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They tried to get a bill passed for the past 12 years. Pretty much the law now is protecting perpetrators.ĭB: So these perpetrators go unnamed, nobody knows who they are, because nobody can press charges against them. It's really terrible because most survivors don't come forward until their 30s, 40s, 50s.

In New York State it's 5 years after you turn 18, or age 23. Our bill would function in a way that it incentivises the states to address their statute of limitation laws for crimes of childhood sexual abuse by giving funding to their crisis centres and children's justice centres and all the abuse programs that they run in the state.ĪKT: What is the statute at the moment in New York State?ĭB: It's really horrendous, it's one of the worst in the country. And he's a Republican! We're still strategising and trying to get a federal bill passed.ĭeondra Brown testifying to helped pass a bill in Utah to have sex abuse prevention taught in public schools And already we have a congressman reach out to us because he watched the film. If they can watch the film, they can understand the issue so much better. One of the hardest things when you meet with legislators is you have to educate them and you don't have a lot of time to do it.

In that respect the film is proving to be really helpful. Right now we're trying to find a Republican co-sponsor for the bill that we're working on with Senator Gillibrand. Can you talk a bit about what you try to accomplish and how it's coming along?ĭesirae Brown: Sure. No one in the family had dared to go there before.Īnne-Katrin Titze: Let me get right to your foundation, The Foundation for Survivors of Abuse. The answer sends shockwaves through the family structure when all three daughters, including Melody, the youngest, share with each other that they were systematically abused as children. Melody Brown, Gregory Brown, Deondra Brown, Desirae Brown and Ryan Brown are The 5 BrownsĪfter returning to the US from a stressful tour in Japan, one night in a shared hotel room, Desirae, the oldest, asked Deondra if she had been abused as a child by their father Keith, who had been for a while also their manager.

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