{{short description|American advocate for victims of sexual abuse}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Daisy Coleman | image = Daisy Coleman.jpg | birth_name = Catherine Daisy Coleman | birth_date = {{birth date|1997|3|30}} | birth_place = Albany, Missouri, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|8|4|1997|3|30}} | death_place = Denver, Colorado, U.S. | death_cause = Suicide | education = Maryville High School | alma_mater = Missouri Valley College | known_for = * Advocating for people who have experienced rape, persecution and bullying * Co-founding SafeBAE (Before Anyone Else). | occupation = Activist | awards = Cinema Eye Honor (2016) }}
'''Catherine Daisy Coleman''' (March 30, 1997{{spnd}}August 4, 2020) was an American sexual assault victim advocate who was the subject of the 2016 documentary film ''Audrie & Daisy'', for which she received a Cinema Eye Honor. Coleman co-founded the non-profit organization SafeBAE, which was aimed at preventing sexual assault in schools. She died by suicide at the age of 23.
==Early life== Coleman was born to Melinda, a veterinarian<ref name="Stones">{{cite magazine |last1=Wakeman |first1=Jessica |title=Life After Sexual Assault: Inside Harrowing Doc 'Audrie & Daisy' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/life-after-sexual-assault-inside-harrowing-doc-audrie-daisy-101595/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |accessdate=August 17, 2020 |date=23 September 2016 |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805052713/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/life-after-sexual-assault-inside-harrowing-doc-audrie-daisy-101595/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Michael Coleman, a physician.<ref name="Heavy">{{cite web |last1=Farrell |first1=Paul |title=Daisy Coleman, Bullied Teen Rape Victim: Top 10 Facts You Need to Know |url=https://heavy.com/news/2013/10/daisy-coleman-maryville-teen-rape-victim-bullied/ |website=Heavy.com |accessdate=August 17, 2020 |date=14 October 2013 |archive-date=October 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003013234/https://heavy.com/news/2013/10/daisy-coleman-maryville-teen-rape-victim-bullied/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She had three brothers. In 2007, Michael, Daisy and one of her brothers were travelling in the car to watch another one of her brothers in a wrestling competition when the car hit black ice and went into a ravine, killing her father.<ref name="Heavy"/><ref name="Stones"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Montgomery|first=Rick|date=June 21, 2018|title=Daisy Coleman loses brother in truck crash|pages=A5|publisher=The Kansas City Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56789446/the-kansas-city-star/|access-date=August 6, 2020|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415081057/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56789446/the-kansas-city-star/|url-status=live}}</ref> After his death, Coleman and the rest of the family moved to Maryville, Missouri.<ref name="Heavy"/><ref name="Stones"/>
==2012 sexual assault and investigation== In January 2012, a 17-year-old boy from Maryville, Missouri was arrested for the rape and sexual assault of Coleman, then 14.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kemp|first=Joe|title=Missouri teen writes about being raped by grandson of politician and target in Maryville community|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/missouri-teen-writes-raped-grandson-politician-target-maryville-community-article-1.1489769|access-date=August 5, 2020|website=nydailynews.com|date=October 18, 2013|archive-date=December 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210233711/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/missouri-teen-writes-raped-grandson-politician-target-maryville-community-article-1.1489769|url-status=live}}</ref> A 15-year-old boy was accused of doing the same to Coleman's 13-year-old friend, and a third boy admitted to recording the assault on a cellphone.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{Cite magazine|last=Von Drehle|first=David|date=January 9, 2014|title=A Cold End to Maryville Sexual Assault Case|url=https://time.com/368/a-cold-end-to-maryville-sexual-assault-case/|access-date=August 5, 2020|magazine=Time|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415081055/https://time.com/368/a-cold-end-to-maryville-sexual-assault-case/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="motherjones1">{{cite web|first=Maggie|last=Caldwell|date=October 15, 2013|title=Anonymous Takes On the Maryville Rape Scandal. Is This a Good Thing?|url=https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2013/10/maryville-anonymous-football-rape-case/|accessdate=May 9, 2020|work=Mother Jones|archive-date=May 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509032833/https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2013/10/maryville-anonymous-football-rape-case/|url-status=live}}</ref> A significant controversy arose in 2013 when the county prosecutor dropped felony and misdemeanor charges against the first boy, Matthew Barnett, who was related to Rex Barnett, an influential former state representative, and the Nodaway County prosecutor Robert Rice dropped the felony sexual exploitation charge against the third boy. Robert Rice was soon afterward appointed as a Judge in Nodaway County, the same county he threw out the case in.<ref name="motherjones1" /><ref name="rape1">{{cite news|first=Dugan|last=Arnett|date=October 12, 2013|url=http://www.kansascity.com/2013/10/12/4549775/nightmare-in-maryville-teens-sexual.html|title=Nightmare in Maryville: Teens' sexual encounter ignites a firestorm against family|newspaper=The Kansas City Star|access-date=August 5, 2020|archive-date=March 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317131555/https://www.kansascity.com/2013/10/12/4549775/nightmare-in-maryville-teens-sexual.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="rape2">{{cite web|date=July 11, 2013|title=Why Was the Maryville Rape Case Dropped?|url=http://kcur.org/post/why-was-maryville-rape-case-dropped|accessdate=July 7, 2016|website=KCUR|archive-date=July 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727044728/http://kcur.org/post/why-was-maryville-rape-case-dropped|url-status=live}}</ref>
Outrage in online communities, including Anonymous, soon followed when the story surrounding this case was revisited in October 2013.<ref name="rape3">David Von Drehle. [https://nation.time.com/2013/10/14/hackers-target-town-after-dropped-sexual-assault-case/ Hackers Target Town After Dropped Sexual-Assault Case], ''Time'', October 14, 2013</ref> Michael Schaffer, reporting on the incident for ''The New Republic'', described Maryville, Missouri as a "lawless hellhole".<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Michael Schaffer|author-link=Michael Schaffer (journalist)|date=October 23, 2013|title=Maryville, Missouri Is a Lawless Hellhole|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/115315/maryville-rape-case-maryville-lawless-hellhole|accessdate=July 20, 2014|magazine=The New Republic|archive-date=October 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031121241/https://newrepublic.com/article/115315/maryville-rape-case-maryville-lawless-hellhole|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, a special prosecutor was put in charge to reinvestigate the case. The boy pleaded guilty to misdemeanor second-degree endangerment of the welfare of a child for leaving her outside her house, and was sentenced by Missouri Circuit Court Judge Glen Dietrich to four months in jail that were suspended in favor of two years of probation.<ref name="autogenerated2" /><ref>{{cite web|title='The case is closed': No rape charges in Maryville, Mo., case|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-maryville-rape-charges-20140109-story.html|accessdate=July 5, 2016|website=Los Angeles Times|date=January 9, 2014|archive-date=October 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011171121/https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-maryville-rape-charges-20140109-story.html|url-status=live}}; {{cite news|date=January 10, 2014|title=Maryville, Mo., Sexual Assault Case Comes to an End|work=ABC News|url=https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/maryville-mo-sexual-assault-case-end-21496379|access-date=August 5, 2020|archive-date=January 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112032228/https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/maryville-mo-sexual-assault-case-end-21496379|url-status=live}}</ref> He was sentenced in juvenile court for the assault.<ref>{{cite news|last=Green|first=Treye|date=October 19, 2013|title=Who Is Matthew Barnett? 7 Facts to Know About the Accused Maryville Rapist|work=International Business Times|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/who-matthew-barnett-7-facts-know-about-accused-maryville-rapist-1433070}}</ref>
==Career and activism== Coleman and her older brother Charlie advocated nationwide for sexual assault survivors.<ref name=":0" /> ''HuffPost'' named Coleman as one of the "13 most Fearless Teens of 2013".<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 26, 2013|title=The 13 Most Fearless Teens Of 2013|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-13-most-fearless-teens-of-2013_n_4482280|access-date=August 6, 2020|website=HuffPost|language=en|archive-date=July 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723002935/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-13-most-fearless-teens-of-2013_n_4482280|url-status=live}}</ref> Coleman's story was featured in the 2016 Netflix documentary ''Audrie & Daisy''.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 5, 2020|title=Subject of 'Audrie & Daisy' Documentary Dies by Suicide|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/08/05/us/ap-us-missouri-teen-sex-assault.html|access-date=August 5, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Coleman and Audrie Pott were recipients of a 2016 Cinema Eye Honor as "unforgettable" memorable non-fiction film subjects.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bernstein|first=Paula|date=October 19, 2016|title=The Year's Most Unforgettable Documentary Subjects|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/100291-the-years-most-unforgettable-documentary-subjects/|access-date=August 6, 2020|website=Filmmaker Magazine|language=en-US|archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002233320/https://filmmakermagazine.com/100291-the-years-most-unforgettable-documentary-subjects/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=10th Annual Cinema Eye Honors Announces THE UNFORGETTABLES|url=https://cinemaeyehonors.com/press/10th-annual-cinema-eye-honors-announces-the-unforgettables/|date=October 18, 2016|access-date=August 6, 2020|archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002210717/https://cinemaeyehonors.com/press/10th-annual-cinema-eye-honors-announces-the-unforgettables/|url-status=live}}</ref> She attended Missouri Valley College.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Daisy Coleman, star of Netflix documentary 'Audrie & Daisy,' dies by suicide at 23|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/daisy-coleman-star-netflix-documentary-audrie-daisy-dies-suicide-23-n1235917|access-date=August 5, 2020|website=NBC News|date=August 5, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> She co-founded SafeBAE (Before Anyone Else), a non-profit organization aimed at ending sexual assaults in schools.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 5, 2020|title=US abuse survivor in Netflix film dies by suicide|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53673192|access-date=August 5, 2020|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805225001/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53673192|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2018, Coleman relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado and was working as a tattoo artist. She worked on a second film project titled ''Saving Daisy'', focusing on her recovery process, post-traumatic stress disorder, and the use of CBD and EMDR therapy.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Preston|first=Devon|date=April 12, 2019|title=An Exclusive with Daisy Coleman, from "Audrie & Daisy"|url=https://www.inkedmag.com/original-news/an-exclusive-interview-with-daisy-coleman|access-date=August 5, 2020|website=Inked Magazine|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Preston|first=Devon|date=January 16, 2019|title=Colorado Tattoo Artist Embarks on Innovative Therapy Journey Following One of the Most Publicized Sexual Assault Cases in American History|url=https://www.inkedmag.com/original-news/colorado-tattoo-artist-embarks-on-innovative-therapy-journey-following-one-of-the-most-publicized-sexual-assault-cases-in-american-history|access-date=August 5, 2020|website=Inked Magazine|language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life and death== After the sexual assault, Coleman attempted suicide on multiple occasions.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Diaz|first1=Joseph J.|last2=Efferon|first2=Lauren|last3=Valiente|first3=Alexa|last4=Smith|first4=Jenner|date=January 10, 2014|title=Maryville Teen Daisy Coleman's Mother, Brother Reveal Her Reaction to Accused Rapist's Misdemeanor Plea|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/maryville-teen-daisy-colemans-mother-brother-reveal-reaction/story?id=21492788|access-date=August 5, 2020|website=ABC News|language=en|archive-date=June 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601075103/https://abcnews.go.com/US/maryville-teen-daisy-colemans-mother-brother-reveal-reaction/story?id=21492788|url-status=live}}</ref> She became the target of daily bullying, prompting the family to move from Maryville to Albany, Missouri. On February 17, 2007 her father, Dr. Michael Coleman, died in a car accident. In June 2018, her younger brother Tristan died in a car accident at 19 years old.<ref name=":0" />
Coleman died by suicide on August 4, 2020, at the age of 23.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Dickson|first=E. J.|authorlink=E.J. Dickson|date=August 5, 2020|title=Daisy Coleman of 'Audrie and Daisy' Dead by Suicide at 23|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/daisy-coleman-suicide-audrie-and-daisy-netflix-documentary-1040197/|access-date=August 5, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=August 5, 2020|title=Daisy Coleman from Netflix documentary Audrie & Daisy dies aged 23|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/daisy-coleman-death-age-cause-suicide-netflix-documentary-daisy-a9655851.html|access-date=August 5, 2020|newspaper=The Independent|language=en}}</ref> On December 6, 2020, her mother Melinda also died by suicide.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Cronkleton |first1=Robert |last2=Gutierrez |first2=Lisa |date=December 7, 2020 |title=Mother of Daisy Coleman takes own life four months after daughter's suicide |newspaper=The Kansas City Star |url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article247667495.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207230626/https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article247667495.html |archive-date=2020-12-07}}{{Subscription required|s}}</ref>
== Documentary== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row" | 2016 | ''Audrie & Daisy'' | Herself | Credited as Catherine Daisy Coleman | style= "text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row" | 2019 | ''Saving Daisy'' | Herself | Credited as Catherine Daisy Coleman | style= "text-align:center;"| |-
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==External links== * {{IMDb name}} * [https://www.seventeen.com/health/advice/a28579/daisy-coleman-tells-her-story/ Daisy Coleman's Story: "I Refuse To Be Silenced"] in ''Seventeen'' magazine: her 2013 narrative of the sexual assault
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