November 7, 2021 Call with Dr. Rocchio

November 7, 2021 Call with Dr. Rocchio AUSA • People who are sexually assaulted have higher likelihood of having PTSD • PTSD is an acute disorder - some of the symptoms involve distress when encounter reminders + efforts to avoid • Leap: it's highly unlikely they would engage in ongoing relationship/wear clothing/recreate sexual assault event (re Dietz's portion of defense expert notice) o No evidence to support that leap. That conclusion is not in the article o What is a sexual assault survivor "unnecessarily recreating a sexual assault event" - they aren't the ones recreating the events. Not clear what that means. Sexual assault is not created by the victim. o Ignores an entire body of literature regarding sexual assault in the context of an ongoing relationship, which is the vast majority of CSA cases. ■ Whether adult-child or adult-adult, b/c of the attachment, not at all unusual to maintain a relationship ■ Both of those relationships also involve elements of c