It's been three yrs... I wanted to thank everyone who replied to my question. I wanted to update you. I contacted ARI last week and asked to talk to them about what happened to me (raped by Ridpath) 30+ yrs ago. They have agreed and Valerie will be getting back to me to set up a conference call. I am happy that more women are able to speak publicly, and be listened to, about past sexual assaults. An fyi I did try to speak to Edith Packard privately about what was happening to me regarding Ridpath but she declined to talk to me. Ridpath went on to explain what happened as "passionate love making" and when he was not believed then publicly declared that I was deranged, immoral and dishonest. Without talking to me about his claims, or asking my side of the story, I was banned from Objectivist Conference and black listed. Anyways, glad ARI is at least giving me the opportunity to tell my story. I have let them know that I have no restrictions on the conference call - it can be recorded, anyone can ask me questions and challenge me on my story.
Additionally, I found many errors about my situation on this website and would like to reach the author of this site (who posted the document) to speak about correcting some information and adding context, e.g. the day Ridpath claims the sex that happened was "passionate love making" I had no seen or spoken to him in six months and he was dating a blonde from Santa Barbara, in fact she was at his house the morning I arrived.
http://dupin.byethost18.com/OTIPOJ/. (document/website On The Independent Pursuit of Justice)
Cat Farrar