Ty and Brin Lee have been in a custody battle for almost five years. Ty says the courts don't believe his own word that he was sexually abused. Washington Wise is an original podcast from Charles Schwab. Listen today at Schwab.com slash Washington Wise.
Two siblings in Utah are defying a court order to reunite with their father, who they allege abused them. ProPublica’s Hannah Dreyfus explains a controversial concept known as “parental alienation.”
This episode was produced by Siona Peterous, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.
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