Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Why kids don’t recognize they’ve been sexually abused until much later in life
“Leaving Neverland” is a documentary about sexual abuse allegations against Michael Jackson. It features two men who say Jackson molested them when they were kids.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min read“Leaving Neverland” is a documentary about sexual abuse allegations against Michael Jackson. It features two men who say Jackson molested them when they were kids. There’s been some backlash against HBO and Jackson’s accusers because they previously denied any sexual misconduct took place. But often young victims of sexual abuse don’t realize that they were abused. They don’t understand it until they’re older, if at all.
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Bessel Bessel van der Kolk
Boston University School of Medicine; author of “The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma”
Gail Goodman
UC Davis