![]() ![]() No One Would Tell is based on the real life story of Amy Carnevale, a 14-year-old girl who was murdered by her 16-year-old ex-boyfriend, Jamie Fuller, on August 23, 1991, in Beverly, Massachusetts. At the end of the movie a judge warns her friends and family not to stay silent in the future. ![]() A big plot point of No One Would Tell is how many people witness Bobby abusing Stacy before he escalates to murder. This was the backdrop against which a slew of popular made-for-television movies highlighting women’s issues were made including No One Would Tell (1996), She Fought Alone (1995), The Amy Fisher Story (1993), She Cried No (1996) and Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?(1996). Thomas was confirmed to the court, but Hill inspired other women to speak out against their abusers rather than suffer in silence. In 1991 women watched as Anita Hill testified before an all-male, all-white Senate Judiciary Committee that then Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her. The 90s were a time of “girl power” where women and girls spoke out against rape, abuse, sexual harassment and sexism as part of the third wave of feminism. The couple was married the year No One Would Tell came out. The photo is actually Candace Cameron Bure with her (then) boyfriend Valeri Bure. Trivia: In one scene Bobby gets jealous of a photo Stacy has of her and a friend in her locker. It’s only been since the 1990s that most legal systems around the world have made small steps towards protecting victims and prosecuting abusers. Bradleywhich established a positive right to wife-beating, and male victims were pretty much just ignored altogether. Beating your wife was a normal part of marriage that was codified by law in cases like State v. ![]() In American history, if violence did escalate to where outside intervention happened, it was because the abuser was disturbing the peace of the community, it wasn’t enough that an individual was being victimized. Young people may not know that we are still in the midst of a cultural shift of viewing abuse as something that should be stopped instead of a “private family matter” that should be ignored. At trial, Bobby is sentenced to life in prison and the judge warns Stacy’s friends to intervene earlier the next time they witness abuse. Later, Bobby admits to police that he murdered Stacy when she refused to get back together with him and they find her body in the lake. He convinces Stacy to hear him out and they drive to a lake to talk. However, like real life intimate partner violence, Bobby continues to physically abuse Stacy even though they are broken up. The relationship escalates to physical abuse and Stacy’s friends and family are able to convince her to break up with Bobby. In the lovebombing phase Bobby seems like the perfect partner to Stacy, whose own mother has been in several abusive relationships. He also begins to isolate her from her friends and family and forces her to wear a pair of his sweatpants when she wears a skirt to school one day. Stacy is surprised when Bobby takes an interest in her and is too flattered to recognize the red flags when he becomes possessive after only a few weeks of dating. No One Would Tell portrays the relationship between shy 16-year-old Stacy Collins (Cameron Bure) and popular wrestler Bobby Tennison (Savage) who is two years older than her. At the time Cameron Bure was famous for playing DJ Tanner on Full House and Savage was better known as Kevin Arnold from The Wonder Years. One TV movie everyone who grew up in the 90s will remember is the 1996 teen crime drama No One Would Tellstarring squeaky clean teen icons Candace Cameron Bure and Fred Savage. A lot of us found our way into horror by watching creepy made-for-television films along with reruns of crime shows like Unsolved Mysteries and America’s Most Wanted in the era before streaming made quality TV a round-the-clock affair and you pretty much had to watch whatever was on. ![]()
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