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Judith Rakers and Ariana Baborie Detail Harassment Experiences on Podcast

Their accounts signal a renewed public reckoning that recent reporting in Der Spiegel reignited.

Overview

  • The podcast episode, released Friday, features both hosts sharing first-hand accounts of harassment and threats.
  • Rakers described a childhood incident in a forest where a man threatened her with a dog and used her arm for unwanted contact, and she said police later told her they had caught him.
  • She also recalled a school bus ride at about age 11 when a man masturbated beside her, and she stood up and told him to stop, which led him to exit at the next stop.
  • Baborie recounted being followed home as a teen and being asked to go to a stranger’s home, then being asked, “Not even for money?” after she refused.
  • Their disclosures followed allegations published by actress Collien Fernandes in Der Spiegel and drew wide coverage in Germany, with no new legal proceedings reported from the podcast.