Kat and Phoebe discuss the scandalous allegations against Philip Roth biographer Blake Bailey and the eternally-creeping concept of "grooming."

Links:

Slate: Blake Bailey's former eighth grade student on being sexually assaulted by him years later.

Also Slate: Blake Bailey's former Lusher students on how their eighth grade teacher groomed them.

NOLA: Author Blake Bailey accused of abusing ex-Lusher students' trust for sex; denies illegal conduct

Sexual Assault Allegations Against Biographer Halt Shipping of His Roth Book

Some statistics: Clearance rate - crime by type in the US 2019

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