162: [Mae Scott] His Mask Slipped // Part 2

What Came Next

Broken Cycle Media

True Crime, Documentary, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.4 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Content Warning: child abuse, domestic violence, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, sexual assault, image-based sexual abuse, cyberstalking, and rape.

Mae Scott is a multi-crime survivor, mother, and author. Her story of survivorship began at the age of 14, when she met the man she would eventually marry. And although their relationship would end violently and her ex-husband would face a potential life sentence for the harm he forced upon Mae, her legal battle did not end there. After navigating the criminal justice processes, as well as a treacherous family and divorce court journey, Mae now uses her experiences to bring awareness to others. The Broken Cycle Media team is deeply grateful for Mae’s time, advocacy, and incredibly powerful perspectives.

Mae's Website:
http://www.maescottofficial.com/

Mae's Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/maescottofficial/

An Embarrassment of Pandas by Mae Scott:
https://amzn.to/4k4xuuF

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please visit thehotline.org for a list of resources. For additional resources and a list of non-profit organizations that can help, please visit http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources

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0:00.0	Thank you to Quince for sponsoring this episode.
0:03.4	What Came Next is intended for mature audiences only.
0:08.0	Episodes discuss topics that can be triggering, such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, animal abuse, suicide, and murder.
0:17.2	I am not a therapist, nor am I a doctor.
0:20.0	If you're in need of support, please visit something was wrong.com forward slash resources for a list of non-profit organizations that can help.
0:29.8	Opinions expressed by my guests on the show are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of myself or broken cycle media.
0:38.5	Resources and source material are linked in the episode notes.
0:42.4	Thank you so much for listening.
1:13.0	Thank you so much for listening. May Scott is a multi-crime survivor and author. Her story of survivorship begins at the age of 14.
1:17.2	When she met the man, she would eventually marry.
1:20.5	And although their relationship would end violently and her ex-husband would face a potential
1:25.3	life sentence for the harm he forced upon May. Her legal
1:29.0	battle didn't end there. After navigating the criminal justice processes, as well as a treacherous
1:35.5	family and divorce court journey, May now uses her experiences to bring awareness to others.
1:42.3	The Broken Cycle Media team is deeply grateful for May's time, advocacy, and incredibly powerful
1:49.1	perspectives.
1:57.4	Summer of 2020, we went on an adult'sonly trip to Arizona with some of our closest friends, as 2020 had been very stressful.
2:07.4	When we got home from that trip, I wrote him an email.
2:12.2	He read the email, and he asked if we could talk.
2:15.6	He sat there and he cried.
2:18.0	And he said how everything I put in that email was correct.
2:22.1	He was going to change and he was going to be better.
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