Local Rape Survivor Receives an “Award” for Being Raped

After Rilla Perkins woke up in Goodale Park, half naked, in shock and confused, she did what most survivors won’t do: reported her rape.
Two years ago, she’d been on the job at a bar in the Arena District. She thinks she was drugged, explaining her memory loss, but it turns out that just going through that traumatic experience can also have that effect, referred to as Rape Trauma Syndrome.
The next morning, on June 14, 2015, waking up at the entrance of Goodale Park, Perkins ran to a