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In 2015, the How to Get Away With Murder star gave a powerful speech about sexual assault at a Rape Foundation event. She described how she, along with her mother, sisters, and childhood friend, were all survivors of assault—a fact that does not change with time or fame. “Memories demand attention, because memories have teeth,” she said, according to People. “That sexual assault perpetrator can move on. The only person who rapes is the rapist. The person who is left behind has to pay over, and over, and over again.”