She Trusted a Casting Director in Hollywood | Ariel Lindsay’s Story
What happens when the person offering opportunity is actually the danger?
⚠️Just a heads up⚠️: This episode contains discussions of sexual assault, and some may find it upsetting. We encourage listeners to prepare themselves.
In this episode, Lisa continues her story about how power can disguise itself as kindness, and Ariel Lindsay shares what happened when a supposed industry connection exploited that trust.
This conversation is about power, red flags, survival, and taking your voice back. 💜
0:00 From Now On with Lisa Phillips
0:35 Content warning
0:50 Dreams, Hollywood, and the danger behind opportunity
2:35 The dark side of the entertainment industry
4:33 How Epstein made power look like help
5:34 Predators prey on ambition
6:43 Meet Hollywood survivor Ariel Lindsay
8:54 Ariel moves to LA with no plan
12:55 The viral Vegas assault
14:27 “I’m never letting that happen again”
16:26 Pressing charges when they tried to talk her out of it
18:38 Why the video changed everything
19:04 Survivors start flooding her DMs
20:27 Backlash, threats, and being called fake
21:26 She took him to court
23:35 Why social media forced people to care
24:49 The trauma she had buried comes back
26:58 “I wasn’t prepared to be raped”
27:22 New to LA, new to the business, and vulnerable
28:55 The casting director she trusted
30:21 Castings, name-dropping, and false promises
31:06 The photo requests she thought were normal
32:04 The night she says she was roofied
33:47 Memory gaps and realizing what happened
36:29 Why Ariel finally named him
38:26 “Why didn’t you report?”
39:34 How predators target newcomers
41:27 Why telling the story matters
43:39 “I said no so many times”
45:56 Six other women reached out
46:59 Red flags every young performer should know
48:28 Freezing is not consent
50:24 The predator is the common denominator
53:22 How to get help in a power dynamic
55:55 What survivors need to hear
57:18 Why reporting can still matter
59:30 From now on: I will always speak my truth
1:00:42 Closing + survivor support resources
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If today’s conversation resonated with you and you are seeking more support in your own healing journey, here are some resources below:
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, help is available. Call 800.656.HOPE (4673).
If you or someone you know is being trafficked, contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline. Text 233733 (befree).
PAVE is a 501(c)(3) non-profit creating a world free from sexual violence and building communities to support survivors. To learn more, go to https://www.shatteringthesilence.org/
Speak Out, Act, Reclaim (SOAR) is dedicated to providing a safe and empowering space for survivors of sex trafficking to reclaim their stories and stand up for themselves and each other. To learn more, go to https://www.speakoutactreclaim.org/
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