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The Case of Karla Baday
📻 Episode #270
🎙️ Hosted by Maggie Freleng
📅 Jun 20, 2022
About This Episode
On February 2, 2002, Maria Medina notified her former partner, Karla Baday, that three of her children had accused Baday of sexually molesting them. Maria said the children claimed that Baday had assaulted them while Medina was at the grocery store near their home in Armona, CA. Baday denied all of the allegations. The children…
The Case
On February 2, 2002, Maria Medina notified her former partner, Karla Baday, that three of her children had accused Baday of sexually molesting them. Maria said the children claimed that Baday had assaulted them while Medina was at the grocery store near their home in Armona, CA. Baday denied all of the allegations. The children were taken in for a medical examination a month later where Nurse Georgeanne Greene concluded that their “injuries” were consistent with the allegations. It was later found that her testimony and examination were patently false. Based on the testimony of Nurse Greene and ineffective counsel, Baday was convicted of child molestation and sentenced to 45 years to life in prison. Maggie speaks to Karla Baday, Catherine Boyle, Baday's attorney, and Dulce Baday, Baday's sister.
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00:04:51“Speaker 4: I was different. And then I started knowing that I Speaker 4: didn't like boys because everybody was like, oh, you like Speaker 4: this boy? Do you like this boy? And I'm like, no, Speaker 4: I like the girl. You know. Speaker 1: From a young age, Carla knew she was gay, but”
00:16:22“Speaker 4: to talk with you about the case. Never did not Speaker 4: one time. The only time that he spoke with me Speaker 4: was at the moment of my trial, five minutes prior Speaker 4: to that, and he said, are you innocent? I said, Speaker 4: one hundred percent. This is what he say. My wife”
00:29:03“Speaker 7: Oh, it was so exciting, so exciting, I mean, just Speaker 7: felt like such a victory. But it was only the Speaker 7: beginning because they then insisted that they were going to Speaker 7: retry Carla on the original charges. Speaker 6: So my question is where were the children at this point?”
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