‘Bachelorette’ Star Katie Thurston Reveals She Was Raped

Katie Thurston‘s revealing a traumatic incident to the world … telling followers she was raped and the justice system has failed her.

The “Bachelorette” — who starred on Season 17 of the present — broke the information in an Instagram publish Friday the place she shared components of her story alongside a listing of sources for others who’ve skilled sexual assault and rape.

Thurston says she’s not able to dive into particular particulars, however she explains she referred to as 911 to report the incident … and, an officer took her to obtain a sexual assault forensic examination.

Katie says she felt like a “vulnerable child” in the course of the course of … and credit the nurse and advocate for serving to her by means of the examination.

Thurston says the equipment took 4 months to be processed … throughout which era she consulted with a therapist and browse extra about how you can navigate conversations with detectives as they seemed into her claims.

KT says she handed over all the pieces to investigators — texts, telephone name data, DNA, movies and her personal physique — and, but she says her quest for justice was stopped in a roundabout way. She doesn’t make clear what she means by that.

The truth star says this is not a loss for simply her … it is “yet another loss in a broken system. Change happens in failure and the justice system failed me. And continues to fail thousands every single day.”

She ends her publish with an uplifting message to followers … telling them they’re valued, robust — and, most significantly, she believes them.

Katie ended up with Blake Moynes in her season of “The Bachelorette” although the 2 broke up in 2021. She then dated John Hershey who additionally appeared on her season earlier than they cut up in 2022.