We’ve all been affected by bullying in one way or another.

We may have been victims, seen someone being bullied or even been the bully ourselves. Many children, teens and even adults are subjected to psychological and physical bullying on a daily basis that makes their lives a living hell.

Cassidy Trevan from Melbourne, Australia knew all too well what that was like.

She had been bullied for a long time. The bullying was mostly pyschological, but had also turned physical a couple of times.

She was called terrible names, attacked at school and on the internet. Even her family home was vandalized.

It got so bad that she could no longer go to school. It was just too much. Despite conversations with the bullies, things didn’t improve.

After a whole term away from school and with support, she was ready to give school another try. She started off with two days a week to get used to it.

The girls who had treated her badly apologised. They even wanted to be friends with her now. They asked if she wanted to go to a festival with them.

Of course she wanted to. She had been excluded for so long that even though the girls had been mean to her before, her need for friends outweighed that.

Yeah I’m a weirdo.  no judgy Posted by Cassidy Trevan on Friday, October 23, 2015

What Cassidy didn’t know was that the girls had a plan more outrageous than anyone could imagine.

The girls took Cassidy to a nearby house where they’d arranged for two older guys to rape her.

The girls sat outside and waited while the boys took turns raping Cassidy. She was 13 years old.

Cassidy reported the incident to the police, but unfortunately the case was dropped due to a lack of evidence. All of those involved walked free.