Sebastian Murdock
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An Isolated Boarding School Promised To Help Troubled Girls. Former Students Say They Were Abused.
One former student called the school’s founder, Jeannie Courtney, “the all-powerful cult leader — God.”
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Six former students of a now-closed "troubled-teen" facility in Arizona told HuffPost they were abused. The facility's founder, Jeannie Courtney, told HuffPost she believes her accusers are making it all up.
From @taiylersimone.bsky.social and I
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From @taiylersimone.bsky.social and I
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November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
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Check out my latest with @sebastianmurdock.bsky.social for @huffpost.com: Spring Ridge Academy, an isolated all-girls boarding school in Arizona, promised to help "troubled teens," but former students said the facility abused them and left them traumatized instead.
www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...
www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...
October 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Check out my latest with @sebastianmurdock.bsky.social for @huffpost.com: Spring Ridge Academy, an isolated all-girls boarding school in Arizona, promised to help "troubled teens," but former students said the facility abused them and left them traumatized instead.
www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...
www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...
Reposted by Sebastian Murdock
Doubting any horror story from one of these places is like being a gravity truther
Six former students of a now-closed "troubled-teen" facility in Arizona told HuffPost they were abused. The facility's founder, Jeannie Courtney, told HuffPost she believes her accusers are making it all up.
From @taiylersimone.bsky.social and I
www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...
From @taiylersimone.bsky.social and I
www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...
An Isolated Boarding School Promised To Help Troubled Girls. Former Students Say They Were Abused.
One former student called the school’s founder, Jeannie Courtney, “the all-powerful cult leader — God.”
www.huffpost.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Doubting any horror story from one of these places is like being a gravity truther
Six former students of a now-closed "troubled-teen" facility in Arizona told HuffPost they were abused. The facility's founder, Jeannie Courtney, told HuffPost she believes her accusers are making it all up.
From @taiylersimone.bsky.social and I
www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...
From @taiylersimone.bsky.social and I
www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...
An Isolated Boarding School Promised To Help Troubled Girls. Former Students Say They Were Abused.
One former student called the school’s founder, Jeannie Courtney, “the all-powerful cult leader — God.”
www.huffpost.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Six former students of a now-closed "troubled-teen" facility in Arizona told HuffPost they were abused. The facility's founder, Jeannie Courtney, told HuffPost she believes her accusers are making it all up.
From @taiylersimone.bsky.social and I
www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...
From @taiylersimone.bsky.social and I
www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...
Reposted by Sebastian Murdock
A must-read, from HuffPosters Sebastian Murdock & @taiylersimone.bsky.social:
> “There was nothing else I could do. I couldn’t refuse.”
> “It’s like brainwashing.”
> “I had to describe my own rape, and then they made me read it to my parents over the phone.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...
> “There was nothing else I could do. I couldn’t refuse.”
> “It’s like brainwashing.”
> “I had to describe my own rape, and then they made me read it to my parents over the phone.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...
An Isolated Boarding School Promised To Help Troubled Girls. Former Students Say They Were Abused.
One former student called the school’s founder, Jeannie Courtney, “the all-powerful cult leader — God.”
www.huffpost.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A must-read, from HuffPosters Sebastian Murdock & @taiylersimone.bsky.social:
> “There was nothing else I could do. I couldn’t refuse.”
> “It’s like brainwashing.”
> “I had to describe my own rape, and then they made me read it to my parents over the phone.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...
> “There was nothing else I could do. I couldn’t refuse.”
> “It’s like brainwashing.”
> “I had to describe my own rape, and then they made me read it to my parents over the phone.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...