Overview
- Molly Watts says Ransone ran from his apartment to intervene as she was attacked at their Chinatown building in 2006.
- She says he chased the assailant to another building, enabling police to identify a repeat sexual offender.
- Watts wrote that she long regretted not thanking him and that news of his death prompted her to speak publicly.
- She linked to a GoFundMe to support Ransone’s family following his death at 46, which authorities determined was a suicide.
- Ransone had previously described rushing toward a scream in a 2016 interview and had spoken about surviving childhood abuse and addiction.