True crime podcasts prompting women to speak out about sexual violence


Women take part in a demonstration during a global protest against gender violence, in La Paz, Bolivia. The Motive podcast is the latest in an increasing number of true crime programmes about rape and sexual assault and the impact on womens' lives. — Reuters

BARCELONA: When Gabrielle Vega woke in a hotel room in Morocco and realised she had been drugged and raped she set out to take legal action but ended up on a different path – on a true crime podcast.

She was one of 26 women interviewed for an eight-part programme, the second series of Motive made by WBEZ Chicago, the city's National Public Radio station, that has struck a chord with other victims of sexual assault.

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