The court properly admitted outcry testimony from various individuals. Regarding the first incident in question, in light of the victim's young age and expressed fear of retribution if she disclosed the sexual attack, the complainant's report to her best friend, made the day following this incident, constituted prompt outcry that was properly admitted as an exception to the hearsay rule (People v Vanterpool,
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