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Betrayal Weekly

Love Is No Defense | EP 8 | Saskia's Story

Betrayal Weekly

iHeartPodcasts | Glass Podcasts

True Crime, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.28.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Advocates fight to change the law that protected Mike Levengood.   

Content Warning for rape, sexual violation by an intimate partner, and nonconsensual intimate image distribution.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:05.8

Hey there, this is Josh from Stuff You Should Know with a message that could change your life.

0:11.7

The Stuff You Should Know Think Spring podcast playlist is available now.

0:16.2

Whether spring has sprung in your neck of the woods yet or not, the stuff you should

0:20.3

know, think spring playlist will make you want to get your overalls on,

0:23.8

get outside, and get your hands in the dirt.

0:26.3

You can get the stuff you should know think spring playlist on the IHeartRadio app,

0:30.4

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:41.5

Earlier this season, we went through Saskia's divorce trial.

0:48.0

We talked about all the hurdles that Saskia had to overcome, all the insults she had to endure, just to end her marriage.

0:50.8

But I want to go back to that trial for a second, because there's one more moment

0:55.7

you need to hear. It's the devil in the details. What's on the screen here is Vendant's Exhibit

1:03.7

3. This is audio from the middle of the divorce trial, during Mike's cross-examination.

1:11.5

Saskia's attorney began

1:12.6

by quoting Mike's initial divorce filing.

1:15.9

Paragraph 8 says all of these acts were consensual

1:19.4

and in paragraph 10,

1:21.2

that all of these allegations are false

1:23.0

in the banatory

1:23.8

caused a serious threat to your good reputation.

1:27.0

Do you recall making those statements?

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