Sterling Hampton’s 'Fenice' Follows Sabrina Lassegue’s Journey From Survivor To Rape Kit Reform Advocate

Sterling Hampton’s 'Fenice' Follows Sabrina Lassegue’s Journey From Survivor To Rape Kit Reform Advocate

When writer, director, producer, model, actress, and philanthropist Sabrina Lassegue was 15 years old, she was raped by three boys in Bethesda, Maryland. She went to the hospital alone, afraid and in “excruciating pain,” and underwent a rape kit administered by a medical professional who Lassegue said “ridiculed” and “encouraged” her not to press charges. Unaware of her rights, she obliged. Later, she opted to “pursue the proper charges against …