The catalyst for her suicide was, by all accounts, the digital distribution of a sexual encounter she had with several older male students. After the encounter, a video—a "tape"—was circulated among her peers via cell phones. She was subsequently bullied, shamed, and ostracized. In her final tweets, she wrote, "I can't do it anymore" and "I'm done."

The next morning, she erased nothing. Instead, she labeled a new tape: 09.28 – THE TRUTH .

He walked away.

Leo arrived at seven with a sunburn and a six-pack of Mexican Coke. He didn’t kiss her hello. Instead, he sat on the floor, leaned against her bed frame, and asked, “What did you film today?”

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