alyssa Milano,** she hadn't even told those closest to her:

For **Ashley** **Judd** (who so bravely came forward last year about **Harvey Weinstein** and triggered a wave of stories of abuse by people in positions of power), it was a clear case of not being believed and victim-blaming:

For **Riverdale** star **Lili Reinhart**, keeping quiet seemed the only way to keep everything else in her life from falling apart:

> Because I didn’t want to lose my job or make people think I was a drama queen. [#WhyIDidntReport](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhyIDidntReport?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=celebritykind.ghost.io)
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> — Lili Reinhart (@lilireinhart) [September 21, 2018](https://twitter.com/lilireinhart/status/1043285620087373824?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=celebritykind.ghost.io)

And then there are those who DO report to police and are devastatingly failed by the system. Like **Patricia Arquette** and **Daryl Hanna:**

> I gave up “reporting” after I called the police at 12 after a man masturbated at me from his car. I gave the cops his license plate number and description. They didn’t come to take a report and never contacted me again. They did nothing [#WhyIDidntReport](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhyIDidntReport?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=celebritykind.ghost.io)
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> — Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) [September 22, 2018](https://twitter.com/PattyArquette/status/1043633044853264384?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=celebritykind.ghost.io)

> I did, it didn’t matter, I was dismissed, disparaged, & I still get blamed [#WhyIDidntReport](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhyIDidntReport?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=celebritykind.ghost.io)
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> — Daryl Hannah (@dhlovelife) [September 21, 2018](https://twitter.com/dhlovelife/status/1043177356142305280?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=celebritykind.ghost.io)

We reckon one of the most important messages in response to President Trump's tweet comes from *Law & Order* star **Mariska Hargitay:** 

> The lack of understanding about a survivors state of mind is one reason survivors don’t come forward. The boys club attitudes, rape culture, willful ignorance, misplaced blame & doubt...are also reasons survivors don’t come forward. I believe you Dr. Blasey Ford [#BelieveSurvivors](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BelieveSurvivors?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=celebritykind.ghost.io)
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> — Mariska Hargitay (@Mariska) [September 22, 2018](https://twitter.com/Mariska/status/1043615634846900225?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=celebritykind.ghost.io)