Silent Evidence: Hands on the Wheel
The Heart
Kaitlin Prest
4.5 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2016
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Episode three of Silent Evidence; one woman’s story of childhood sexual abuse.
In episode three, a court case unfolds. Tennessee decides to call the cops and tell them about what happened with Dr. Youseffi. Detective Kimberly Norton picks Tennessee up at the airport in Virginia so she can file an official report. What Tennessee and Detective Norton discover is that Tennessee is not alone. Four women come forward, in three different counties. Only one prosecutor picks up the case.
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Produced by Tennessee Watson and Kaitlin Prest with The Heart. Editing by Sharon Mashihi and Mitra Kaboli. Additional help reporting by Jocelyn Frank. Assistant Production by Ashley Cortez. Editorial advising by Pejk Malinovski. Music by Matthew Daher.
This project was made possible with funding from the IWMF Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey heart listeners! I hope you're enjoying this show. We just have a quick request. |
| 0:06.0 | We are conducting a survey to hear from you, our listeners. |
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| 0:15.0 | Let us know what you think. We're so excited to hear from you. |
| 0:18.0 | That's survey.prx.org slash heart. Survey.prx.org slash heart. |
| 0:26.0 | It means a lot to us. Happy listening! |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the heart. I'm Caitlin Prest. |
| 0:36.0 | This mini season is serialized so you should start it episode one if you're just coming to us now. |
| 0:43.0 | Also, trigger warning. This is about child sexual abuse. |
| 0:49.0 | This is silent evidence. |
| 0:51.0 | I don't know how you would bring it up as an 789 year old. |
| 1:01.0 | Like, I need to know that I'm the only one. |
| 1:05.0 | Where's the lesson? I know I need you to talk to me now. |
| 1:11.0 | In the last episode, Tennessee came up with a bunch of schemes to speak out about what happened. |
| 1:16.0 | She was trying to bring attention to the issue in any way that she could. |
| 1:21.0 | Her ideal was to sit down and have a talk with a man who touched her vulva as a kid. |
| 1:28.0 | Let him know why what he did was fucked up and why he should never do it again. |
| 1:33.0 | In the last episode, she does have a talk with him under the guise of an art project. |
| 1:38.0 | But she doesn't feel quite prepared to talk about the abuse. |
| 1:44.0 | Afterwards, she decides to leave town, work on a sailboat, and she falls for a young man who was taken by her dance moves and her dead baby tooth. |
| 1:54.0 | This is episode three. Hands on the wheel. |
| 1:59.0 | The summer I fell in love with Yashay was a summer I wished would never end. |
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