[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

If all happened as they say, their emotions would be strong and mixed.

Its one thing saying you disbelieve them. Its quite another when people say stuff like this. There is no 'right' way to disclose abuse, no right way to act, and so on. I think this kind of thing has been the most upsetting of all throughout the past few days. As this does not just apply to this case, its like..any child abuse case.

Like, taking MJ out of the picture here entirely..Do people really think that if someone does not break down when discussing alleged abuse or something then their story cannot be true? If people do not act the way 'we' expect abuse victims to act then they must be lying? Any expert on child abuse (or any abuse really tbh..) will tell you that every person deals with it their own way, and the reactions are not predictable at all. Nor does how upset one gets over the memories mean they suffered more, or anything like that.