Hannah Dreyfus is an Abrams reporting fellow for ProPublica. She investigates abuses of power in many places, including in family court. Ty and Brynley have been barricaded inside of that bedroom since last December. They're refusing to leave it because a judge says they must reunite with their father.
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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