In the interview, Prout broke down in tears as she described how the attack left her with anxiety that sometimes causes her to have panic attacks. 'Although it was scary and although it was pretty difficult, I wouldn't be where I am today without having been able to speak up for myself during that time,' she said. However, she said that disappointment should not dissuade other sexual assault victims from going to the police and bringing their attacker to justice in court. 'The fact that he was still able to pull the wool over a group of people's eyes bothered me a lot and just disgusted me in some way,' she added. 'They said that they didn't believe that he did it knowingly and that frustrated me a lot because he definitely did do it knowingly,' she said. Prout also said at the time she was disappointed in the decision to acquit Labrie on the felony sexual assault counts. She added: 'I want everyone to know that I am not afraid or ashamed anymore, and I never should have been.' 'It's been two years now since the whole ordeal, and I feel ready to stand up and own what happened to me and make sure other people, other girls and boys, don't need to be ashamed, either,' Prout, who was 17 at the time of her interview and about to start her senior year at a different school, told the Today Show. The call for a fresh trial comes after Labrie's victim, Chessy Prout, spoke out in an interview last year about what happened to her when she was a 15-year-old freshman at St Paul's.
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