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Everyone is Talking About This: the true story of a rape case audiobook
Trigger warnings: this podcast mentions rape, sexual assault, sexual violence, mental health conditions and eating disorders.
On an ordinary day in the summer of 2021, Lisa Lennox's eldest daughter, 17-year old Beatrice, or Bea for short, becomes the victim of one of the most horrendous crimes that can befall anyone. Nothing will ever be the same for Lisa and her family after this terrible event. What follows is the story of their experience with the police and the criminal justice system - the good parts, the bad parts, and the truly appalling parts. It's honest, unflinching and often gobsmacking. Occasionally, it's funny - but most of all it is true.
You can contact Lisa on: everyoneistalkingaboutthis@gmail.com
Twitter: @63136_survivors
If you need to speak to someone about your own experience, here are some places where you can get help in the UK:
Rape Crisis: 0808 802 9999
Victim Support: 0808 16 89 111
This webpage lists many other support organisations:
Everyone is Talking About This: the true story of a rape case audiobook
No room at the Nightingale Court for the victim's family [16]
In this episode, Bea has to undergo her cross-examination - but I'm not allowed to be with her. Tension is rising in our household due to the fast-approaching trial, due to start on Monday 24th January. We're all struggling to hold it together - and then we get the worst possible news.
Trigger warnings: this podcast deals with rape, sexual assault, anxiety, depression and eating disorders.
Most mothers will never have to find out what happens when their child becomes the victim of a horrendous crime. I, Lisa Lennox, never imagined that it would happen to my family, to my 17-year-old daughter. But one benign, ordinary summer's day, it did. And so began my family's immersion in the horror unleashed by such a crime, the trauma, the fear, the on-going nightmare of dealing with a police and criminal justice system which, if not completely broken, is certainly fatally fractured and struggling to cope.
Here is a link to the newspaper article mentioned in this episode:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/feb/13/nightingale-court-tells-parents-of-victim-of-alleged-there-is-no-room-for-them-at-trial
Everyone is Talking About This is the true story of an ordinary family forced to face an extraordinary circumstance. I’ve tried to be honest and forthright about my desperate struggle to help my child get justice - and, on many occasions, to see the reason to go on living.
Please be aware that this podcast mentions sexual assault, rape, eating disorders and mental health issues. There is occasional strong language and some graphic detail.
If you have been affected by any of the issues in this podcast, here are some organisations you can contact in the UK:
Rape Crisis
0808 500 2222 - calls are free.
Or you can visit their website - https://247sexualabusesupport.org.uk/
Beat, the UK's eating disorder charity
08088010677 - calls are free.
Or visit their website - https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/
You can also speak to your GP or, if you are still at school, someone from your safeguarding team.
To my listeners - please do tell your friends about this audiobook podcast and encourage them to listen so that as many people as possible are aware of the reality victims of rape are up against on a daily basis here in the UK and across the world.
Help me to spread the word!
And contact me on: everyoneistalkingaboutthis@gmail.com
or via Twitter: @63136_survivors to tell me what you like about the podcast and what I could improve.
Thank you!