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The 2016 true crime documentary Audrie & Daisy spotlights the cyberbullying and intimidation faced by two sexual abuse survivors. One of the subjects of the Netflix documentary, 15-year-old Audrie Pott, committed suicide days after the rape. Meanwhile, Daisy Coleman, a survivor who co-founded a sexual abuse prevention organization, tragically died, also by suicide, in 2020 at the age of 23. Coleman’s mother, however, also committed suicide months after her daughter’s untimely passing.

According to The US Sun, Matthew Barnett, then 17, was accused of sexually assaulting Daisy Coleman at an alcohol-fueled house party in Maryville, Missouri. In 2012, Daisy snuck out of her home with a 13-year-old friend. Barnett and his friends picked them up and went to a party at his house. Daisy alleged that she was raped in a bedroom after being given a clear liquid. She also alleged that another boy had recorded a video on his cell phone, but police found that the footage no longer existed. Daisy's friend was also allegedly raped by a 15-year-old boy. Barnett then allegedly left Daisy on her porch in sub-zero temperatures, barely conscious and under the influence of alcohol.

Barnett was initially arrested on charges of sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child, The US Sun reported. Although he eventually admitted to having sex with Daisy, he maintained it was consensual. As a result, he was not charged with a felony count of sexual abuse. In 2014, Barnett, 19, pleaded guilty to a felony count of child abuse, CBS News reported. His sentence was two years of probation and a four-month suspended jail sentence.