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Episode 2: If You Let a Dog Bite You

2024/6/26
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Karen Lemoine：作为一名YDC的前员工，Karen Lemoine 描述了她目睹和经历的系统性虐待，包括性骚扰、对儿童自杀未遂的漠视和报复性行为。她强调了YDC的文化如何纵容虐待行为，以及她如何因试图揭露这些行为而面临危险。她详细描述了她向主管报告事件的经历，以及主管的不作为和不相信。她还讲述了John Doe和其他孩子如何警告她即将面临的袭击，以及她如何因此而免于更严重的伤害。Karen Lemoine 的证词突出了YDC内部的权力失衡和缺乏问责制。 John Doe：作为一名YDC的前居住者，John Doe 分享了他遭受的虐待经历，包括工作人员对他的自杀未遂的嘲弄和报复性殴打。他描述了工作人员如何试图贿赂其他孩子攻击Karen Lemoine，以及他与另一名孩子如何为了保护Karen Lemoine 而冒着风险向她发出警告。John Doe 的证词强调了YDC中普遍存在的虐待行为，以及受害者在寻求帮助时面临的挑战。 Jason Moon：作为节目的主持人，Jason Moon 提供了对Karen Lemoine 和John Doe 证词的背景信息和分析。他强调了YDC的系统性问题，以及对受害者证词的调查和法律诉讼。他展示了YDC的虐待指控的规模和影响，以及对受害者及其家庭的长期影响。

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Karen Lemoine recounts her first day at the Youth Development Center (YDC) and the lack of training she received. She describes her initial belief in the institution's mission to help kids and her gradual realization of the culture of violence and secrecy within YDC.

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Karen Lemoine didn’t arrive at YDC looking to start trouble. But the red flags she saw were hard to ignore, especially when it came to one kid in particular. What trying to do the right thing cost both of them – and why, 30 years later, they’re speaking up again.

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