Unreliable Witness 1: Who is Ellie Williams?

Unreliable Witness | Storycast

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True Crime, News, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3 • 728 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Ellie’s family and boss share their worries about her leading up to the infamous Facebook post. Unexplained injuries. Becoming withdrawn. Incessant messages. Harassment on the street. Then she started to go missing regularly. When she suddenly moves out of the family home, her family feel they’re losing contact. Eventually she turns up so badly injured she says she can’t take it any more and goes public with claims on social media that go viral and shock the nation.

Warning: This series discusses issues of sexual abuse, self-harm, violence and suicide. If you feel affected by the issues, you can call Samaritans for help on 116 123 or email [email protected] in the UK. In the US, call the Samaritans branch in your area or 1 (800) 273-TALK

From Sky News Storycast, Unreliable Witness is presented by Jason Farrell and Liz Lane

Series Producer: Anne-Marie Bullock
Executive Producer: Louise Cotton
Sound Design: Matt Wareham
Additional Journalism: Sarah O’Connell
Sky Podcasts Editor: Paul Stanworth

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0:00.0	The first 100 days, bills are passed, executive orders are signed, and presidencies are defined.
0:06.7	And for Donald Trump's first 100 days, Rachel Maddo is on MSNBC five nights a week.
0:12.5	Now is the time, so we're going to do it.
0:14.4	Providing her unique insight and analysis during this critical time.
0:18.3	How do we strategically align ourselves to this moment of information,
0:22.5	this moment of transition in our country?
0:24.2	The Rachel Maddow Show, weeknights at 9 p.m. Eastern on MSNBC.
0:30.0	Before we begin, a warning this episode of Unreliable Witness
0:34.0	contains descriptions of violence and abuse.
0:41.3	Episode 1. Who is Ellie Williams? She's just turned 22, but looks younger, small, pale-faced, no makeup. The men and women of the
1:03.3	jury follow her words intently. Anyone walking into court at that moment would assume she's the victim.
1:14.7	She speaks slowly and quietly.
1:18.2	This is her testimony.
1:22.3	Eleanor Williams tells Preston Crown Court that she's been sexually abused and beaten countless times
1:28.3	at the hands of a grooming gang.
1:31.3	She had written a 1300-word Facebook post which was already famous before the case got to court.
1:39.3	I didn't want to share this because I'm scared of the judgment that will come with it.
1:46.7	It's why I keep quiet about what has happened to me.
1:50.9	Yesterday, I was put into the back of a car,
1:54.1	taken to an address to have sex with free Asian men.
1:59.6	The post had gone viral, quickly shared 100,000 times.
2:02.6	Her words are spoken by an actor. These are evil yet clever men.
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