About
Leslie McFadden is a content designer and former journalist. After a colleague drugged and raped her in New York, Leslie reported the crime to the N.Y.P.D.’s Special Victims Division, only to have her case immediately closed. Since learning of systemic issues within the unit, Leslie has testified publicly and given numerous media interviews about her experience, including to the New York Times, the New York Post, NY1, and the New York Daily News. Leslie also spoke with Department of Justice investigators, who ultimately opened a full investigation into the SVD. Since moving to California, Leslie has passed survivor legislation through the nonprofit Rise and coached other survivors on how to pass laws in other states. She lives with her family in Orange County and is working on her first book, a memoir.