Share 2019

Mandy, a 16-year-old high school student, wakes up on her front lawn after a night of hard partying with friends. She receives text messages from her friends about a video that has gone viral. In the video, she is face down at the party and obviously unconscious. Her pants have been pulled down, revealing her buttocks, and she is surrounded by a group of sniggering boys. She remembers none of this. Later her friends on the basketball team discover bruises on her lower back; however, she doesn’t seek support for the trauma.

When Mandy’s parents, Mickey and Kerri, learn what happened, they take her to meet with school administrators. Mandy and other members of the girls’ and boys’ basketball teams are suspended from the teams for drinking, and she is subject to online bullying. Her parents encourage her to try EMDR therapy to recall details of her assault

Mandy’s boyfriend AJ is arrested for “video voyeurism” as he admits having photographed the assault along with other boys. Her friends Jenna and Dylan try to be supportive despite social ostracism and media coverage, but she finds it difficult to accept this help. Principal Marsh tells her and her parents that she is a “distraction” and asks her to study at home.

AJ’s father tries to apologize to Mickey, but they end up in a shouting match. When she asks to visit Jenna, her father forbids it. She later goes to a party with Dylan. When he takes her home, she kisses him and he tells her that he took her home on the night of the assault but did not see her pass out on the lawn before he left. He claims he doesn’t know what happened to her. Mandy tells her EMDR therapist that she can’t recall anything and he admits she may never remember.

Police tell Mandy and her parents that they can’t determine who photographed what from the seven phones and two tablets they have examined, so the district attorney can’t proceed further. Kerri consults with a lawyer who thinks that if Mandy holds a press conference, she can force the investigation to continue. On the other hand, this might involve relocating the family and undertaking a years-long civil lawsuit.

Mandy decides not to pursue the case any further. After the school prom, Dylan texts her a video showing that he may have taken advantage of her while she was under the influence, but she deletes the video.