Why the Graham Platner Allegations Didn’t Surprise Me

From my first sexual assault investigation before #MeToo to years uncovering Epstein’s crimes with Virginia Giuffre, here’s why I’ve learned that silence is often the first chapter—not the last.

Welcome back to The Red Letter.

On my journey across the country with Epstein survivors Virginia Giuffre and Marijke Chartouni

The first time I reported on sexual assault, no one would put their name on the record.

It was 2013, and I was twenty-five years old, sitting in the midtown headquarters of the New York Post. I didn’t become a journalist to wri…