Cassidy was bullied and taunted at school, including
being slapped around the face and having her family home vandalized.
Her abusers went on to take the bully online and at some point, the teenager became fed up and in a bid to escape her abusers, she refused to attend her entire fourth term at school, choosing instead to enroll for a recovery programme.
during the end of her programme, Her bullies contacted her and asked for her
forgiveness, After apologizing to her, they invited her to a festival which she agreed to
attend, not knowing that they had evil intention.
At the festival, the girls arranged for a group of
boys to gang rape Cassidy. The case was reported to the police and later
dropped because Cassidy was afraid to give a statement.
In 2015 she took her life and a year after her death,
her mother found a letter on her computer. The letter was not a revenge note
but a warning to others about the dangers of bullying.
The grieving mother who lost her only daughter shared
a touching message on Facebook with the letter.
Below is the full content of the suicide note Cassidy
left before she committed suicide.
"I was a student at (school name omitted) and I
was raped by some of the students who still attend that school. I know this
already probably sounds like attention-seeking but it’s honestly far from it.
‘I have many reasons for doing this which I’ll also
explain.
‘My aim is to warn other people (students mostly but
also parents) about what happened because I’m worried if they could do it to me
they could do it to other kids like me, or at least try to.
‘You actually have the power to stop this from
happening. Remember the people who did this to me were school students at
(omitted), it’s hard to believe, I know. But it’s true.
‘I’m not doing this for revenge to those students that
raped me, set up the rape, bullied me about the rape, teased me about the rape
or anything like that.
‘I’m also not doing this for attention seeking like I
mentioned earlier, I want to make that clear.
‘I’m doing this because over 1500 students years 7-12
are currently enrolled at the school and they need to be warned. I feel because
of what happened to me, and because the staff at the school did nothing to help
me (which I’ll talk a bit more about later).
‘It’s now my duty to warn you all and to make you
aware of what happened. (Not just what you may have heard around school but
what actually happened.)
‘But I’m also doing this for myself. I want to finally
after 1 and ½ years be left alone. It’s surprising just how many students at
(omitted) have heard stories of me and weirdly enough still get told stories of
me to this day.
‘I still continue to get students I’ve never met
contacting me Facebook calling me a slut. I’ve moved schools, I’ve moved house
and still I’m being contacted and bullied.
‘I can’t stop people from spreading rumours, but at
least I could try and spread what really happened seeing as it’s still being
talked about anyway.
‘But as I said this honestly is more so for students
who are unaware of this and are in danger of those students.
‘My name is Cassidy Trevan, and I was raped.
‘If anyone every tries this on you trust me it’s worth
fighting! Fight! If you don’t you’ll regret it for the rest of your life like I
do. You can do it. Be careful. Be warned. Be safe.’
it is better to speak out than to die silently, rape is not a joke. better speak out when it happens
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