Not assigning blame I'm just curious. It doesn't make sense. They were inseparable, and usually girl code is. if you come together you leave together. Is Amanda hiding the fact that she too was incapacitated that night from her parents? It's the only thing that makes sense. And her demeanor in the interviews is a little strange, she never chokes up or anything. People grieve differently, I don't know. Just wondering if anyone else felt the same.
shareAudrie had told her mom she was sleeping at Emily's because Emily's parents were out of town and Emily had told her parents that she was going over to Audrie's house. Since no parents were there Emily invited some friends over to drink and have a kickback. It was a really small party 10-15 people and almost everyone knew everyone as it was all kids from Saratoga or neighboring towns. Amanda just stopped by the party with a friend but decided to leave when she saw everyone was drunk because Amanda didn't drink and probably didn't want to be around everyone when they were so drunk (it sucks to be the sober person). She didn't really think it was a big deal to leave as almost everyone at the party were friends with each other and she didn't think anything would happen. The boys who sexually assaulted her had known Audrie since middle school and they were in her group of friends.
The documentary was shot mostly last year (2015) and it had been almost 3 years after Audrie's death. Within that period of time Amanda definitely grieved and it was really hard on her but by the time the documentary was filmed she was strong enough to talk about it without choking up. I think it was really brave what Amanda did by speaking up in the documentary as none of any of Audrie's other friends did.
**I know Amanda, knew Audrie Pott, went to Saratoga High, and knew the boys involved
Without ever hearing the full story until right now i still think it's understandable that Amanda left. It easy to say in hide sight and with all the conversation about rape going on now, but in the moment, you see your friend drunk, kissing a guy she probably wouldn't be kissing sober. Your tired and don't feel like making scene, pulling her out. You think she'll wake up the next day, call you and say how embarrassed she is and how she didn't like the kind of person she was drunk, blah blah blah. And that it will just be a bad decision to look back on. Your not thinking about how easily it could become something much worse. When i was their age i went to that party and i was the Audrie, left alone and the Amanda who said "let them be" and thank god nothing happened. But it could have, so easily, because that situation is not uncommon.
"Ich lüge" is German for "I'm lying".
Really it happens all the time. One friend is drunk and having fun, the other is sober and tired. I've gone home leaving friends to continue partying into the night and I've had friends leave me when I wasn't ready to go home. Nobody expects their friend to get raped when they're with a group of people they should be able to trust.
shareThis makes a little more sense than the docu, thanks!
I guess I'm just a big believer of "I'm not my sisters keeper, I AM my sister" and I don't leave my friends unattended when their intoxicated whether we are at friends or not.
If anything I would have called her mom and told her to help me get her out of there.
I have done that numerous times and my friends are always thankful the next day.
I'm much more baffled, that Paige left Daisy trusting the boys will take care of her even though one of the guys had already raped her.
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