Even if it was reported at the time, getting a conviction would have been difficult, as it would have been her word against his. If she was drugged then that probably explains why she cannot remember all of the details. The cover up was done by others not by the alleged victim.
According to the 2016 Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Personal Safety Survey (PSS): • almost 2 million Australian adults had experienced at least 1 sexual assault since the age of 15 • more than 200,000 (1.1%) Australian adults had experienced sexual assault in the 12 months before the survey—an increase from 2012 (0.7%) • around 639,000 Australian women experienced their most recent incident of sexual assault perpetrated by a male in the last 10 years
In almost 9 in 10 incidents (87%, or 554,000), women who experienced their most recent aggravated sexual assault by a male in the last 10 years did not contact the police. Common reasons for this included women feeling like they could deal with it themselves (34%, or 189,000) or not regarding the incident as a serious offence (34%, or 187,000). One in 4 women (26%, or 143,000) who did not contact the police also said it was because they felt ashamed or embarrassed about the incident.
