The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground. "That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks. "It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.

Check out my latest with @sebastianmurdock.bsky.social for @huffpost.com: Spring Ridge Academy, an isolated all-girls boarding school in Arizona, promised to help "troubled teens," but former students said the facility abused them and left them traumatized instead. www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...

Doubting any horror story from one of these places is like being a gravity truther

Six former students of a now-closed "troubled-teen" facility in Arizona told HuffPost they were abused. The facility's founder, Jeannie Courtney, told HuffPost she believes her accusers are making it all up. From @taiylersimone.bsky.social and I www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...

A must-read, from HuffPosters Sebastian Murdock & @taiylersimone.bsky.social: > “There was nothing else I could do. I couldn’t refuse.” > “It’s like brainwashing.” > “I had to describe my own rape, and then they made me read it to my parents over the phone.” www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...