{"id":30750,"date":"2023-03-05T12:32:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T11:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1795501"},"modified":"2023-03-05T16:06:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T15:06:38","slug":"coronation-streets-amy-barlow-wants-justice-after-aaron-rape","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/coronation-streets-amy-barlow-wants-justice-after-aaron-rape\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street\u2019s Amy Barlow \u2018wants justice\u2019 after Aaron rape"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ITV soap has introduced a dark consent storyline. <\/p>

By Molly Moss\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 05 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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This article includes discussion around rape and sexual consent that some readers may find upsetting.<\/em><\/p>\n

Coronation Street<\/a>\u2019s Elle Mulvaney has said her character Amy Barlow \u201cwants a sense of justice\u201d after she was raped by Aaron Sandford (James Craven).<\/span><\/p>\n

The ITV soap introduced a dark consent storyline<\/a> on Friday night (3rd March) as Amy passed out after having too much to drink.<\/span><\/p>\n

The episode saw Amy and Aaron share a drunken kiss at the flat they share, shortly after Aaron had fallen out with his girlfriend <\/span>Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The pair then moved to the bedroom, where Amy admitted she was feeling sick and rolled away from Aaron, who continued to undress and rape her<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Elle Mulvaney as Amy Barlow and James Craven as Aaron Sandford in Coronation Street.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>Talking to Digital Spy<\/a> about the aftermath of the harrowing events, Mulvaney said of her character:\u00a0<\/span>\u201cI think Amy wants a sense of justice. Aaron admitting it is the main thing that she wants, but then if he gets a criminal charge as well, then that would mean that it\u2019s been proven and he\u2019s guilty.\u201d<\/span>\n

She continued: \u201cMost importantly, Amy wants Aaron to know what he\u2019s done is wrong, because in her head, the worries are: \u2018Is he going to do this to somebody else? Has he already done this to Summer?\u2019 There\u2019s lots of things going through her head.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Spoilers have revealed Amy will confront Aaron<\/a> in upcoming scenes, who begs her to forget all about the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Amy asserts that <\/span>she was far too drunk to consent<\/span><\/a>, Aaron tries to convince her that she wanted to have sex as much as he did, and they\u2019re equally responsible for what happened.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Later in the week, Summer announces her plans to go to Manchester University so she can be near Aaron, but Amy urges her to consider her other options, leaving Summer baffled.<\/span><\/p>\n

If <\/span><\/em>you have been affected by the topics raised in Amy\u2019s story, you can find help and support by visiting <\/span><\/i>The Schools Consent Project<\/span><\/i><\/a> and <\/span><\/i>Rape Crisis<\/span><\/i><\/a>, and by calling Rape Crisis\u2019s 23\/7 support line on 0808 500 2222.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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