The Girls, Part 4: ‘This is my story to tell’

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4.6 • 954 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Alleged victims of the Stoners find each other online and band together to demand justice. But they find themselves running up against police and prosecutors who want them to stay quiet. Hearing stories like this one can bring up painful feelings and memories, especially if you're a trauma survivor yourself. If you need to talk, you can reach the RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-HOPE, or visit RAINN.org and click get help now for free, 24/7 support. If you’re experiencing a mental health crisis, call or text 988.Learn more about preventing sexual misconduct and abuse by K-12 school employees (PDF)If you have information about this case, or you think there’s something we should know that we haven’t reported here, please contact Jess Clark at [email protected] or 502-814-6541.Our work is community funded. To help us keep digging, visit kydig.org and click donate.

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0:24.1	Hey, I'm Jake Ryan, managing editor for Dig and the Kentucky Center for Investigative
0:27.7	Reporting.
0:28.6	Before we get started on this last episode, I wanted to let you know more about how we put
0:32.6	together this podcast.
0:34.4	This investigation took a long time to unravel.
0:36.9	Reporter Jess Clark spent months sifting
0:38.7	through hundreds of public records and doing countless hours of interviews. It's a sensitive
0:43.0	topic and it required in-depth, fact-based reporting, and that's what we do best at KYCIR.
0:49.4	And because of your support, we are able to take the time we need to dig into tough subjects
0:54.0	and reveal truths that matter to you and time we need to dig into tough subjects and reveal
0:54.5	truths that matter to you and your Commonwealth. It can be tough work, but it's important.
0:59.6	You'll help fund the next investigation when you donate at kydig.org. A listener note,
1:05.5	this story contains accounts of child sex abuse.
1:09.6	Stand with survivors! I'm coming to cover. Stand with survivors.
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