I never said they tell people. I said they don’t go to prison for life for a crime their abuser committed without telling someone. Especially if we’re meant to believe that Adnan is a cunning murderer. Lots of SA victims keep it secret. Most probably. Taking the fall for a murder or not telling of another adult’s involvement that might minimize their culpability is not happening.

And it’s not a non-sensical strategy to say that a trusted mentor manipulated him into being involved and would certainly have been mitigating in sentencing, particularly years later while Adnan was rotting in prison and Bilal was publicly accused of extensive sex crimes.