Hey, I'm Kelly McEvers, and this is Embedded from NPR. Over the last few weeks, we've been sharing a series from our friends at Louisville Public Media, called The Girls. It's the latest season of the investigative podcast, Dig. This episode takes us back to where the series began, the courthouse, for the case against Ronnie Stoner, Donnie Stoner, and

Zach Kilgore for their alleged sexual abuse. As a reminder, Ronnie and Donny Stoner denied

all accusations and declined interview requests from reporter Jess Clark. Zach Kilgore is on the

run from police so could not be reached.

This episode gets into the complicated decisions lawyers have to make about which cases to take

on. It also gets into attention that can come up between victims of abuse and their lawyers.

And that is, victims' ideas of getting justice versus lawyers' ideas about what is good

legal strategy. Heads up that there is some cursing in this episode. Here's the fourth and final episode of

the girls.

There's just a lot with survivors. On top of cover.

There's just a handful of women protesting on the lawn outside the Jefferson County Board of Education building.

But the crowd trickling into the meeting keeps its distance.

The protesters are wearing matching red and white t-shirts with a message that's hard to ignore.

Stand with child victims, not pedophiles.

One protester with purple hair shouts into a bullhorn.

If we are not protecting our children, what are we doing?

Our babies are the future, and their own school district will not protect them.

What are we doing?

We have questions and we want answer.

JCPS!

We have questions and we want answers and we're not going anywhere and we will make everything so uncomfortable

because you know what?

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