Sara Sharif’s killers, Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool, were sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday 17 December 2024. It was a Family Court Judge who delivered Sara into the hands of her torturers and killers, despite Sharif’s extensive history of abuse against three women and two children.
Sara’s case is not an anomaly. Nearly every six days in the USA a child is killed amid a custody dispute or catastrophic family court decision. Join Laura, Dr Christine Cocchiola and Amy Polacko as they expose catastrophic failures in Family Courts where children are placed further at risk and protective mothers are framed as the problem. This is an urgent call to action.
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Clips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJfkDXeJQIc
Sources
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66531409
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09649069.2024.2382501
https://www.nationalsafeparents.org/kaydens-law.html
https://msmagazine.com/2024/05/28/catherine-kassenoff-family-court-divorce-custody/
https://msmagazine.com/2023/06/20/catherine-kassenoff-family-court-divorce-bandy-lee/
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/lawmakers-pass-piquis-law-to-protect-children-from-abusive-parents/
https://www.womensaid.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Child-First-Nineteen-Child-Homicides-Report.pdf
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c047zq01z0ko
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/nov/unregulated-experts-can-cause-harm-children-family-courts
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By the time 10-year-old Sara Sharif died, she had suffered more than 25 broken bones - 100 separate internal and external injuries - including a traumatic brain injury. Sara was failed by everyone. The risks were undoubtedly known to the senior judge who presided over all three family court cases and when Sara’s abusive father applied for her to live with him, the judge ultimately sanctioned the order which delivered her into the hands of her killers. How did this happen?
Listen to Laura’s urgent and timely episode which is an exposé of Family Courts with Dr Christine Cocchiola, DSW, LCSW, an expert on the experiences of adult and child victims of coercive control and Amy Polacko, an investigative reporter and survivor turned divorce coach – and you will find out.
Both are survivors of domestic abuse who work with family court victims. Together, they wrote the book, Framed, which shines a light on the dangerous and risky decisions made every day in Family Courts which put children more at risk and frame protective mothers as the problem. This is a call to action.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZgKqkPhYHo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvC5Sq2lcdE
https://www.tiktok.com/@itvnews/video/7447232360564690209
Sources
https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/12/11/sara-sharifs-father-and-stepmother-guilty-of-her-murder/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/11/court-told-sara-sharifs-father-abused-but-gave-custody/
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Laura and Sharon unravel the warning signs of escalating risk, spotlight opportunities for intervention and prevention and deconstruct Marc Masterton’s serial pattern of abuse against young women.
Chloe Holland called the police 15 times asking for help and gave a 2-hour video statement to police prior to her death.
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Clips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sCRcnUBGs0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pACsWK_vrI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idzLAijxF7s
Sources
For more information about Chloe and the campaign https://www.instagram.com/her.name.was.chloe.holland/
Serial Perpetrator campaign: https://www.change.org/p/include-serial-stalkers-on-the-same-register-as-violent-and-sexual-offenders
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-69021583
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-69020425
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/domestic-abuse-suicide-chloe-holland-b2646168.html
https://www.vkpp.org.uk/vkpp-work/domestic-homicide-project/
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(22)00151-1/fulltext
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-67458247
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cljd96y2yxgo
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22-year-old Chloe Holland began a relationship with Marc Masterton in early 2022. A year later she would be dead. Before her death, Chloe had reported Masterton for domestic abuse and gave a two-hour video statement to police that led to the 26-year-old's conviction for coercive and controlling behaviour. He was jailed for just 41 months.
Join Laura as she speaks with Chloe’s mum Sharon Holland about how Masterton controlled Chloe and psychologically unravelled her. She now wants to see the law change so men like Masterton are held fully accountable.
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On June 10th, 1983, the decomposing body of a well-dressed man was found in a desolate canyon near Los Angeles. John Doe #94 would soon be identified as missing variety show producer Roy Radin. He'd last been seen after meeting with a mysterious woman in a gold dress. Her name was Lanie Jacobs.
Jacobs and Radin were obsessed with becoming Hollywood movie producers. And when their paths collided, it led them to a tantalizing film deal promising fame and fortune. But then, a twisted script unfolded, plunging them into a million-dollar cocaine and cash heist, a tangled web of lies, and ultimately – murder.
The trail led investigators right to Hollywood's doorstep, linking former golden boy producer Robert Evans to the case and dredging up Radin's own troubled past.
But the case turned ice cold. It would take more than five years of dogged pursuit by the L.A. Sheriff’s Department detectives, a secret undercover witness, and another murder almost 3,000 miles from Hollywood – to unlock the truth.
This is the story of a doomed Hollywood partnership, a grisly murder and the search that stretched across the country for a killer – or killers.
From Wondery, and the team behind the hit series Hollywood & Crime: The Dating Game Killer, The Wonderland Murders, Death of Starlet, and the Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley comes a six part series that dives into the dark side of Hollywood through a shocking murder – fueled by ruthless ambition and desperate dreams. Co-hosted by Tracy Pattin and Josh Lucas.
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To mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women Laura interviews actor, writer and survivor Molly Geddes about her own experience of coercive control, the behaviours and tactics abusers use to entrap victims and her new powerful short film, Where We Stop.
The compelling 6-minute film aims to raise awareness of coercive control behaviours and warning signs amongst young women aged 16–21-year-old and direct them to information, support and services in Glasgow.
Where We Stop is a much-needed film which will save lives…
In memory of Holly Newton, Emily Drouet, Alice Ruggles, Shana Grice, Hollie Gazzard and Chloe Holland and Gabby Petito who should all have been saved.
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Where We Stop https://youtu.be/NoxPV6u--uA
Sophie’s Stop https://appadvice.com/app/sophies-stop/6737410328#google_vignette
https://www.glasgowgirlsclub.org/
Women’s Aid Enough https://glasgowwomensaid.org.uk/enough/
Most Shocking Second A Day Save The Children -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8zFOFGzVkU
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Laura continues her discussion with Matt Murphy about one of America’s most prolific serial killers Rodney Alcala, diving deeper into his horrific and brutal crimes, along with his background and psychopathology.
Laura asks Matt his opinion about the latest developments in Lyle and Erik Menendez’s case and Matt shares why he believes they should never be released from prison. Hold on to your hats!
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Clips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0GcHdvr2KY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4G1FNFGHXA
Sources
https://www.mattmurphylaw.com/about-matt-murphy-law/
https://www.amazon.com/Book-Murder-Prosecutors-Journey-Through/dp/1368104061
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Laura interviews former Senior Deputy District Attorney Matt Murphy about Rodney Alcala, a serial killer in California featured in Anna Kendrick’s Netflix movie, Woman of the Hour.
Laura and Matt forensically deconstruct Alcala’s behaviour and how and why he was given the benefit of the doubt allowing him to harm and kill more women.
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Clips
https://youtu.be/ODUdpwddTQk?si=PydmVGaRNwH-P1__
Sources
https://www.mattmurphylaw.com/about-matt-murphy-law/
https://www.amazon.com/Book-Murder-Prosecutors-Journey-Through/dp/1368104061
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Laura and Hazel discuss District Attorney George Gascón’s October 24 press conference called where he recommended resentencing as well as the resentencing memo, Nathan Hochman’s appointment as the incoming District Attorney in Los Angeles and what it all means for Erik and Lyle and their family.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LomRP6t5Xno
Sources
Crime Analyst Menendez Series Case 7 https://www.crime-analyst.com/p/case-007-the-menendez-murders/
https://www.amazon.com/Hung-Jury-Diary-Menendez-Juror/dp/1631681621
http://menendezmurders.com/about-robert-rand/
https://www.courttv.com/trials/ca-v-menendez-1993/
https://www.amazon.com/Menendez-Murders-Updated-Shocking-Killings/dp/1637745974
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/ryan-murphys-latest-era-of-cynical-hits
https://www.thewrap.com/dominick-dunne-erik-lyle-menendez-brothers-gay/
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Laura and Hazel discuss Ryan Murphy’s Monsters scripted show on Netflix including the portrayal of Leslie Abramson and whether a female juror from the first trial told Leslie that the men voted for murder because they didn’t like her. Laura and Hazel also focus on what it meant to be a Menendez and why Erik and Lyle could not just leave, applying the lens of coercive control.
Whilst debating the potential resentencing of both Lyle and Erik, Laura outlines Sally Challen’s case in the UK where the 2015 coercive control law played a role in changing her murder conviction to manslaughter, leading to her release from prison. Could the same happen for Lyle and Erik?
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Sources
Crime Analyst Menendez Series Case 7 https://www.crime-analyst.com/p/case-007-the-menendez-murders/
https://www.amazon.com/Hung-Jury-Diary-Menendez-Juror/dp/1631681621
http://menendezmurders.com/about-robert-rand/
https://www.courttv.com/trials/ca-v-menendez-1993/
https://www.amazon.com/Menendez-Murders-Updated-Shocking-Killings/dp/1637745974
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/ryan-murphys-latest-era-of-cynical-hits
https://da.lacounty.gov/media/news/gascon-provides-update-menendez-brothers
con-provides-update-menendez-brothers
https://www.thewrap.com/dominick-dunne-erik-lyle-menendez-brothers-gay/
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Much has happened since Laura last spoke with juror number 9, Hazel Thornton, from the first trial. In this episode Laura and Hazel discuss all the latest updates including The Menendez Brothers documentary that aired on October 7 2024 and was referenced by DA George Gascón in the resentencing press conference on October 24 2024.
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#MenendezMurders #MenendezBrothers #Netflix #LyleMenendez #ErikMenendez #Menudo #CrimeAnalyst #TrueCrime #Podcast #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth #DomesticAbuse #CoerciveControl
Clips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQaa4G0JZn8
https://www.tiktok.com/@crimeanalystpod/video/7423214615103884590?lang=en
https://www.tiktok.com/@crimeanalystpod/video/7426122009572134186?lang=en
Sources
https://www.amazon.com/Hung-Jury-Diary-Menendez-Juror/dp/1631681621
http://menendezmurders.com/about-robert-rand/
https://www.courttv.com/trials/ca-v-menendez-1993/
https://www.amazon.com/Menendez-Murders-Updated-Shocking-Killings/dp/1637745974
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/ryan-murphys-latest-era-of-cynical-hits
https://da.lacounty.gov/media/news/gascon-provides-update-menendez-brothers
con-provides-update-menendez-brothers
https://www.thewrap.com/dominick-dunne-erik-lyle-menendez-brothers-gay/
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