RAINN Instagram Post Honoring CKT's Journey

By RAINN.org | May 26, 2025

🌟🗣️ The fight to STOP sexual violence starts with survivors and advocates like C. Kimberly Toms speaking TRUTH to POWER.

Kimberly survived rape, stalking, harassment, and tech-enabled sexual abuse by a supervisory special agent in the U.S. Department of State. For 7 YEARS Kimberly demanded justice, and in 2020, her perpetrator was finally tried and convicted.

Was it justice?

“Only about 2.5% of sex offenders are ever convicted and incarcerated, so winning my case against a federal agent felt like a lightning strike,” said Kimberly. “Of course, the judge only sentenced him to 11 months out of a max sentence of 40 years for my ‘vicious, savage, brutal rape’—but justice, for me, is knowing that a light has been shined on him. He’s not hidden from view, using a badge to hurt women.”