Sounding the Alarm on Crime, Criminals & Cover-Up in Alcoholics Anonymous!

Roberta Glass True Crime Report

Roberta Glass

True Crime

3.3 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Monica Richardson has been sounding the alarm on predatation and crime in Alcoholics Anonymous for over two decades. She is the director of the award winning “13th Step” documentary and the former host of the ground breaking “Safe Recovery” podcast. In this episode I speak with Monica Richardson about how she went from being a devoted member and mentour in A.A. to becoming one of the organization’s most vocal critics. Richardson gives her take on A.A.’s role in the alleged crimes of Nick Reiner and Russell Brand and exposes how Alcoholic Anonymous has captured our court system.

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Monica Richardson website -https://www.monicarichardsonofficial.com/ Subscribe to Monica’s YouTube channel here- https://youtube.com/@monica_richardson?si=6xllqjGW1PMYhZ4J
Watch “The 13th Step” documentary- https://youtu.be/-iUd6qZRSi8?si=SKDCHDnzZZuifCX9 Kirsten Johnson “12 Step Cult Whistleblowing w/Monica Richardson” - https://youtu.be/WvKzJvtjChc?si=70dF-j6EQ0eyxn2P
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0:00.0	It's filled with judges, lawyers and judges in LA, powerful, all the people down in that big
0:06.5	criminal justice building in that court. I raised my hand and I said stuff, why are you ordering
0:11.7	people to Alcoholics Anonymous? Heads like, ooh! Then I walked up to the guy who I found out was the
0:17.1	head judge. So there's a head judge of every courthouse in every city. And I walked up to him with my little cars. And I said, hi, I'm Monica Richardson. And I would like to talk to you. And he could see my little 13 step. The card is there. And he looked down and he said, I know who you are. And I'm not interested. did. You are listening to the Robert
0:45.8	Glass True Crime Report,
0:47.7	putting the true back in true crime.
1:00.1	From New York City, Roberta Glass is now on the record.
1:16.5	Okay, we are live. I'm Roberta Glass and you're listening to my true crime report. I talk about
1:24.1	crime from a victim's perspective and I also talk about the wrongful conviction movement and innocence fraud.
1:28.7	If those topics interest you, please feel free to hit the thumbs up,
1:34.5	subscribe to the channel. My guest today, I'm so excited. I very rarely get nervous, but I am a little nervous today. My guest, Monica Richardson, is a native of New York City, currently residing in
1:41.5	Los Angeles, California. Monica is a singer, mother, documentarian,
1:46.7	an activist who has been sounding the alarm on the dangers of AA for over two decades.
1:55.0	Her award-winning documentary, The 13th Step, tracked Monica's journey to expose predation in AA, and the film exposes
2:03.4	how our court systems, sentences, violent offenders, and dangerous predators to AA. Welcome Monica
2:11.5	Richardson. Thank you so much, Roberta. It's so great to be here. That's my mom's name. I was like,
2:18.3	Oh, my God, Bertha, that's a great, great name. It's not 20 years that I've been doing. It's since 2010. So it's six, that would be 16 years. Is that my poor math? That was my poor math. I was like two decades. Well, a decade and a half.
2:32.5	A decade and a half is a long time to be doing this work.
2:35.6	So thank you for the correction. Well, a decade and a half. A decade and a half is a long time to be doing this work.
2:35.6	So thank you for the correction.
2:37.8	It's okay.
2:38.6	You're welcome.
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