Daisy Coleman (1997–2020), subject of the documentary “Audrie & Daisy”

Daisy Coleman was featured in the2016Netflix documentary93Audrie & Daisy,94 whichexplored the sexual assault of Daisy and another girl, Audrie Potts, and the trauma they experienced afterwards.

• Died:Tuesday,August4, 2020
• Details of Death:Died by suicide, confirmed by her mother, Melinda.
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Audrie & Daisy

Coleman was sexually assaulted at a party in 2012 when she was 14 years old. Audrie Potts was sexually assaultedthe same year as a teenagerand died by suicide 10 days after thecrime. The documentarylooked atthe trauma theincidentscaused their families andthesubsequentonline bullying and rejection in their communities. The movie was directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016.

Founder ofSafeBAE

Coleman attended Missouri Valley College and co-foundedSafeBAE, an organizationwhose mission is to endsexual assault of middle school and high school students.SafeBaehelps survivors cope with their experiences.

Tributes to Daisy Coleman

93She took those situations and learned to teach people to avoid those situations or to better themselves or protect people. Her number one thing was making everybody99s life better. She did it at her own expense. She paid the greatest price to teach everybody. And I think it99s something that ate at her a long time.94949494949494949494949494 949494a49494a494 949494a494 94a494a494 94a494 94a494 94a494 94a494 94a494 94a4 94 94 -Coleman's brother, Charlie Coleman, speaking at her funeral

Full Obituary: Variety

Update: On December 6, 2020, Coleman's mother, Melinda Coleman, died by apparent suicide. She was a veterinarian who had lost her husband in a car accident in 2009 and one son to a car accident in 2018, as well as losing Daisy four months before her death.