Southern Charm star Thomas Ravenel has been accused of sexual assault by two different women. Initially, only one woman was identified. Now, the other has come forward to reveal herself. And viewers of Southern Charm will recognize her. A woman whom viewers know as “Nanny Dawn” has identified herself to People as the woman who reported Ravenel to police on May 7. Dawn, who asked People to refrain from using her last name under the circumstances, appeared on Southern Charm as the nanny for Ravenel’s two young children. She reveals that, though he is now under investigation by police, she is not overly optimistic about him actually acing justice. “Although I believe he should be in jail for his crimes, the reality according to statistics is that he will go unpunished.” She’s right about the statistics, though many have pointed out that after Cosby’s guilty verdict , which was once thought almost impossible despite 60 accusers, the #MeToo movement has shifted the culture. Perhaps the quest for justice in sexual assault cases is no longer as hopeless as it once was. But either way, Dawn is coming forward for a reason. “I feel the only justice I will receive is to share my story in the efforts to educate the public and support assault survivors.” Dawn was also willing to share details of her allegations. She says that in January of 2015, she reported for work as Ravenel was heading out to dinner. “Thomas returned home from an evening with friends.” She says that she was still working at the time, though his young children were asleep. “I had just finished making baby food and was drying baby bottles.” She says that he then turned off the light. When she told him that she needed the lights on to see, she alleges that he entered the room and attempted to kiss her. She says that she did her best to discourage him. “I told him ‘this isn’t appropriate. I work for you.’ He then hugged me as an alternative.” She felt immobilized. “I had baby bottles in my hands, so I couldn’t hug him. It felt like he was putting his weight on me.” There are some jobs where hugging a coworker is appropriate, but this situation sounds very uncomfortable. So much so that she decided to leave. “I went upstairs to get my jacket which had the key to my vehicle in the pocket.” Unfortunately, she says that she was unable to escape. “I was corralled into the master bedroom and he shut the door behind me. I turned around and he had his pants dropped, not wearing underwear.” That is not good at all. “He was blocking the door. I was mortified, embarrassed, and scared.” On top of everything else, she says that she was instinctively unwilling to make noise because Ravenel’s daughter was sleeping nearby. “I was unsure what to do because Kensie was sleeping very close by.” She alleges that he then attacked. “He proceeded to rip my clothes off, and I struggled to redress.” She remembers her fears at the time. “I remember how worried I was that I may have to run outside in the January cold without clothes on and in an upscale neighborhood. I lived almost an hour away so I would have to drive home naked.” Horrific. She does not publicly share further details of the assault itself, and we absolutely do not blame her. View Slideshow: Hollywood Sex Scandal: Who’s Been Caught? Accused? Fired? Police in South Carolina have confirmed that Ravenel is under investigation. They are apparently looking at him for “first-degree forcible rape.” Dawn says that, weeks later, Ravenel apologized and “promised it would never happen again.” She says that eventually she told someone what had happened, which resulted in Ravenel harassing her through alleged “butt-dials.” Ultimately, he replaced her with Nanny Deidre.
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Thomas Ravenel Accused of Sexually Assaulting Nanny While His Baby Slept Nearby
