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The Case of Brian Neirynck
📻 Episode #343
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Mar 16, 2023
About This Episode
In 1999, Brian Neirynck and Roberta Smedley separated and got into a custody battle over their three-year-old son. In June of the following year, Smedley reported to the South Bend, IN police that Neirynck molested their son. The boy failed to implicate his father, and only after many leading and suggestive therapy sessions, did he…
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The Case
In 1999, Brian Neirynck and Roberta Smedley separated and got into a custody battle over their three-year-old son. In June of the following year, Smedley reported to the South Bend, IN police that Neirynck molested their son. The boy failed to implicate his father, and only after many leading and suggestive therapy sessions, did he say the abuse happened. Despite no physical signs of molestation, Neirynck was arrested, tried, and convicted of sexually assaulting his own son. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
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00:04:12“Speaker 4: Scott and I had a great relationship. I mean I Speaker 4: was always involved in his life. He was the center Speaker 4: of my life. And one day I come home from Speaker 4: work and she tells me you've got to get out. Speaker 4: And I said, what do you mean I got to”
00:16:06“Speaker 3: will err on the side of believing the child. I Speaker 3: think had they been given the actual evidence that was available, Speaker 3: what wasn't used, and had the state's witness has been Speaker 3: exposed to not even vigorous but just to adequate cross examination,”
00:27:14“Speaker 3: witness on the phone and it would be better if Speaker 3: she could come in person. So we did that in February. Speaker 3: Then the judge took it under advisement. Judge Freeze wrote Speaker 3: his own findings, and he did that in May. Speaker 1: And that was in May of twenty eleven, just a”
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