Credibility | EP 6 | Saskia's Story
Betrayal Weekly
iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts
4.2 • 8.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
During their divorce trial, Mike’s legal team tries every trick in the book to make the court doubt Saskia’s story.
Content Warning for tech-enabled sexual abuse, nonconsensual intimate image distribution, mental health struggles, chronic illness, rape, and litigation trauma.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:07.1 | Mike Leavengood pled guilty to just one count of second-degree rape. |
| 0:12.4 | He took a plea deal that meant he would only serve 18 months in prison. |
| 0:18.5 | By the time of his sentencing hearing, the one you heard last episode, the judge's |
| 0:23.7 | hands were tied. But she had watched those chatterbate videos, and she was sure of what she saw. |
| 0:31.1 | It was clear to me that Ms. Inwood was comatose, not asleep, but comatose, unconscious. |
| 0:41.3 | Absolutely. |
| 0:43.4 | Any technicalities in the law didn't matter. |
| 0:46.5 | The videos spoke for themselves. |
| 0:48.9 | To judge Jill Cummins, this was rape. |
| 0:52.0 | You were a predator to Ms. Inwood, |
| 0:55.5 | and I completely understand it. |
| 0:58.9 | The damage done to her is probably irreparable. |
| 1:04.4 | Do you understand that by pleading guilty this morning, |
| 1:06.9 | you are waving or giving up that presumption of innocence? |
| 1:10.6 | Yes, I do. |
| 1:11.6 | Do you still wish to plead guilty this moment? |
| 1:13.4 | I do, Your Honor. |
| 1:14.2 | Okay, and are you pleading guilty today, sir, because you are in fact guilty? |
| 1:18.2 | Yes, Your Honor. |
| 1:19.9 | Of the one count. |
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