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Gangster Capitalism S3: Jerry Falwell Jr. and Liberty University | EP 3: Protecting the Brand

Campus Files

Audacy

Society & Culture, History, True Crime, Documentary

4.67.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Liberty has failed to address, and even covered up the stories of women who have been sexually harassed and assaulted on campus. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.4

Please listen with caution.

0:40.9

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1:01.3

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1:06.1

There's all kinds of stories that fluctuate throughout the student body about the fall wells, some good, some bad,

1:12.6

some ridiculous. Everything from, I heard they throw wild parties at their mansion or they're

1:19.3

dealing drugs in South America or all kinds of things you hear about them. So for most people,

1:24.5

it's kind of like, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's just another crazy fall wall story.

1:34.5

I remember hearing stories about them being involved with students.

1:38.3

We'll call this person James.

1:45.4

Back in 2008, when James was a student at Liberty University, he was plugged into the music scene in Lynchburg, and one of his classmates was Jerry Falwell's oldest son, Trey Falwell.

1:52.7

Trey played guitar in a local band, and around that time, there was a rumor going around that

1:58.4

Trey's mom, Becky Falwell,

2:04.3

was having a sexual relationship with a Liberty student,

2:08.2

who also happened to be a member of Trey's band.

2:12.6

A couple years later, when I was out of college, I was hanging out with a buddy of mine who also went to Liberty,

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