A word about Adam Donaghey, from my mouth, and from my personal experience (a thread, obviously...)

I say this up front: My experience with Cinestate has always been positive. I've been with them for three years and hope to be there for many more to come.

I worked with Adam at Cinestate for nearly three years. I had sporadic interaction with him during that time- I'm 99% in the office, he was 90% on our sets. We briefly shared a workspace after wrapping a film. Our interactions were cordial.

During that time I never saw him behave in any inappropriate ways or heard any stories about him. During those three years I've also interacted considerably with the Dallas film community and no one ever approached me about Adam behaving inappropriately.

I say this because, if anyone WOULD have, I WOULD have said something. The proof is in my social media past. I very publicly got someone banned from several cons last year for groping female attendees. You can find those posts here and on Facebook.

As someone who has been on set, and with Cinestate for three years, though, this was not some well-guarded open secret. Again- if I had known, I WOULD have said something.

I understand that people are angry and hurt. I am too. I've been very open about my own past traumas, and, quite frankly feel like because of that I should have known. Again, I shared workspace with this guy. Why didn't I just _know_? That's going to haunt me.

I feel that trying to weave that anger into some sort of vast conspiracy is misplaced though. Cinestate has always treated me well and in my firsthand experience treated women well. Women who care about other women hold some of the highest positions in the company.

I'm saying all of this because it hurts me to think that this was happening under my nose. When I could have said something. When I didn't know to say anything. And it hurts me to think that other people would think I would know about this and remain silent. I wouldn't.

And I feel like I'm rambling now. My DMs are open. And so is this thread.