The Girls: “I need to tell you something”

About this episode

The episode investigates allegations of child sex abuse against a high school football coach and the responses from the school system and local government.

In 2023, 17-year-old Abbie Jones and her family accuse her high school football coach, Donnie Stoner, of child sex abuse. Another Louisville woman, Alexis Crook, says she was abused by Donnie too, and his twin brother Ronnie, when they were coaches at her private Christian school almost 20 years earlier. Reporter Jess Clark looks at how the school system and local government responded to these accusations so many years apart. “The Girls” is a 4-part series from the Louisville Public Media’s investigative podcast, Dig . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

People in this episode

Host: Jess Clark

Topics covered

• child sex abuse
• investigation
• school system response
• Louisville
• coaching abuse
• survivor stories

Keywords

• child abuse
• Louisville
• investigative journalism
• coaches
• survivors
• school response

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Louisville Public Media

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