Former Sportswriter Breaks Her Silence "About The Baseball Player Who Raped Me"

Kat O'Brien wrote about baseball for The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Newsday.

I Am Breaking My Silence About The Baseball Player Who Raped Me
Kat O'Brien, New York Times, June 20, 2021

I was 22 years old and working as a sports reporter when I was raped by a Major League Baseball player.

I didn't tell my best friend, my sister, my mother or my sports editor, who was a woman. For 18 years, I didn't tell anyone.

I didn't say it out loud to myself, write it down, speak his name or allow myself to think about it beyond wishing hard that it would not have happened.