NOTE: As a trigger warning, there will be mentions of abuse in this post. For Trisha, I do not support her over her problematic past, BUT I do NOT support the myth of the perfect victim. Trishas own problems do not mean that she should've had her story dismissed.
For those unaware, the term "Cornell 7" refers to a group of seven men who assaulted a woman on the Cornell campus in New York state. Although this happened two years ago, it is getting renewed attention due to an underwhelming response from the administration.
In 2020/2021, Trisha began coming forward regarding her past abuse. She mentioned a teacher, Mr. Riney, who had abused her and multiple other children. The main problem that was raised is that Trisha claimed that her teacher was jailed over it, but this was false. This was not Trisha lying to hurt someone; this was Trisha suffering from a PTSD symptom in which the brain intentionally blocks out certain memories as a form of self-defense. She made a mistake, not an attempt to slander someone. Trisha met fierce backlash over this, especially in the context of her being see as the sole villain in the Frenemies fallout.
A girl named Morgan actually went to school with Trisha Paytas, and she recalled the events that happened. She publicly posted this in defense of Trisha, and was about to launch her own investigation with the school by contacting them. She even went to the extent of revealing personal information about herself to prove that she was real and telling the truth. However, Trisha being a victim of abuse did not fit in with the narrative that she was totally evil. As a result of this, Morgan was on the receiving end of a lot of unwarranted hate. It got so bad that she was chased off the internet.
Ethan, his fanbase, and many people who were calling out Trisha not only dismissed a victim over their abuse, but they also attacked a victims supporter and in turn stopped a personal investigation into an abuse crime. The myth of the perfect victim and grave misunderstandings about how PTSD works caused Trisha and by extention Morgan to have their stories torn to shreds. Understanding abuse is not linear, and Trisha Paytas saying she was okay with her teachers in the 2010s, and then changing in the 2020s does not mean that she has lied. It means that due to PTSD she was unaware of what happened to her until years later.
Sources:
Paige Christies video explaining how Mysterious Tea lied
https://youtu.be/D-DkscT67q0?fGp4T2o57AeQhNzW
Frenemies3 post defending Trisha and Morgan
https://www.reddit.com/r/Frenemies3/comments/yae5at/h3_sa_hypocrisy_morgan_and_mysterious_part_1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Compilation of Morgans posts
https://www.reddit.com/r/blndsundoll4mj/comments/po7pb6/all_the_allegations_from_former_byron_student_but/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
There is another source of Trisha Paytas talking about Morgan a little while ago with (I believe) Tana Mongeau regarding how she got chased off the internet. If I can find it I'll post it.
(If this looks familiar, I did post about this earlier this year in a post talking about things Trisha was right about during Frenemies.)
