Derby City Betrayal

***Fox News Investigates explores a new true crime story each season*** He aspired to protect and serve, a mission that he was born into: His father and siblings all pursued lives as police or firefighters around Louisville, Kentucky. Instead, he said he was coerced, harassed and raped by a senior officer who advised a mentorship program for teens interested in law enforcement. Now an adult, he’s pursuing civil litigation against the officers he said are responsible for his abuse. Take a dive into this scandal with Fox News Investigates and discover why this southern city is waiting for justice in our new podcast, “Derby City Betrayal”. Join Fox News Investigates as we explore a shocking tale of the sexual abuse of teenagers, police negligence and federal investigations in our inaugural podcast, “Derby City Betrayal.”

Episodes

Secrets See The Light Of Day - E4

October 31, 2019 • 21 mins

Season 2 of Fox News Investigates - "House of Broken Dreams: The Jennifer Kesse Story" Originally filed under the promise of secrecy, all seven sex abuse lawsuits in Louisville, Kentucky have become public – sparking a rash of outrage and illustrating a system of abuse and coercion within the police department’s Youth Explorer program. The lawsuits implicate at least three officers for directly abusing teens, and a number of other...

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A National Disgrace - E3

November 1, 2019 • 25 mins

Season 2 of Fox News Investigates - "House of Broken Dreams: The Jennifer Kesse Story" If the sex abuse allegations within Louisville Metro Police Department’s mentorship program are a bombshell, then the decades of abuse within the national Youth Explorer program are a fully armed fleet of bombers. Seven victims have come forward with credible allegations of abuse in the Derby City, and hundreds more have done so nationally. In ...

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A Lack Of Accountability - E2

November 2, 2019 • 33 mins

Season 2 of Fox News Investigates - "House of Broken Dreams: The Jennifer Kesse Story" Police leadership in the Louisville Metro Police Department first heard of officers in their ranks sexually abusing teens in 2013. For years, the allegations went nowhere. Was it ineptitude and simple negligence, or something more nefarious, like corruption and a cover-up? In the second episode in our four-part series, we talk to local politicia...

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Breaking The Badge - E1

November 3, 2019 • 31 mins

He aspired to protect and serve, a mission that he was born into: His father and siblings all pursued lives as police or firefighters around Louisville, Kentucky. Instead, he said he was coerced, harassed and raped by a senior officer who advised a mentorship program for teens interested in law enforcement. Now an adult, he’s pursuing civil litigation against the officers he said are responsible for his abuse. Take a dive into thi...

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The Derby City Betrayal (Trailer)

November 4, 2019 • 1 min

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Sneak Peek: Alchemy of Violence: Narcos, Reapers, and Survival

July 6, 2021 • 2 mins

* Available July 12, 2021 on Fox News Podcasts+ via Apple Podcasts Subscriptions. In this multi-part podcast, “Alchemy of Violence: Narcos, Reapers and Survival,” host and Marine Staff Sgt. Johnny Joey Jones will guide you through a series of wide-ranging interviews with Ed Calderon, a former paramilitary law enforcement officer from Mexico who took on the country's ruthless drug cartels face-to-face at a time when their gruesome ...

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Derby City Betrayal

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A Lack Of Accountability - E2

Breaking The Badge - E1

The Derby City Betrayal (Trailer)

Sneak Peek: Alchemy of Violence: Narcos, Reapers, and Survival

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Secrets See The Light Of Day - E4

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