Hey, I'm Kelly McEvers, and this is Embedded from NPR. We've recently been listening to a podcast

series that we cannot stop thinking about. It's called The Girls. It's a Me Too story,

but it does not take us to a workplace. The allegations are not about what a boss did to an employee.

This is a story about educators and the students they were responsible for.

It follows nearly 20 years' worth of accusations against the same two people and how the

school system and local government responded. We're going to share this series here in the feed.

It's called The Girls. It's the latest season of an investigative

podcast called Dig that's produced by NPR member station Louisville Public Media.

Heads up, this episode has cursing and discussion of sexual assault. Here is reporter Jess

Clark. On the seventh floor of the courthouse in Louisville, Kentucky, four women are waiting.

They're nervous, nauseous.

21-year-old Alyssa Foster hasn't slept well in days.

I'm so scared. Every time the elevators open, my heart drops.

They've been waiting all morning for two men to emerge from the elevator.

For almost 20 years, these men were respected educators and football coaches,

the kind of people who get featured on the news for handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving,

winning football games, and changing students' lives.

But the women waiting at the courthouse say behind closed doors, these same two men, two brothers, were sexually abusing girls who trusted them.

The elevator opens.

Ronnie and Donnie Stoner stride into the lobby.

With the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, I'm Jess Clark.

I've spent the last year and a half getting to know a group of women who say they are survivors

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