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Hello and welcome to True Crime Daily, the podcast covering high profile and under the

radar cases from across the country every week.

I'm your host, Anna Garcia, and our case is this week.

A rising stars fall after allegations of grooming and sexual abuse and actress and her

husband have been convicted of jointly manipulating a girl for years starting when the girl was

just 13 years old.

The victim found the strength to come forward and the court made sure that her voice was

heard in the process.

But first, a former Food Network contestant is convicted of beating her foster daughter

to death.

When the little girl was brought into the family, it seemed like this would be a new beginning

for everyone, but instead a violent outburst from her foster mother ended it all.

We are recording this on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.

Our guest today is Tracy Tambora, a criminal justice professor at the University of New

Haven.

She is a criminologist and a nationally recognized expert on the criminal justice system

when it pertains to domestic violence, sexual assault and abuse.

Tracy, welcome to the program, we're so thrilled to have you.

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