That’s so ridiculous though. I have sex with my boyfriend when I’m drunk, but my rape after I’d had a few drinks was still rape. The fact I’d been drinking doesn’t make what happened to me not rape. Aaron isn’t her boyfriend like Jacob was (I’m aware a boyfriend/girlfriend can still rape their partner though) and presumably she wasn’t passed out drunk in the club, just really drunk.
The police not taking it seriously doesn’t surprise me though. When I reported what happened to me the police made him shake my hand and apologise. I didn’t know who he was, my friends had met his group of friends on a night out and we were the last 2 awake at the end of the night. They didn’t even collect any evidence from me, no swabs to prove who it was, no formal statements, no actual investigation. They listened to what I told them, decided I was drunk (I had barely had anything to drink all night) and so was he and that was that. It was like I’d told them he bumped in to me in the street.
I hope Amy finds a way to get justice. I don’t think Aaron intended to rape her, but he must have realised she wasn’t participating because she was passed out drunk, you can’t get confused about that because somebody is either joining in or they’re lying there not moving. The storyline has definitely triggered discussions on consent which I guess it’s what it was intended to do. I’ve heard people talking about it at work and the reaction seems quite mixed on whether Aaron is guilty or Amy is “being a drama queen” which is quite disappointing
