Tara Walker Lyons will never forget the moment she was finally set free from decades of trauma that came from being sexually abused as a child.

It happened last April while sitting on the other side of a table from her stepfather at a deposition in Great Falls. On that day, he admitted under oath that he had sexually assaulted Lyons when she was 10.

“That’s when my truth was solidified,'' Lyons said. "His supporters and friends have sent me messages on Facebook saying that 'I don’t believe you.' Now they can’t do that. I literally have it in his own words.

“When you are a victim of sexual abuse — it’s kind of weird — you have like a list of proof,” Lyons said. “The details you remember. The location. Maybe if there were other witnesses. It’s like you have your little box of armor filled with the weapons that you’re supposed to use to back up your story.”

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