What the hit new show Off Campus gets right in its portrayal of sexual violence

The Conversation · 🇦🇺 public Australia · Jun 04, 2026 · 942 words · By Bridget Mac Eochagain

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The article discusses the television series 'Off Campus' and its approach to depicting the aftermath of sexual violence compared to other shows. It argues that the series provides a more sensitive representation of trauma than graphic depictions found in shows like 'Game of Thrones' and '13 Reasons Why'.

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Claims checked 8

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What happened

In a media landscape where sexual violence is largely normalised, the hit new show Off Campus is a refreshing pivot.

Why it matters

Created for Amazon Prime by showrunners Louisa Levy and Gina Fattore, the series explores the devastating impacts of sexual violence on young women.

Common ground

But it does so with sensitivity, and without gratuitous depictions of said violence.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Game of Thrones (2011-19), for instance, had multiple violent depictions of rape of prominent female characters, including Daenerys Targaryen, Cersei Lannister and Sansa Stark.”

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Web sources and academic/critical analysis (Virtual Commons) confirm the depiction of sexual violence against Daenerys, Sansa, and Cersei in Game of Thrones.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The first season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on April 17, 2011, in the United States and concluded on June 19, 2011. It consists of ten episodes of approxim…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_season_1

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The eighth and final season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones, produced by HBO, premiered on April 14, 2019, and concluded on May 19, 2019. Unlike the first six seasons, which con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_season_8

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. The series is based on George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Game_of_Thrones_episod…

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Claim 2: “In a main subplot, we learn Hannah was drugged and raped by a classmate, Aaron Delaney, at a party. She was 15 when it happened.”

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Yahoo News Canada and the Off-Campus Wiki (Fandom) both confirm that the character Hannah was raped by Aaron Delaney during her high school years.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar (; born March 1, 1974) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Zack Morris in the NBC series Saved by the Bell (1989–1993), its sequel Saved by the Bell: The Colle…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark-Paul_Gosselaar

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Off Campus is an American romantic drama television series created by Louisa Levy for Amazon Prime Video. It is based on the Off-Campus book series by Elle Kennedy. The series premiered on May 13, 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off_Campus

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Our House is a 2018 horror film directed by Anthony Scott Burns from a screenplay by Nathan Parker. The film is a remake of the 2010 film Ghost from the Machine, written and directed by Matt Osterman.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_House_(2018_film)

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Claim 3: “Off Campus, a romantic college drama based on author Elle Kennedy’s novel series of the same name”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources explicitly state that the series 'Off Campus' is based on the book series by author Elle Kennedy.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ella Bright (born November 27, 2006) is an American-British actress and singer. She began acting as a child. For her performance in the CBBC adaptation of Malory Towers (2020–2025), she received Child…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Bright

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elle Kennedy is a Canadian author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense. She is a Romance Writers of America RITA Award winner.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elle_Kennedy

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Claim 4: “Created for Amazon Prime by showrunners Louisa Levy and Gina Fattore, the series explores the devastating impacts of sexual violence on young women.”

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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and Prime Video credits, confirm the series was created by Louisa Levy for Amazon Prime and that Gina Fattore is an Executive Producer. The thematic focus on sexual violence is corroborated by plot descriptions in other claims' evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Antonio Cipriano (born May 13, 2000) is an American actor and singer. He made his Broadway debut in 2019 playing Phoenix in the musical Jagged Little Pill. On television, he is known for his roles in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Cipriano

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stephen Kalyn (born April 24, 1998) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his breakthrough role as Dean Di Laurentis in the Amazon Prime Video series Off Campus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Kalyn

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Claim 5: “The National Sexual Assault, Family and Domestic Violence Counselling Line – 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) – is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for any Australian”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of Wikipedia entries for the year 1800 and a contact lens company; no evidence regarding the '1800 RESPECT' counselling line was actually retrieved in the evidence block.

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web search NEUTRAL — 1800 (MDCCC) was an exceptional common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1800th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno D…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1800

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web search NEUTRAL — The 1800s (pronounced "eighteen-hundreds") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on 1 January 1800, and ended on 31 December 1809. The term "eighteen-hundreds" could also mean the entire c…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1800s_(decade)

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web search NEUTRAL — At 1-800 Contacts, we beat any price on contact lenses, plus free, fast shipping and convenient online ordering. We Deliver. You Save™
https://www.1800contacts.com/

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Claim 6: “estimated one in five women having experienced sexual violence since the age of 15.”

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While web results provide statistics on sexual violence (e.g., 'one in four undergraduate women' or 'one in five women globally'), none of the provided evidence specifically confirms the exact phrasing 'one in five women having experienced sexual violence since the age of 15' as a singular established statistic.

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web search NEUTRAL — Statistics ; Almost one in four undergraduate women experienced sexual assault or misconduct at 33 of the nation's major universities. SOURCE, About half (51.1%) ...
https://www.nsvrc.org/statistics/

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web search NEUTRAL — May 7, 2025 ... Nearly one out of five women and one out of seven men aged 20 and older globally faced sexual violence as a child, according to a study ...
https://www.healthdata.org/news-events/newsroom/news-release…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 18, 2026 ... Adolescent girls are at particularly high risk of violence, with more than one in five ever-married or -partnered girls aged 15–19 having ...
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-ag…

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Claim 7: “Season one follows college junior Hannah Wells and her fake dating scheme-turned-romance with star hockey-player Garrett Graham.”

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Multiple independent sources (AOL, TikTok, and Prime Video trailer descriptions) confirm that Season 1 follows the characters Hannah Wells and Garrett Graham.

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Claim 8: “Similarly, Teen drama 13 Reasons Why (2017-20) also depicted both the rape of the central character Hannah Baker and the gang rape of minor character Tyler Down.”

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Multiple sources (Wikipedia, Fandom, and Grokipedia) confirm the depiction of the rape of Hannah Baker and the assault of Tyler Down in 13 Reasons Why.

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web search NEUTRAL — Main · Dylan Minnette as Clay Jensen, a student at Liberty High who had a crush on Hannah and becomes obsessed with finding out what drove her to end her life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_Reasons_Why

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web search NEUTRAL — When Hannah asked the group if they ever want to die, Alex expressed that he always did. Afterwards, on the night of Hannah's rape, Alex was playing games with ...
https://13reasonswhy.fandom.com/wiki/Alex_Standall

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web search NEUTRAL — The Netflix series 13 Reasons Why includes multiple graphic depictions of sexual assault across its seasons, with Season 1 featuring the rape of Hannah Baker by ...
https://grokipedia.com/page/List_of_13_Reasons_Why_episodes

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