S31 Trailer | The Banned Teacher

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Anne-Marie Robinson was just 16 in 1977.

She went away on a school band trip.

The kids stayed in a hotel.

The music teacher bought them alcohol.

Next thing I remember is he was standing over me in his black underwear

and we had intercourse.

After that, sex with her teacher became a regular thing.

He had sex with me once in the classroom.

I never resisted because I was like I was under his control.

Anne-Marie's only way out was to quit school, but she always wondered, was she the only one?

I'm Julie Ireton, host of a new podcast, The Band Teacher.

Anne-Marie Robinson joins me as we investigate her old high school music teacher and uncover a trail of teen victims.

He said to me, you know, it wouldn't take much for me to lose control.

Sometimes it's hard for me to remember that I'm 39 years old and your teacher.

And it's exactly 56.

That was just the intercourse.

Probably 150-ish

times for oral sex.

Office, office, office, office, back music room.

Something happened to me too.

His former students allege rape.

The teacher says it was consensual sex.

I walk in the room and there she's lying on his bed like totally cast out, can't sundone.

I thought he was our little predator.

How many girls at how many schools?

Who knew?

And why wasn't he stopped?

Now the women are speaking out.

demanding answers and accountability.

She had no adult in her corner.

Like, where were the adults?

They knew.

They were covering their asses and nothing was done.

Anne-Marie Robinson sets out to change things for the better, and she wants justice for women who are victims of historical sexual abuse.

We can't move forward as individuals or as a society if we keep this stuff secret.

Keeping this secret has not done anyone any good.

The band teacher, season two of the band played on.

Just that somebody could be this diabolical

and that other people let it happen.

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