A Tale of Two States. Here are my letters to the AG of Vt and the da/ag/police in Nevada. I'll start with the nice one:

Dear Vermont 

I am writing today regarding former Assistant Attorney General {D}. Someone reached out to me anonymously telling me that he had been terminated based on sexual assault allegations I made on my website rapeisrape.org

{D} belongs in prison. I know you had to terminate him for a number of reasons, but on my end I want to say thank you. Thank you for listening and believing and taking steps to prevent him from having the power he had under his position. He had bragged to me a lot about how he got away with whatever he wanted to do when he was in the attorney general’s office before. It weighed heavily on my mind the things he could have gotten away with.

I’ve been told repeatedly that he wouldn’t be charged because they can’t prove what is on video beyond a reasonable doubt. The police are baffled by their decision as am I. I’ve been through both the county DA and the Nevada AG’s office and I can’t even get someone to call me back. It’s been beyond frustrating and had me questioning myself as to whether the assault was real. People in Nevada kept telling me “I believe you, but there is nothing we can do.”

If I ever hear the words “I believe you, but…,” “I feel bad for the victim in this case but…,” “it was egregious but…” I’m going to lose my mind.

Thus far the only people who have actually investigated this thoroughly is the State of Vermont. The Vermont Judiciary is in the investigation phase of disbarment. They hope to have an answer as to whether there will be a hearing by the beginning of summer.

The Nevada Division of Insurance fired him after paid administration leave because I think they had to. They defended him and threatened me with revenge porn charges. The Vermont Ag though, you guys took it upon yourselves to do the right thing, to protect the women in your office, to make it clear that this behavior regardless is unacceptable to the people and the state and society. I can’t tell you how much that means to me.

It’s been a year of me fighting, I showed up at the DAs office and refused to leave to make them talk to me then they told me “I can prosecute men who rape prostitutes, but you stayed with him.” That goes against Nevada statute and additionally it was an emotional toll to be compared to a prostitute for being raped because he was my boyfriend. If you read the blog, you know what I have been through. I can’t tell you how empowered you have made me feel and how much better I feel knowing he is not going to get away with this. You took action. You took steps. I can’t begin to thank you enough.

Again, thank you profusely for making me feel heard and believed. There are no words to express how that feels after all this time.

Thank you,
Katie Light

Dear Nevada

Dear all-

I have decided to do this as a group email to everyone I have had contact with regarding this case. I need to make it clear that I am not going away any time in the near future. I have 20 years statute of limitations. I will keep coming back.

I am sending this at this time because the State of Vermont has now terminated {D}'s employment due to my allegations. I didn’t even contact them this time. That is 2 states now that have deemed this so egregious that they have terminated him.

The only state that has bothered to investigate this is not the state of Nevada which did the bare minimum not even contacting or attempting to contact the other people in the room at the time. The state investigating this is Vermont for his disbarment. Yes, he is being investigated for disbarment because of this assault. Lawyers, think deeply about that fact.

{D} deserves to be charged. So does {M} because if anyone watched all the video which I am in serious doubt of, someone would be able to tell me if {M} can be charged.

This is ridiculous and you have another state what the hell-ing the state of Nevada. As Nevadans yourself you should all be overwhelmingly embarrassed to be part of the Nevada judicial system. I’m embarrassed just being a Nevadan let alone part of the system that is allowing a violent, alcoholic, psychopathic, serial rapist  to walk the street and sending him to be an assistant AG in another state.

So I hope the decision for him to be fired by 4% of states in the US makes you reconsider charges.

I am a difficult person to handle in good circumstances, this has been an incredibly difficult time. And I will say Mr. Wolfson comparing me to a prostitute did not help that situation. I understand I have been difficult but you need to understand I have been raped and this is me fighting. I’m still fighting that night and the subsequent nights I rape I don’t have on video. I’m still fighting that night and you are making me fight you.

I’m not going away. Ever. I’m not going to stop. If he didn’t, by your judgment have to stop when I said no, I don't have to stop.

Best Regards,
Kathleen Light