T. Christian Miller, Ken Armstrong

A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America

Now theNetflix Limited SeriesUnbelievable,starring Toni Collette, Merritt Wever, and KaitlynDever*; Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists tell the riveting true crime story of a teenager charged with lying about having been rapedand the detectives who followed a winding path to arrive at the truth.';Gripping . . .[with a] John Grishamworthy twist.'Emily Bazelon,New York Times Book Review(Editors' Choice)On August 11, 2008, eighteen-year-old Marie reported that a masked man broke into her apartment near Seattle, Washington, and raped her. Within days police and even those closest to Marie became suspicious of her story. The police swiftly pivoted and began investigating Marie.Confronted with inconsistencies in her story and the doubts of others, Marie broke down and said her story was a liea bid for attention. Police charged Marie with false reporting, and she was branded a liar.More than two years later, Colorado detective Stacy Galbraith was assigned to investigate a case of sexual assault. Describing the crime to her husband that night, Galbraith learned that the case bore an eerie resemblance to a rape that had taken place months earlier in a nearby town.She joined forces with the detective on that case, Edna Hendershot, and the two soon discovered they were dealing with a serial rapist: a man who photographed his victims, threatening to release the images online, and whose calculated steps to erase all physical evidence suggested he might be a soldier or a cop. Through meticulous police work the detectives would eventually connect the rapist to other attacks in Coloradoand beyond.Based on investigative files and extensive interviews with the principals,A False Reportis a serpentine tale of doubt, lies, and a hunt for justice, unveiling the disturbing truth of how sexual assault is investigated todayand the long history of skepticism toward rape victims.

Now theNetflix Limited SeriesUnbelievable,starring Toni Collette, Merritt Wever, and KaitlynDever*; Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists tell the riveting true crime story of a teenager charged with lying about having been rapedand the detectives who followed a winding path to arrive at the truth.';Gripping . . .[with a] John Grishamworthy twist.'Emily Bazelon,New York Times Book Review(Editors' Choice)On August 11, 2008, eighteen-year-old Marie reported that a masked man broke into her apartment near Seattle, Washington, and raped her. Within days police and even those closest to Marie became suspicious of her story. The police swiftly pivoted and began investigating Marie.Confronted with inconsistencies in her story and the doubts of others, Marie broke down and said her story was a liea bid for attention. Police charged Marie with false reporting, and she was branded a liar.More than two years later, Colorado detective Stacy Galbraith was assigned to investigate a case of sexual assault. Describing the crime to her husband that night, Galbraith learned that the case bore an eerie resemblance to a rape that had taken place months earlier in a nearby town.She joined forces with the detective on that case, Edna Hendershot, and the two soon discovered they were dealing with a serial rapist: a man who photographed his victims, threatening to release the images online, and whose calculated steps to erase all physical evidence suggested he might be a soldier or a cop. Through meticulous police work the detectives would eventually connect the rapist to other attacks in Coloradoand beyond.Based on investigative files and extensive interviews with the principals,A False Reportis a serpentine tale of doubt, lies, and a hunt for justice, unveiling the disturbing truth of how sexual assault is investigated todayand the long history of skepticism toward rape victims.

Jazyk anglický
Vydavateľ Crown Books
Počet strán 304
Typ viazania tvrdá
Rozmery (š-v-h) 167 x 243 mm
EAN 9781524759933
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