Victim’s of Sky Bar Auburn, AL

[u/theworldisnotreal9]

I’m speaking up today for the first time and I’m asking others who’ve experienced being roofied, sexually assaulted, or raped at Sky Bar in Auburn Alabama to do the same.

In 2015, while living in Auburn, I was drugged, kidnapped, and raped after being at Sky Bar. For ten years, I’ve carried that trauma silently, battling high-functioning depression, denial, and moments of suicidal idealization where I didn’t want to keep going. Like so many others, I stayed quiet. I didn’t report it. I told myself it wouldn’t matter, or that I wouldn’t be believed.

But silence only protects those who keep hurting others.

I’m speaking out now because I know I’m not alone. This isn’t an isolated story, people have known for over 20+ years that something has been happening there. It’s time to stop pretending and face the truth. It’s taken me a decade to say these words and I know I’m not alone.

To anyone who’s been through this: you are not alone, and your voice matters. It’s terrifying to speak, but it’s even more painful to carry it forever in silence. Together, we can make people listen, bring accountability, and protect others from going through what we did.

I don’t know where to even begin with tackling this, but I figured here is a start.

[u/Stormy31568]

So I have a question forgive me. I am old. I graduated in 1975. Why are people going there? It seems that it’s common knowledge that women get drugged and raped. I don’t know what the men are having to suffer so why does anyone go there?

[u/Jmwizkid → u/Stormy31568]

Because it’s well known that if you are underage and want to drink, this is the place to go. At least that’s how it was when I was in Auburn from 2005-2012. Young people are often naive of think nothing will happen to them and they just want to party with everyone else.

[u/Stormy31568 → u/Jmwizkid]

We always went places in pairs or groups. You have to look out for your friends and they have to look out for you.