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Raped, humiliated, shamed: Women reveal Byron Bay's predatory 2000s culture
Key takeaways
- Rachel Kila has waived her right to anonymity to speak out against the culture she grew up in.
- In another snap, she looks into the distance, standing in front of a stretch of palm trees with fronds glossy and green from the damp air of Byron Bay.
- It is the sort of photoshoot familiar to many girls who grew up in the early 2000s, when digital cameras, mobile phones and the internet were still fresh and exciting.
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Rachel Kila has waived her right to anonymity to speak out against the culture she grew up in. (Supplied/ABC News: Brigham Edgar/Sharon Gordon)
Link copied Share Share article. The girl in the photo is smiling for the camera, her hair in a side ponytail, a trucker cap on her head.
In another snap, she looks into the distance, standing in front of a stretch of palm trees with fronds glossy and green from the damp air of Byron Bay.
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