Posted: Dec 15, 2020 6:00 AM NT | Last Updated: December 15, 2020
Jessica Donald is pictured in her parents’ Burlington, Ont., home in February 2020. (Ariana Kelland/CBC)
This story is part of the CBC News series Stopping Domestic Violence. It had originally been scheduled to publish in the spring, but was delayed pending the outcome of a CBC application to lift a publication ban identifying
the complainant in a sexual assault case against Kevin Evans
.
Evans challenged the application, but in August, CBC won a judge's ruling to allow his alleged victim to speak freely using her own name and showing her face.
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Jessica Donald took photos of herself — bruised eyes, a swollen nose, clumps of missing hair — to ensure that her then boyfriend couldn't convince her that nothing happened.