Season 5 · Episode 12
Episode 12 PART 1: Eleanor Williams - The Girl Who Cried Wolf
In May 2020, 19-year-old Eleanor 'Ellie' Williams uploaded a series' of horrific photos to Facebook, photos that showed a beaten and bleeding Ellie. The caption that went with them detailed serious allegations of abuse, sexual assault and trafficking....
REAL · Naomi Channell
May 2, 202325m 5sExplicit
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Show Notes
In May 2020, 19-year-old Eleanor 'Ellie' Williams uploaded a series' of horrific photos to Facebook, photos that showed a beaten and bleeding Ellie. The caption that went with them detailed serious allegations of abuse, sexual assault and trafficking.
The post went viral and hundreds of thousands of people across the world joined the #justiceforellie movement. Vigilantes targeted the accused abusers and Ellie's hometown of Barrow-In-Furness was soon at the centre of a huge investigation.
But the day after that Facebook post went up, it was Ellie who found herself in a police cell. And what was about to unravel, was almost unreal.
But it wasn't. This is Real.
#elliewilliams #eleanorwilliams #uktruecrime
SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://www.mind.org.uk/ - Mental health support
https://www.spuk.org.uk/ - Suicide Prevention UK
https://www.samaritans.org/ - The Samaritans
https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/ - For people who have been the victim of sexual abuse (UK)
https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/perverting-course-justice-and-wasting-police-time-cases-involving-allegedly-false - Information from the Crown Prosecution Service
https://www.rainn.org/ - Sexual Abuse Support USA
https://988lifeline.org/ - Suicide Prevention USA
https://www.nasasv.org.au/support-directory - Sexual Abuse Support Australia
https://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/ - Suicide Prevention Australia
https://www.rcni.ie/useful-links/ - Sexual Abuse Support Ireland
https://www.pieta.ie/ - Suicide Prevention Ireland
Support the show
The post went viral and hundreds of thousands of people across the world joined the #justiceforellie movement. Vigilantes targeted the accused abusers and Ellie's hometown of Barrow-In-Furness was soon at the centre of a huge investigation.
But the day after that Facebook post went up, it was Ellie who found herself in a police cell. And what was about to unravel, was almost unreal.
But it wasn't. This is Real.
#elliewilliams #eleanorwilliams #uktruecrime
SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://www.mind.org.uk/ - Mental health support
https://www.spuk.org.uk/ - Suicide Prevention UK
https://www.samaritans.org/ - The Samaritans
https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/ - For people who have been the victim of sexual abuse (UK)
https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/perverting-course-justice-and-wasting-police-time-cases-involving-allegedly-false - Information from the Crown Prosecution Service
https://www.rainn.org/ - Sexual Abuse Support USA
https://988lifeline.org/ - Suicide Prevention USA
https://www.nasasv.org.au/support-directory - Sexual Abuse Support Australia
https://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/ - Suicide Prevention Australia
https://www.rcni.ie/useful-links/ - Sexual Abuse Support Ireland
https://www.pieta.ie/ - Suicide Prevention Ireland
Support the show
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