People deal with things in their own way. It's important that you don't interfere as it's not your problem, it's hers. You probably don't know what it's like or what she's been through/still going through. She might not be ready to come forward, or may be in deep denial to protect herself from PTSD or depression/anxiety issues. She's probably angry and humiliated inside and doesn't want any attention from it. In order to press charges, she'd have to relive the whole thing and possibly have to deal with the perpetrator's denial of it. It's not exactly fair to his potential future victims, but her victimization isn't potential, it's happened already, and she deserves to get over it her own way IMO.
Is it normal to pretend like something awful didn't happen?
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People deal with things in their own way. It's important that you don't interfere as it's not your problem, it's hers. You probably don't know what it's like or what she's been through/still going through. She might not be ready to come forward, or may be in deep denial to protect herself from PTSD or depression/anxiety issues. She's probably angry and humiliated inside and doesn't want any attention from it. In order to press charges, she'd have to relive the whole thing and possibly have to deal with the perpetrator's denial of it. It's not exactly fair to his potential future victims, but her victimization isn't potential, it's happened already, and she deserves to get over it her own way IMO.