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🗓️ 20 October 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of rape, disordered eating, emotional, sexual and physical violence, self-harm, suicide and suicidal ideation.
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0:00.0 | This season, guests will be sharing their own testimony in regards to the criminal allegations against Jake Gravbrot. |
0:07.5 | All persons are assumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. |
0:12.6 | Guests' experiences are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of myself, something was wrong, or wondering. |
0:20.1 | At the time of this episode's airing, Jake Gravbrot has not responded to our request for comment. |
0:26.6 | If you have been a victim of Jake Gravbrot or have a crime tip in relation to these matters, please visit somethingwaswrong.com slash 14 for more information. |
0:37.9 | All names of minors involved in this story have been changed for their privacy and protection. |
0:43.5 | Some survivor names have also been changed for anonymity and safety purposes. |
0:48.8 | Season 14 covers a variety of mature topics that can be upsetting, such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence. |
0:56.8 | Content warnings for each episode and resources for survivors can be found in the episode notes. |
1:02.8 | The podcast or any linked materials should not be construed as medical advice, nor is the information a substitute for professional medical expertise or treatment. |
1:13.8 | Thank you so much for listening. |
1:16.8 | The following excerpts are from an email I sent on September 27, 2022, to a detective in Seattle, Washington's Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit. |
1:27.8 | Detective. Thank you so much for your voicemail. |
1:30.8 | As I mentioned on my voicemail in return, I have put together an overarching timeline of the criminal allegations against Jake Gravbrot. |
1:39.3 | I've compiled the evidence I've collected into digital folders for ease of access. |
1:44.3 | To offer more context, I became aware of the allegations through his ex-wives and ex-girlfriends in February of 2022. |
1:53.3 | The survivors had begun an Instagram page to warn women who meet Jake on one of the many dating apps he uses to meet women, |
2:01.3 | and we believe films them without their consent during sex using cameras in his apartment. |
2:07.3 | Furthermore, there are overwhelming amounts of other allegations against Jake. |
2:12.8 | Rape, sexual and emotional violence, sexual abuse, sexual coercion, and child abuse. |
2:19.8 | I've spent the last seven plus months interviewing Jake's victims alongside many other support and character witnesses. |
2:27.8 | What I have learned is that Jake Gravbrot shows a pattern of sexual, emotional, and physical violence towards women and children that is documented and corroborated since at least 2007. |
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