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Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

Discussing the Acquittal of Isimemen Etute With James Turk

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.811.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2022

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

Van and Rachel are joined by James Turk, the defense attorney representing Isimemen Etute, who was found not guilty in the beating death of a man he initially believed to be a woman (8:23). Plus, Michael B. Jordan and Lori Harvey breakup (1:07:47), Herschel Walker does press (1:31:39), and an update on ‘Mountain Lion Watch’ (1:36:51). Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guest: James Turk Producers: Trudy Joseph and Donnie Beacham Jr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Yo yo yo, tall warriors. What is up?

0:05.4

High learning is back.

0:06.6

Woo. Oh, yeah, we are back. We're back.

0:09.1

We're fresh. We're fresh. Rachel is back in the Pepto Bissball Room very

0:13.0

himself. Um, we're back. High learning is back. Uh, look, you guys,

0:20.9

me and Rachel are going to do a little catch up. We're going to do it after.

0:24.3

We jump right into the show this week and I'll tell you why. Uh, today,

0:29.3

we have on James Turgh, who was the lawyer for, uh, E.C. A two day, who is the young man

0:39.7

who was just acquitted in Virginia of killing a man named James Smith. You've heard the story.

0:46.8

Uh, Julia quick, uh, acquitted a Virginia Tech football player for Virginia Tech football player

0:51.6

who had been accused of failing being a man. He says he initially believed from tender,

0:57.2

from a tender match to be a woman. Uh, Rachel, you know the particulars of this one, don't you?

1:03.1

Um, yes, which particulars though are you referring to?

1:06.0

How things happened? Uh, you've heard the story. Yes. Uh, it's, it's two day went to Jerry Smith's

1:13.5

home. Yeah. Jerry Smith, who was, I don't know if posing is the right word to use, but also identified

1:20.5

as Angie, um, went there. They had, um, he, Angie performed oral sex on E.C. Am I

1:31.1

saying the right? E.C. Or E.C. E.C. E.C. On E.C. And that's his nickname, by the way, his full name

1:37.5

is long, but people I prefer to him is E.C. E.C. E.C. E.C. E.C. E.C. goes back. I get to talk

1:42.1

with some friends. His friends are like, Hey, I'm familiar with who this person is. This person

1:45.6

might not be who you thought they were. And so E.C. Eventually, a month later goes back to the

1:51.9

apartment of Angie and upon that point, learns that in some way, um, learns that Angie is Jerry Smith.

2:03.1

A man. At that point, and I don't want to get into the details too much, but at that point, um,

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