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The ritual shaming of the woman at the Coldplay concert

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**EDS: RETRANSMISSION TO REMOVE DATELINE** Kristin Cabot at her home in New Hampshire, Dec. 12, 2025. Cabot wanted to tell her side of the story, and her children, her mother and her closest friends stood behind her. (Greta Rybus/The New York Times)

Ms Kristin Cabot did not sleep. She spent the weekend pacing, crying and talking on the phone.

PHOTO: GRETA RYBUS/NYTIMES

Lisa Miller

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NEW YORK - Ms Kristin Cabot has come to believe that her silence no longer serves her.

It made sense in the beginning, after she appeared on the Jumbotron, aghast,

in the arms of her boss at a Coldplay concert on July 16, 2025,

a moment that caused an international furor.

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