When radio goes so, so wrong.

[ccharles000]

Prepare to seethe. On a popular Australian 2DayFM radio show segment where hosts "Kyle and Jackie O." have guests on to undergo a lie detector test, little did they know that the 14-year old girl who was brought by her mother and subjected to the test was a rape victim.

The girl had told Kyle Sandilands she was scared before the questions began, but they continued, in which they knew the mother intended to ask them about her daughter's sex life and drug use:

The mother then asked her daughter: "Have you ever had sex?"

The 14-year-old replied: "I've already told you the story about this ... and don't look at me and smile because it's not funny."

After a pause she then raised her voice and said: "Oh OK ... I got raped when I was 12 years old."

Sandilands hesitated before asking "Right ... is that the only experience you've had?"

The girl's mother interrupted, saying she found out about the rape only "a couple of months ago".

The mother also added she just wanted to know if she had had any other sexual experiences. (As if the rape wasn't enough to be alarmed.) The girl also hadn't received any counseling, which the hosts claimed they'd provide if needed, telling the girl she was "off the hook" from answering any more questions.

It's hard for me to fathom how someone could subject their child to that kind of public scrutiny after surviving a rape. But whether her mother is ill, just in complete denial or the issue is more complex than it seems, it's still very upsetting. Not to mention Sandilands' complete dismissal of the rape; while he's obviously no crisis counselor, are you fucking serious dude?

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[Hoopla Phil]

1. I'm glad the radio people pulled the plug on that.

I don't know what all is going on in that family buy the girl is going to need serious help for a long time.

Just reading between the lines I suppose that a relative raped her when she was 12 and the mother is in denial about it. She wanted desperately to prove the daughter was lieing about it. I suspect we will be seeing charges for an uncle or step dad in the near future.

[SleeplessInAlabama]

2. Wow. I'd need some drugs after shit like that.

Mom is clearly more interested in a Maury-style showdown than legitimately helping her daughter.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Dang! Public emotional child abuse. That poor kid left more messed up than she was when

she arrived. :cry:

[ccharles000]

4. yup