GUNSHOT
The Los Angeles Times06 Dec 1982, Mon ·Page 82
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/127062026/
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The Signal 02 Feb 1983, Wed ·Page 13
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-signal/127048948/
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LA Weekly 29 Sep 1983, Thu ·Page 6
https://www.newspapers.com/article/la-weekly/128828304/
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The Indianapolis Star 07 Aug 1983, Sun ·Page 75
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star/129349122/
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The Los Angeles Times 15 Jan 1984, Sun ·Page 450
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/137451953/
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ON CAMPUS
Ventura County Star 10 Apr 1983, Sun ·Page 86
https://www.newspapers.com/article/ventura-county-star/128886166/
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Thousand Oaks Star 24 Jun 1983, Fri ·Page 2
https://www.newspapers.com/article/thousand-oaks-star/127831371/
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The Los Angeles Times 09 Mar 1985, Sat ·Page 82
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/127831147/
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https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-desert-sun/129340828/
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The Los Angeles Times 27 Apr 1984, Fri ·Page 108
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/129462196/
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The Los Angeles Times 04 Jun 1984, Mon ·Page 60
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/137456494/
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The Los Angeles Times 26 Jul 1984, Thu ·Page 101
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/127291300/
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The Los Angeles Times 01 May 1985, Wed ·Page 73
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/137457644/
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DYING FOR LOVE
Petaluma Argus-Courier 15 Oct 1987, Thu ·Page 9
https://www.newspapers.com/article/petaluma-argus-courier/127864753/
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https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram/129866387/
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Hartford Courant 15 Oct 1987, Thu ·Page 100
https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant/130726196/
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CHILD ABUSE: INNOCENCE ON TRIAL
Richmond Times-Dispatch 06 Apr 1988, Wed ·Page 43
https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch/127757093/
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The Washington Post April 6, 1988
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/04/06/suffer-the-children/42d5c07c-b9e9-457e-9dc9-58f00cd55608//
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SUFFER THE CHILDREN
By Sandy Rovner
The central message of "Child Abuse: Innocence on Trial," the first in a series of special documentaries premiering tonight at 10 on the Lifetime cable channel (and repeated at 1 a.m.), is that in handling the problem of sexual abuse as it relates to divorce and custody, the system isn't working. Neither the medical system, the social service system nor the legal system. Especially the legal -- read, judicial -- system.
In four sensitive, wrenching vignettes, award-winning executive producers Dave Bell and Shari Cookson explore four case studies, one of which involves a husband wrongly accused of sexually abusing his 3-year-old daughter. In that case a social service agency's overzealousness caused months of anguish, a ruined reputation and near-tragedy before it all got sorted out.
Dr. Elizabeth Morgan's case opens the program. She is the local plastic surgeon-author who remains in prison rather than expose her now 5-year-old daughter to what she and her attorney, former Maryland attorney general Stephen Sachs, maintain is an abusive situation with her ex-husband. She has been in prison for more than six months, and Sachs will argue for her release at a hearing Friday before the U.S. District Court.
The ex-husband, dentist Eric Foretich, is shown denying the charge in earlier film footage from a local TV news program, but he declined to participate in the documentary.
Another vignette deals with an 18-year-old who as a child suffered years of abuse at the hands of her father. The girl's mother tried to rescue her daughter, but time and time again she was labeled schizophrenic because she "hallucinated" walking in on her husband abusing the then 3-year-old child.
When she lost custody, she took the baby and ran, only to be stopped when the baby fell ill. As it turned out, the baby had gonorrhea, but even so, the court was only concerned with the mother's "contempt," and she lost custody. Her story was finally, officially confirmed only recently -- 15 years too late for her daughter. The father was arrested for molesting neighborhood children, jumped bail and is being sought by the FBI on six counts of child abuse. The daughter, undergoing psychotherapy but admittedly "unable to trust anyone," has only recently been able to talk about her lost childhood.
Another vignette involves a continuing case in Mississippi in which the mother of allegedly abused children was imprisoned until she reluctantly gave up the children to her husband. As she continues her custody battle, she is permitted only a few minutes a week with her children and must live with the uncertainty as to their current treatment.
The program is narrated by Valerie Harper, but the producers wisely let the protagonists speak for themselves most of the time. It is a program with immense impact.
Lifetime, devoted to medical news on Sundays and programming specifically aimed at women the rest of the week, is a basic cable service that reaches an estimated 42 percent of the TV viewing public. The child abuse program is the first of what Lifetime is calling its "signature" series. The other programs, also produced by Dave Bell Associates, will explore stereotypes and realities involving the "ideal" woman, dynamics of the family and "myths" of marriage.
By Sandy Rovner
The central message of "Child Abuse: Innocence on Trial," the first in a series of special documentaries premiering tonight at 10 on the Lifetime cable channel (and repeated at 1 a.m.), is that in handling the problem of sexual abuse as it relates to divorce and custody, the system isn't working. Neither the medical system, the social service system nor the legal system. Especially the legal -- read, judicial -- system.
In four sensitive, wrenching vignettes, award-winning executive producers Dave Bell and Shari Cookson explore four case studies, one of which involves a husband wrongly accused of sexually abusing his 3-year-old daughter. In that case a social service agency's overzealousness caused months of anguish, a ruined reputation and near-tragedy before it all got sorted out.
Dr. Elizabeth Morgan's case opens the program. She is the local plastic surgeon-author who remains in prison rather than expose her now 5-year-old daughter to what she and her attorney, former Maryland attorney general Stephen Sachs, maintain is an abusive situation with her ex-husband. She has been in prison for more than six months, and Sachs will argue for her release at a hearing Friday before the U.S. District Court.
The ex-husband, dentist Eric Foretich, is shown denying the charge in earlier film footage from a local TV news program, but he declined to participate in the documentary.
Another vignette deals with an 18-year-old who as a child suffered years of abuse at the hands of her father. The girl's mother tried to rescue her daughter, but time and time again she was labeled schizophrenic because she "hallucinated" walking in on her husband abusing the then 3-year-old child.
When she lost custody, she took the baby and ran, only to be stopped when the baby fell ill. As it turned out, the baby had gonorrhea, but even so, the court was only concerned with the mother's "contempt," and she lost custody. Her story was finally, officially confirmed only recently -- 15 years too late for her daughter. The father was arrested for molesting neighborhood children, jumped bail and is being sought by the FBI on six counts of child abuse. The daughter, undergoing psychotherapy but admittedly "unable to trust anyone," has only recently been able to talk about her lost childhood.
Another vignette involves a continuing case in Mississippi in which the mother of allegedly abused children was imprisoned until she reluctantly gave up the children to her husband. As she continues her custody battle, she is permitted only a few minutes a week with her children and must live with the uncertainty as to their current treatment.
The program is narrated by Valerie Harper, but the producers wisely let the protagonists speak for themselves most of the time. It is a program with immense impact.
Lifetime, devoted to medical news on Sundays and programming specifically aimed at women the rest of the week, is a basic cable service that reaches an estimated 42 percent of the TV viewing public. The child abuse program is the first of what Lifetime is calling its "signature" series. The other programs, also produced by Dave Bell Associates, will explore stereotypes and realities involving the "ideal" woman, dynamics of the family and "myths" of marriage.
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-berkshire-eagle/127705447/
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Okmulgee Daily Times 09 Apr 1988, Sat ·Page 17
https://www.newspapers.com/article/okmulgee-daily-times/127710319/
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Lancaster Eagle-Gazette 17 Apr 1988, Sun ·Page 20
https://www.newspapers.com/article/lancaster-eagle-gazette/127694381/
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Courier-Post 05 Apr 1988, Tue ·Page 34
https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post/127698319/
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The Record 06 Apr 1988, Wed ·Page 83
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/127741190/
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ONCE UPON HER TIME
Austin American-Statesman 21 Jun 1988, Tue ·Page 20
https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman/127828913/
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Lincoln Journal Star 22 Jun 1988, Wed ·Page 16
https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star/137463223/
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News and Record 22 Jun 1988, Wed ·Page 11
https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-and-record/136189922/
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The Indianapolis Star 22 Jun 1988, Wed ·Page 19
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star/136190375/
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Journal Tribune 23 Jul 1988, Sat ·Page 20
https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-tribune/136191502/
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin 22 Jun 1988, Wed ·Page 22
https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin/136188722/
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