Gaslighting

Believed

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 12 November 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

It's time to hear from Larry, and we've got the tape. In 2014, the doctor was interviewed by a police detective after another patient reported him for sexual assault. You'll hear for yourself how Larry lies, manipulates and convinces police to believe him instead of the victim.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Lindsay.
0:05.8	Everything in this series will make a lot more sense if you start with episode one.
0:10.9	Also a warning.
0:11.9	We're going to talk about sexual assault in explicit terms.
0:15.3	And there's some swearing.
0:23.3	Dr. Suzanne Tomasho is a pediatrician.
0:26.4	So she knows what to do when her daughter gets sick.
0:29.8	Back in 2014, her oldest Amanda is in grad school when an old cheerleading injury
0:35.0	starts flaring up.
0:36.7	So Suzanne recommends a doctor she had known since med school.
0:40.9	And I said, well, Amanda, I've got the perfect person for you to go see.
0:45.4	Dr. Nassar.
0:46.5	Suzanne is on her way home from work when she gets a call from Amanda.
0:50.9	Amanda sounds frantic.
0:52.7	She's just gotten out of her appointment with Larry.
0:55.3	Tell Suzanne what happened.
0:56.8	I think my words were that's disgusting.
0:59.6	I was repulsive.
1:02.7	I could not fathom what had just happened and what she was telling me.
1:06.2	It was like, what?
1:08.2	He did what to you.
1:09.2	And she repeated it to me a couple of times.
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