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Here. because it is not unusual for sexual assault victim to pull out of the criminal process, to recant because of a lot of reasons. sometimes they can't deal with the probing that occurs. they don't want to submit to a rape kit. they're embarrassed. they know that they will be scrutinized quite frankly. and so that in and of itself doesn't make this drunkyoung woman a liar. and you think if you look at the statistics and some are a bit squishy. but if you look at the fbi statistics only about 22% of rapes that are reported are false. and only about 40 prgs% of rapes that occur are even repor...

>> i was. >> did you say to him, get off me? >> i just kept saying, please stop. please stop. >> reporter: paula says the man raped her repeatedly. then by some miracle agreed to let her go. shivering and alone, paula made her way here to henry ford hospital. she told a nurse she had been raped and agreed to an exam. doctors photographed and swabbed her, a humiliating experience. but necessary to collect evidence for a so-called rape kit. doctors collected dna evidence so the police could catch the man who raped her. she couldn't have been more wrong. it turns out that rape kit, the one with t...

She identified him in a lineup. that's when she learned her rape kit had never been tested. while his dna and paula's kit sat on a shelf, alondo steel was out there, lurking stalking, maybe even raping. >> this guy was out there continuing to assault people. >> yes. yes. >> and you had done a rape kit. >> yes. and they just said we'll just store it. >> went on a shelf. >> yep. just like the other kits. >> reporter: two and a half years after she was raped, paula finally met her attacker in court. and testified against him. he was stepsed to up to 15 years in prison. at least her attacker is be...

Kit had never been tested. while his dna in paula's kit sat on a shelf, alondo steel was out there, lurking, stalking, maybe even raping. >> this guy was out there, continuing to assault people. >> yes. yes. >> and you had done a rape kit. >> yes. and they just said, we'll just store it. >> went on a shelf. >> yep. just like the other kits. >> reporter: two and a half years after she was raped, paula finally met her attacker in court. and testified against him. he was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison. at least her attacker is behind bars. but still, thousands of women in detroit are left ...

Office. and she said, i just want to make sure that you don't talk to anyone about this. they protect perpetrators because they have a financial incentive to do so. >> the problem of sexual assault on campuses is enormous. >> i think it's fair to say that they cover these crimes up. >> there's a lot of victim blaming. >> he lectured us about how we shouldn't go out in short skirts. >> they said despite the fact that i had a written admission of guilt, that that could only prove that he loved me. >> if it goes to the police, it's more likely to end up as a public record. >> universities are pro...