Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Cheryl Ann Araujo (1961 1986) was an American rape survivor whose case became national news, and was the basis of the 1988 film The Accused. Araujo was gang-raped in 1983 at age 21 by four men on a pool table in a tavern while other patrons watched but did not interfere. During the prosecution, the defendants' attorneys cross-examined Araujo to such an extent that the ...