Why Is That a Win? | 2

Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University

Wondery

True Crime

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The Assistant District Attorney struggles with a challenging case. Then she learns it’s not just the defense attorney she’s up against, it’s her own office.

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The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) survivor helpline is 1-800-656-4673.

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The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline can be reached at 988.

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0:00.0	A listener note, this episode contains strong language.
0:05.2	If you or someone you know is a survivor of sexual assault, you're not alone, and will
0:09.6	share a list of resources at the end of this episode.
0:19.1	Laura Melendorf stood before a room full of junior and senior prosecutors in Albany,
0:24.1	New York.
0:25.1	When I was doing lectures at a sexual assault and domestic violence prosecution training
0:29.4	conference, as she was going through the benefits and risks of using experts at trial,
0:34.7	her work phone was tucked away in her bag, quietly buzzing.
0:44.4	When the day's training had ended, Melendorf walked over to her hotel with a few others
0:48.9	from the conference.
0:50.3	They waited to check in.
0:53.0	Melendorf pulled out her phone.
0:55.0	There were missed calls and voicemails from a number she didn't recognize.
0:59.4	She played back the first voicemail.
1:02.0	It was Isabel Kirschner, Robert Hadden's defense attorney.
1:05.6	She wanted to speak to me about what was going to happen at Dr. Hadden's arrangement.
1:10.3	Hadden had just been indicted by a grand jury and was scheduled to appear in court after
1:14.8	Melendorf returned to Manhattan.
1:18.2	She made a mental note to call Kirschner later.
1:21.4	Then she saw a voicemail from one of her bosses.
1:24.4	Saying that I needed to call back right away and that she had received a call from Miss Kirschner.
1:29.2	Saying that I hadn't called her back.
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