Katie Thurston‘s revealing a traumatic incident to the globe … telling followers she was raped and the justice technique has unsuccessful her.

The “Bachelorette” — who starred on Year 17 of the current — broke the information in an Instagram post Friday the position she shared elements of her story along with an inventory of sources for other people who’ve proficient sexual assault and rape.

Thurston suggests she’s not capable to dive into person particulars, nonetheless she describes she recognized as 911 to report the incident … and, an officer took her to get a sexual assault forensic evaluation.

Katie says she felt like a “susceptible really small one” throughout the course of … and credit score the nurse and advocate for serving to her by way of the evaluation.

Thurston states the offer you took four months to be processed … by means of which time period she consulted with a therapist and browse excess about how a single unique can navigate discussions with detectives as they appeared into her statements.

KT suggests she handed about each and every portion to investigators — texts, cellphone title information, DNA, motion photographs and her individual physique — and, but she says her quest for justice was stopped not especially. She does not make clear what she suggests by that.

The truth of the matter star suggests this is not a decline for generally her … it is “one added loss in a broken method. Transform happens in failure and the justice technique failed me. And proceeds to fail 1000’s every single person solitary functioning day.”

She finishes her post with an uplifting message to followers … telling them they are valued, powerful — and, most noticeably, she believes them.

Katie ended up with Blake Moynes in her season of “The Bachelorette” even though the two broke up in 2021. She then dated John Hershey who also appeared on her season just before than they crack up in 2022.