Whether or not what happened was criminal, she was used and treated poorly. I don't think many people disagree about that. Even if for the sake of argument she consented at the time, hindsight and regret that comes from that can be extremely traumatic in its own right. Don't underestimate how far a hurt person might go to get their pound of flesh even if there is a chance it backfires. London also isn't a huge city. It's big, but not so big that complete anonymity is guaranteed forever. If she didn't go ahead and agree to cooperate with the trial as the key witness, in circles that know who she is (or later find out), she would also be the woman that took the payout but didn't seek full justice when given the opportunity and some people around her would always assume the worst about her intentions. I am sure there was a lot of social pressure to go through with it.
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