Parris Rigby

AN OPEN LETTER TO ANYONE BOLD ENOUGH TO STAND BY MY SIDE

To anyone with the courage to see clearly, to listen honestly, and to stand in truth—

I am asking you to hear me.

For 16 years, I have lived through something that no person should ever endure:
simultaneous lawfare, systematic abuse, and complete justice system abandonment.

This is not one incident.
This is not a misunderstanding.
This is a prolonged, coordinated experience that has impacted every aspect of my life.

At the same time, I have endured ongoing psychological abuse and gaslighting inside the very home I live in—a place that should represent safety, but instead reinforces trauma daily.

I wake up every morning not to peace—but to PTSD woven into the most basic parts of living:
• PTSD while doing dishes
• PTSD while doing laundry
• PTSD simply existing in the same environment where harm has occurred

I sleep on a mattress tied to trauma from a home invasion.
I live without the stability, safety, or dignity most people take for granted.
Even the things I worked hard for—like my vehicle—have not been free from interference.

This is not just hardship.
This is sustained harm without protection.

And perhaps the most devastating reality of all:

False narratives—fabricated illusions about who I am—have been treated as truth, while actual truth has been ignored.

My character has been distorted.
My voice has been dismissed.
My reality has been replaced by stories that were never mine.

And so I ask the question that has gone unanswered for over a decade:

Why?

Why, after 16 years, has not one person in a position of authority stood beside me and said:
“We see you. We hear you. We will protect you.”

Why are unverified claims and external narratives given more weight than the lived experience of the person enduring this?

Why does truth not matter?

This has extended beyond a single place or moment.
It has followed me across time, across locations, across systems that are supposed to protect—not silence.

I am no longer asking quietly.

I am asking boldly:

If there is anyone—within the legal system, advocacy spaces, media, or beyond—who has the integrity and courage to step forward…

Stand with me.

Not because it is easy.
But because it is right.

I am prepared to speak.
I am prepared to document.
I am prepared to bring truth into the light.

But I should not have to do this alone.

This is not just about me anymore.
This is about whether truth still has a place in systems that claim to uphold it.

If you are bold enough—
If you are ethical enough—
If you still believe in justice—

Now is the time to act.

— A Survivor Seeking Truth, Accountability, and Support