Date uploaded: 2022-01-18 18:05:25

Laws say sexual assault victims aren’t mentally incapacitated if they become willingly drunk. Here's how activists in Minnesota are fighting to change that: KiloMarie Granda was raped and assaulted by her colleague. But Minnesota prosecutors dropped the charges because she hadn't been involuntarily intoxicated — a common challenge faced by victims across the country. Under Minnesota former law, felony sexual assault charges required the victim to be “mentally incapacitated” because of substances administered to them without their consent. Minnesota was not alone; at least 27 states have laws that distinguish between sexual assault victims who become intoxicated willingly or unwillingly. Only a few states have attempted to remove the “voluntary intoxication loophole,”— but only Minnesota has succeeded. 📷: @hannahgoeseverywhere