Peripheral Acquaintance Casually Mentions She Was Molested

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA—Area resident Doug Spengler was taken aback Friday when acquaintance and fellow partygoer Dianne Liston casually mentioned to him that she was sexually molested as a child. “Most Saturday nights, I’d rather curl up with a good book than go on a date,” Liston told Spengler, with whom she has spoken only twice before. “Maybe that’s because my dad did some really bad things to me when I was young that sort of ruined sex and dating for me. But whatever the reason, I just really enjoy spending quality time alone. So, what do you do for fun?” Spengler responded by telling Liston about his love of fishing, opting not to mention his brother’s 1985 suicide.