What Role Do Institutions Have In Sexual Assault and Abuse Cases Real Talk With Susan & Kristina

Description:
In this episode of Real Talk, KJK Student Defense Attorneys Susan Stone and Kristina Supler are joined by fellow attorney Brian Kent, a 15-year expert in seeing civil damages for victims of sexual abuse and assault.  Topics that they discuss are related to sexual abuse and assault in students.  The conversation includes how trauma can be used to serve others, the bodies reaction to assault when there’s no physical evidence, and what roles institutions play in being held responsible in assault cases.
Links:
Brian Kent's Profile
Show Notes:
(03:14)  Why Brian Kent teams up with attorneys from across the US
(04:43)  How Brian channeled his own tragedy into helping other victims of sexual absue
(08:20)  How people can use trauma to serve others
(10:47)  A Simple way to explaining emotional injury to a jury
(11:49)  The physical impact emotional injury has on the brain (Neurobiology of Trauma)
(15:27)  Can you spot trauma or assault if there’s no physical evidence?
(16:24)  The importance of having open communication with your children about abuse
(18:41)  How Susan builds empowers her kids to speak up
(22:43)  What role do institutions play in protecting students
(25:23)  Are high schools worse for hazing than colleges?
(28:33)  How cancel culture damages students in school
(29:42)  How not taking action can make organizations legally responsible for assault
(33:07)  Under what conditions can victims can seek damages perpetrators
(35:39)  How helping people with the civil process helps the healing process
(37:35)  Why sexual predators commit acts of assault
Transcript:
Susan Stone: So Kristina, we have a really bizarre practice. 
Kristina Supler: Why's that? 
Susan Stone: I'm going to tell you because we don't do just one thing. You can't put us in a box. It's like that line from dirty dancing. Nobody puts baby in a corner. 
When I think about what we deal with on a given day, we're everywhere. 
Kristina Supler: Well, and I think that just like you can't put our practice in a box, you really can't put our clients in a box either. Because we're dealing with so many different types of legal issues and people all over the country, students with problems that they want help with. 
Susan Stone: Yeah. And I, I noticed that starting a couple years ago, our first sadly wrongful death case came to us. And then we started working in a couple personal injury cases and that's forced us to grow into an area that I would've never identified as. 
Kristina Supler: Yeah, and it's interesting too, I mean, we're so passionate about getting the best result possible for our clients. We team up with so many different professionals all over the country. 
Susan Stone: What's interesting about our client or our podcast today is that we're actually having someone that we worked with on a case and hope to work with in the future.
And a lot of people would be like, why are you putting another lawyer on your podcast? I mean, aren't you worried about drawing business away from yourself? I mean, that's the question. 
Kristina Supler: Yeah, and I think that the answer is no. We're not afraid of that. We are passionate about what we do, and we wanna get, again, the best result possible.
So we're really pleased to be joined today by Brian Kent. Brian is a nationally recognized advocate for victims' rights. Brian has dedicated his career to seeking justice for survivors of abuse, assault, and exploitation. 
As a former sex crimes prosecutor in Philadelphia, Brian's an advocate for justice for all crime victims. He's handled many high profile cases, including representing survivors of Jerry Sandusky, boarding and school boarding, school abuse, and also clergy abuse. 
Now, Susan alluded to not too long ago, we paired up with Brian on a really interesting case and resolved it quite favorably.
Welcome, Brian. 
Brian Kent: Thank you both. 
Susan Stone: Great, great meeting with y