"Her dad said he didn't find out about the alleged crime until a reporter came to the door. "
That part is not surprising - lots of girls wouldn't want to have the talk with daddy about how thir job stripping led to a situation where they were alledgedly raped.
That's not the point. The point is she reported that her dad came to visit her in the hospital and that's why she reported it, because she didn't want to let down her dad.