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The Opportunist

CHRIS BATHUM Part 1 of 5: Rehab Mogul

The Opportunist

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True Crime, Talk Radio

4.610.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In 2013, Rose Stahl sought the help of Christopher Bathum, a therapist and CEO of a burgeoning recovery organization called Community Recovery Los Angeles. Chris would eventually offer Rose a job at CRLA. But after a while, she started hearing unsettling rumors surrounding Chris’ behavior, especially towards female clients.

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0:00.0

You're probably already aware of Cast's new true crime investigative podcast, Lost in

0:07.1

Panama.

0:08.1

But if you haven't caught up, new evidence and testimony has recently been uncovered

0:12.3

in the most recent episodes.

0:14.3

It is shining new light on this case.

0:16.8

The first four episodes of the series set up the foundation of what is known about this

0:21.9

case, including a deep dive into the suspicious tour guide, the mysterious photos, and the

0:28.2

remains.

0:29.2

This set five launches a whole new direction of investigation into this case.

0:34.1

A woman connected to the confirmed homicide of her own son tells us that she knows the

0:39.8

same men responsible for her son's death are also responsible for Chris and LaSan's deaths.

0:46.3

Not only that, but she presents to our team a full detailed story of exactly what happened.

0:51.4

How the women were abducted and killed.

0:54.2

And somehow it all adds up all the pieces start to fit together or at least start to make

0:59.8

more sense.

1:00.8

As time begins to run out on the investigation, but with this major breakthrough in hand, the

1:06.0

team in Panama must attempt to assemble a compelling enough theory of the case in order

1:11.4

to push the Panamanian government to admit that there's more going on here than meets

1:16.4

the eye.

1:17.6

We need them to reopen this case so that a much closer look can be taken at all the new

1:22.6

evidence coming to light, and the families affected can finally find some closure all

1:27.2

these years later.

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