Jewel Pierre-Roscelli figured she had two choices once she realized the man who’d offered to drive her home was instead going to sexually assault her — she could either fight back and risk her life or survive the night.

She chose the latter, eventually escaped, reported the assault and waited for justice.

It never came.

"What this person did to me was wrong. It wasn't consensual," Pierre-Roscelli said. "But the Crown prosecutor called me, and she said based on the evidence that you've submitted, we don't feel it's enough for him to be charged. She said, ‘So it's over.'"

In that moment, the Winnipegger became part of a national statistic — one of almost 900,000 people who are sexually assaulted each year in Canada, most of whom don’t get justice in the courts. WATCH | Victims, advocat

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