The Boyfriend Who Never Existed: Inside The "Bed Trick" Trial
Criminal

The Boyfriend Who Never Existed: Inside The "Bed Trick" Trial

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 22, 202638 min
  • Interview
  • Crime & justice

Phoebe interviews author Izabella Scott about an unusual trial in England. One woman, referred to as Miss X, accused her best friend Gayle of posing as a man and tricking her into having a sexual relationship. But Gayle said there was no deception – and that Miss X knew who she was with the whole time. Izabella Scott's book is called The Bed Trick: Sex and Deception on Trial. You can also watch this interview at ⁠youtube.com/criminalpodcast⁠. Phoebe is going on tour this fall! Get tickets and see all of our tour dates...

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This episode contains mentions of suicide and goes into detail about sex and sexual assault. Please use discretion. She ends up taking off her blindfold and seeing the person she's having sex with for the first

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time. And she describes this moment as a devastating discovery. She says it's not Kai behind the blindfold. She says it's her best friend, Gail.

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This is Criminal. I'm Phoebe Judge. And today I'm joined by writer Isabella Scott. Isabella, you wrote a book titled The Bed Trick, Sex and Deception on Trial,

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