Before 2001, Zoe was a passionate hockey player, wickedly funny, stoic in the face of a long list of chronic illnesses, and empathetic towards even dead flowers, which she would pick and arrange so they didn't feel left out.
After a mid-year admission to the Launceston General Hospital — one of many in the then-11-year-old's life — everything changed.
Zoe alleged a doctor had raped her — a horrific claim her parents have long struggled to have taken seriously by those supposed to protect their child.
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