Well tbh it’s a bummer that if you tell when you’re a kid, instead of believing you it’s are you sure?!
Ummm motherfucker why would I lie?! Especially if I was touched wrong?! The pervasive problem is how the abuser Willard up lies saying no ones going to believe you anyways. You stole from so and so as a blackmailing technique! I know for myself I wish I had a brother to watch my back when I was a kid.
In this way, it's good that the girl's mom has her back and took action against this creep. Since it's an adult making the accusation, and since those accusations are taken much more seriously these days, something will be done and Peddy won't be able to hurt anyone else.
Personally, I think the girl's mom could have done it in a way that didn't put her daughter out there so much, but again, I can't imagine what was going through her mind. I doubt that she's trying to get social media recognition; I doubt she really thought it through beyond "this sick fucker hurt my daughter and I'm out for blood."
In my case, I feel so much guilt that other kids were hurt after me. Had I not stayed silent, something could have been done, but I was just a kid. I didn't know what to do; my abuser was one of the foremost authority figures in my life at that time. I had nowhere to turn. I'm sure many other victims of abuse feel the same way.
Sorry if it seems like I made this thread all about me, that was not my intent at all and I hope I haven't strayed us too far off topic. Just trying to lend perspective from the other side as someone who was abused at that age who had to deal with the resulting trauma well into adulthood.