Nikki is Free

Believe Her

Lemonada Media

True Crime

4.4 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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On January 4th, 2024, Nikki Addimondo was released from prison and reunited with her family. To celebrate, we are sharing two excerpts that were previously only available to our Lemonada Premium subscribers. These two conversations speak to the range of the incredible reporting in this series – one touches on the heart of Nikki’s personal story and the other reminds us that Nikki was not the only person put behind bars for trying to save her own life – this is an issue still impacting so many others. Resources: Follow the We Stand With Nikki campaign on Instagram at @westandwithnikki, on Twitter at @standwithnikki, and on their webpage at www.westandwithnikki.com. Nikki’s sister, Michelle Horton, wrote about Nikki’s story in her book Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds Check out Justine van der Leun’s book We Are Not Such Things: The Murder of a Young American, a South African Township, and the Search for Truth and Reconciliation Read Monica Cosby’s writing here If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic abuse, use a safe computer and contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at www.thehotline.org or call 1-800-799-7233. You can also search for a local domestic violence shelter at www.domesticshelters.org/. If you have experienced sexual assault and need support, visit the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) at www.rainn.org or call 1-800-656-HOPE Have questions about consent? Take a look at this guide from RAINN at www.rainn.org/articles/what-is-consent. Learn more about criminalized survival in New York State at www.survivedandpunishedny.org/. Learn more about the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act at www.nysda.org/page/DVSJA. Read Justine’s May 2020 investigative piece on Nikki’s case at www.gen.medium.com/nikki-had-proof-shed-been-abused-but-was-it-enough-for-self-defense-bd9f196396eb. Believe Her is created in partnership with Spiegel & Grau. Follow them on Twitter and Instagram at @spiegelandgrau. Follow Justine on Twitter at @justinevdl and on Instagram at @jvanderleun. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. If you want to continue the conversation with other listeners, please join our Facebook group at www.facebook.com/groups/believeher/. Interested in bonus content and behind the scenes material? Subscribe to Lemonada Premium right now in the Apple Podcasts app by clicking on our podcast logo and the "subscribe” button. Stay up-to-date on everything in the Lemonada world by becoming a superfan at https://joinsubtext.com/lemonadasuperfan. Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and all other Lemonada series: lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. To follow along with a transcript, go to www.lemonadamedia.com/show/believeher shortly after the air date. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey listeners I'm here today to tell you about Lamanata Media's newest limited
0:04.6	podcast series called Declined. This series takes you through the journey of two
0:08.4	exceptional women from incarceration to freedom, ultimately leading to the
0:11.8	creation of the returning artist's guild, an
0:13.9	organization that uplifts the artwork of currently and formerly incarcerated artists
0:17.6	across the country. Call Declined is out now, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:28.6	Why hello there, it's your old pal Sarah Silverman and I'm back with a brand new season of the Sarah Silverman podcast. On my podcast I am talking about everything politics. Yeah, we get into it favorite sandwich shop in LA
0:37.0	I know a few spots and I'm gonna tell you about them. I'm also going to be talking to you. I will be reacting and responding to
0:44.2	listener voicemails in real time. Let me tell you things can get weird and I love
0:49.2	every second of it. Weird is my comfort zone. The newest season of the Sarah Silverman
0:53.9	podcast is out now wherever you get your podcasts.
0:58.8	Lemonade. Hi there, believe her listeners. I'm Stephanie Wittleswax, one of the show's
1:16.5	executive producers and I have some great news to share. On January 4th, 2024, Nicki Aramondo was released from Bedford
1:26.6	Hill's Correctional Facility. Now, if this is the first time you're hearing
1:30.9	about Nicki, I strongly suggest pausing this episode and
1:34.6	starting at the beginning of her story with episode one of Believe Her. However, if you've
1:40.3	been following this series you know that almost five years ago,
1:43.7	Nicky was convicted for killing her partner, Chris, the father of her children,
1:48.0	an act she described as self-defense.
1:50.6	After enduring years of relentless emotional, physical, and sexual abuse.
1:56.0	And you also know that her self-defense claim was rejected.
2:00.0	But thanks to New York State's Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act,
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