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[ominous music]

♪♪ ♪♪

[phone line beeps]

- You will never have to question

my love or devotion to you,

because there's nothing else

that I want to spend my time doing

except showing you those things.

♪♪ ♪♪

[dramatic music]

♪♪ ♪♪

[birds chirping]

[church bells tolling]

ANDREA: When we started this,

did you have any idea this little podcast

that we talked about on the phone

would turn into the number-one podcast

with millions of listeners? JENIFER: No.

For me, it was really hard to make sense of everything,

what my husband did,

and we were just kind of following where it led us.

And every person that's heard my story

can't believe it,

except for someone who has gone through something similar.

I mean, it's helped a lot of people, I think.

ANDREA: Yeah, absolutely.

- But, obviously, there's a lot more to uncover.

[dramatic music]

♪♪ ♪♪

My name is Jenifer Faison.

For the past five years,

I've been on a journey

of discovery, of healing

from a trauma that actually started for me in college,

even if I didn't know it yet.

♪♪ ♪♪

I transferred to Berry College my junior year.

♪♪ ♪♪

JOSH: Berry College is located

in the northwest corner of the state of Georgia.

There are only about 1,500 students there.

It was just a small, close-knit, family environment

to go to school in.

♪♪ ♪♪

JENIFER: When I was at Berry,

I just felt like I fit in and I belonged.

My major was communications,

and we had a television station.

[upbeat music]

♪♪ ♪♪

I went to the first meeting for the television station.

♪♪ ♪♪

And Spence was sitting up on the stage.

And I was walking down toward him,

and he looked at me and smiled.

And then that was just kind of it.

I mean, that was the moment that everything just changed.

♪♪ ♪♪

- They started dating probably around September,

maybe October of that first year of school.

JOSH: Spencer was certainly well-known around campus,

not just because of his involvement with BCTV.

Spencer was the station manager at the time.

- A new mall, a bigger mall,

and a better mall than Riverbend.

JOSH: He was just one of those people

who had an outgoing and charismatic personality.

- Spence Herron, WBCS News.

JENIFER: Spence had a great group of friends at Berry.

And I'll never forget, they did this lip-sync concert.

And it was this medley of New Kids on the Block songs.

SINGER: ♪♪ I can see it in your walk ♪♪

♪♪ Tell it when you talk ♪♪

♪♪ See it in everything you do ♪♪

JOSH: Spencer had the sort of guy-next-door,

Boy Scout/Eagle Scout affect.

- It used to be lined with trees on both sides,

all the way from the horse stables

down to the Possum Trot site itself.

Now it's lined with dirt.

- He was the kind of guy that you knew if you needed help

moving a couch into your third-story dorm room,

Spencer would show up and help you move the couch

into your dorm room.

And I think, in fact, I asked him to do that once.

APRIL: Jenifer really liked Spence,

and Spence really liked Jenifer, too.

They were a good match.

JOSH: Spencer and Jenifer were inseparable.

If I saw one walking across campus, I would look nearby,

and I was almost guaranteed to see the other.

They just always seemed like the perfect couple to me.

- In today's fast-paced and highly mobile world,

it is imperative that people

can keep their work skills up to date.

JENIFER: Spence was always so attentive,

and making sure that I knew how he felt about me.

Every day we would pass each other in the hallways,

and he would hand me a note.

♪♪ ♪♪

- You must have felt like you had,

honestly, the best boyfriend... JENIFER: I did!

- In the entire world. JENIFER: Oh, my gosh.

Like, I kept this whole notebook,

which I haven't looked at in a while either.

- Mm, I don't know why I'm getting sad.

- All the stuff that he gave me,

like, every note that he passed me.

- Stop it right now. - I kept it in a notebook.

- Wait. Hold on.

"News flash--it's official.

"Spence Herron has just been named

the luckiest man on campus."

- That was his news flash.

- I don't even want to read the rest of it, to be honest.

- I know. "Jenifer, I can't believe that you chose me.

"I know it's not a dream but a dream come true.

I am now the happiest man on campus."

ANDREA: This is all really sweet

and, like, in the beginning, like, so nice.

Was there ever a point where you were like, this is a lot?

JENIFER: Um...

I just enjoyed it.

There wasn't anything bad

that would, like, give you a red flag.

Why would you question any of it?

- Safe person. Yep.

[soft music]

JENIFER: We went to all the dances together.

He was making me mix tapes.

I remember one night, he cooked me dinner in the dorm,

and he made a whole menu.

He wrote it out and everything.

It was really fun, and it was easy.

It was just that perfect college relationship.

We were definitely in love.

Okay, this is Spence's senior year at Berry.

Spence and I went up to Minnesota.

It was his first plane ride.

That's the first time that Spence really met

all of my family.

And...

I mean, of course, they all just, like,

fawned over him and loved him.

GAIL: Our other daughter was getting married,

and Jenifer was coming up for the wedding.

And she said, would it be okay if Spence comes?

And from the time we picked them up at the airport,

it was, like, so comfortable.

We had a terrible snowstorm that weekend,

and Spence thought it would be fun to go out in the snow.

And they go out in the yard,

and they're playing in the snow.

It was like two little kids out there.

I mean, he's just adorable.

They were so in love, and it was obvious.

- We had very positive and strong feelings

about Spence being a good person.

GAIL: Jenifer's sister, Christy, was the first

to refer to him as Saint Spence.

He was the perfect person.

He's the kind of person

you wanted your daughter to marry.

JENIFER: Spence was a year older than I was,

and so he graduated,

and I still had a year left at Berry.

And I loved Spence,

and we had a great relationship.

Yet I still had a year.

Oh, I'll never forget, right before my senior year,

and we were on the phone-- a pay phone, of course.

And it was one of the hardest conversations that I've had,

because I knew I was going to break his heart.

And I had to tell him,

I just want to be on my own my senior year...

to have fun with my friends

and not really be tied down to a boyfriend,

especially one that I wasn't going to be able to see

that often.

He was pretty devastated.

SINGER: ♪♪ Maybe it's okay, oh, not to be okay ♪♪

♪♪ When everything's broken ♪♪

♪♪ Oh, and you don't know if ♪♪

♪♪ It's going to be okay ♪♪

♪♪ We're going to be okay ♪♪

JENIFER: When I broke up with Spence...

my family definitely questioned it.

- I was disappointed that they were breaking up.

JENIFER: My sister-- she couldn't believe it.

She was like, you have this great guy.

What more could you want?

He was a great guy.

It was just not the right time.

APRIL: They were a really good couple,

but I also think she knew

that it was part of her life

to experience more than just one relationship like that.

JENIFER: And so we went our separate ways,

and I just kind of kept moving forward.

[serious music]

After graduation, I moved home for about three years,

worked at a radio station,

and then decided to make the big move to LA to get into TV.

[upbeat music]

JEFFREY: She literally packed her car

and drove to Los Angeles,

and set up a life in California on her own.

- My first job in television was with Judge Judy.

ANNOUNCER: The people are real.

The cases are real.

The rulings are final.

This is Judge Judy.

- I worked on her show for about four years,

and was nominated for two Emmys for that.

Got to take my mom to the Emmys in New York

and do the whole red carpet.

So it was really fun.

And then I got the job

on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

ALL: Move that bus!

[cheering]

PERSON: Look at this! PERSON 2: Oh, my God!

GAIL: She grew.

She blossomed out there in this business.

♪♪ ♪♪

ANDREA: While Jenifer was building an impressive résumé,

Spencer got married, had children...

and created a little life in Georgia--

very different from Jen.

JENIFER: I heard about Spence getting married

through other college friends.

And I remember feeling a little bit of sadness,

because we really loved each other,

and that door had closed now

because he had moved on.

- After college, I actually kept in touch with Spence

probably more than I did with Jen.

To start his career, Spence did some video work.

He was in communications and was a videographer,

and he also taught.

He was teaching video production

at one of the local high schools.

SPENCER: So it's going to be an awesome semester.

I'm really excited about the show.

Look at that. Perfect timing. Welcome.

This is our film crew, you guys.

I was going to explain to you why they're here.

They're coming here to document us

actually putting on an actual student-produced morning show.

What do you think?

STUDENT: No way! STUDENT 2: Yes!

SPENCER: Yeah, it's going to be really, really cool.

I can't wait.

RAE: He didn't go to school to be a teacher.

He didn't plan to get into education.

He was a camera guy

that would go out on freelance video shoots.

So he didn't come at it

from the book/educational aspect of it.

It was from the hands-on experience,

and this is what he knows.

He wasn't much older than us. He was in his early 20s.

So he was just really relatable and personable

and engaging and supportive.

ANDREA: While still teaching,

Spencer joined the Air National Guard,

and his position was a member of the band.

- Hey, guys, what's up? It's Coach Herron.

This is my band behind me, and Brent shooting the camera.

So we're performing in Nashville, Tennessee,

at this bigwig deal, and I'm working really hard,

but I'm telling you, you should be working really hard, too.

ANDREA: When troops get deployed overseas,

it's just to pick up morale and be there for the troops

that are in combat.

[cheers and applause]

JENIFER: Spence played in a couple bands

with the Air National Guard.

And one of them was a rock band,

where they would play things like Luke Bryan,

"Play It Again"...

PERSON: ♪♪ Sitting around waiting for it to come on ♪♪

♪♪ And here it is ♪♪

♪♪ And she was like... ♪♪

JENIFER: Or Journey, "Don't Stop Believing."

ALL: ♪♪ Streetlights, people ♪♪

♪♪ Oh ♪♪

♪♪ Don't stop ♪♪ [wild cheering]

- He excelled in everything that he did.

JENIFER: He was an Eagle Scout.

He was a really great father.

He played soccer on the side.

JOSH: I cannot think of a single time

in the time we knew each other

that I got any kind of bad feeling about Spencer.

He was just a good guy, and the guy next door.

[light acoustic music ends]

[dramatic music]

♪♪ ♪♪

JENIFER: For 20 years...

I didn't get married.

♪♪ ♪♪

And it's not that I didn't date

or didn't want to get married.

I wanted to find the right one.

♪♪ ♪♪

I was looking for my soul mate,

and I wasn't going to settle for anything less.

I really thought a lot about Spence over the years.

He kind of set the bar for what I thought I wanted

in a future relationship.

And then Spence reached out to me on Facebook...

♪♪ ♪♪

And just said, hey, how are you?

Are you still in LA?

I've been following your career.

How's it going?

♪♪ ♪♪

I got butterflies.

♪♪ ♪♪

[bright music]

JENIFER: Spence's class was having

their 20-year college reunion.

And I had commented on a photo or something on Facebook,

and he saw it.

So he reached out to me.

First thing that I did was message him back

and just say, are you still married?

And he said,

no, we've been apart for four years now...

♪♪ ♪♪

Because they had lost the intimacy and closeness

of their relationship.

So I thought, okay.

So we spoke on the phone,

and he said, I have to go to New York

with some students on a school field trip.

♪♪ ♪♪

- Look behind me. Tons of teenagers.

We're getting ready to go to the Empire State Building.

- And then he asked, any chance you're going to be in New York?

I know you travel for work.

And I didn't really travel to New York very often.

But sure enough, about a week later,

my old executive producer from Extreme said,

can you go to New York and help out with this show

that we're doing?

Of course I said yes.

When I found out I was going to New York,

I wrote Spence and let him know--guess what.

I'm going to happen to be there at the same time you are.

And so we made plans to meet while we were there.

SINGER: ♪♪ Remember the feeling the day we met ♪♪

♪♪ When the walls and the ceiling shattered between us? ♪♪

♪♪ No matter what I do, I can't shake it yet ♪♪

♪♪ And there's no other soul who gives me this feeling ♪♪

JENIFER: The night that I re-met Spence

in New York was magical.

SINGER: ♪♪ The way that you pull me close ♪♪

♪♪ The way that you kiss me when I'm dancing on the ceiling ♪♪

♪♪ The that you... ♪♪

JENIFER: I walked into the hotel lobby

where I was meeting him,

and he's leaning up against the wall.

And...

I just looked at him, and I was like, wow.

Like, this is Spence.

And he was grown up and handsome.

And we walked around.

We went to Bryant Park...

SINGER: ♪♪ Oh, I love the way that you are ♪♪

♪♪ I love the way that you are, oh, oh ♪♪

JENIFER: And just caught up

on every piece of our lives that we could.

SINGER: ♪♪ I love the way that you are ♪♪

- We just talked about everything.

[mellow music]

It felt like I was back with somebody

I was really, really familiar with.

We didn't want it to end.

He said, well, I'll walk you back to your hotel room.

And I said, okay, great, and, you know, we're walking,

and you kind of bump into each other.

And then we stopped for a minute,

and he kissed me.

♪♪ ♪♪

It really just was loving

and amazing.

And he came to my hotel that night,

and, yeah, we slept together.

Just that reconnection and that bond

came right back.

And the next morning, I knew he was leaving New York

and I wasn't going to see him again.

And I was sad,

because we had reconnected,

and, wait, that's going to be it?

That's it?

Now we go back to our separate sides of the country?

[line trilling]

[cell phone ringing] Fortunately, right away,

he started calling and sending me texts,

and we would have late-night conversations.

We just didn't want to let each other go...

♪♪ ♪♪

Because it would just--

It was meant to be.

♪♪ ♪♪

It just felt right.

♪♪ ♪♪

We really believed we were soul mates.

One month when we were dating and I was in LA,

he wrote me a letter every single day

of the month of March, because that's my birthday. Like--

ANDREA: And those are the letters?

JENIFER: Yeah. ANDREA: Can I see?

"My perfect Jenifer."

"My girlfriend-- I love using that word."

- So that was, like, three months

after we got back together. ANDREA: Right.

Because it was around Christmastime in New York.

- And this was March. - And this is March.

JENIFER: Mm-hmm.

- "Hi, most gorgeous one."

I don't know how you feel,

but I have a hard time looking at this, Jen.

When you read these and you see these,

these are acts of love--

- Yeah. - And--

- Acts of love. Yeah.

[sniffles, crying] So I don't think anybody can blame me

for being so in love, you know? ANDREA: Absolutely not.

- [sniffles]

[dramatic music]

- We hadn't talked to Spence and hadn't seen Spence

since they had gotten back together.

And he set up a FaceTime with us,

and he asked us

if we would be okay

if he asked Jenifer

to marry him.

Now, they're older, so that seemed a little unusual,

but we were excited.

- I decided to move across the country,

because he had kids still and wanted to be close to them.

♪♪ ♪♪

So he came out,

and he and I drove my car cross-country.

And the first night we stopped in Vegas,

and we had gone to dinner, came back up to the room.

And he hands me this little book...

♪♪ ♪♪

With photos of us over the years,

and the very last page was a picture of a diamond ring.

And he got down on one knee, and he asked me to marry him.

And I said, can you ask me that one more time?

Because I didn't want to forget what it sounded like.

I really wanted to remember this experience.

He laughed and asked me again.

And of course I said yes, and...

It was just...

just wonderful.

♪♪ ♪♪

[steady music]

APRIL: I found out that Spence and Jen were getting married

and that she was moving back to Georgia,

in Acworth...

a little small town,

but it's also pretty close to Atlanta.

So you get a little bit of both--

big-city and little small-town feel.

♪♪ ♪♪

JENIFER: When Spence went to tell his ex-wife

that he was getting married again,

he didn't even have to tell her who it was.

She literally said, it's Jenifer, isn't it?

And it was crazy.

He and I dated 20 years prior,

but she still knew that there was something special

between the two of us,

and she wasn't surprised to hear that we got back together.

JENIFER: I've been thinking-- PERSON: Oh, it's beautiful.

PERSON 2: It's so pretty! PERSON 2: You like where it is?

PERSON 4: Jen.

[soft music]

♪♪ ♪♪

JENIFER: I had waited a long time to get married,

because I just wanted to do it once,

and I wanted to do it right.

And we planned a small wedding.

About 80 people were there-- closest friends and family.

And it was such a celebration of love.

KELLY: It was a beautiful, beautiful night.

There was just lights everywhere, firefly-type deal.

I was kind of jealous.

[laughs] I was kind of jealous

of how the whole thing went down.

♪♪ ♪♪

RAE: It was the day before New Year's Eve.

So it was that end-of-the-year, new beginnings

kind of feeling to everything.

APRIL: The wedding was beautiful.

She looked gorgeous.

♪♪ ♪♪

JOSH: I was deeply honored to have the chance

to officiate at their wedding.

They were two people whom I loved dearly

and had a lot of affection for.

This is my favorite part in the ceremony.

As I explained to the couple,

this is the part where I get to say anything I want.

And what I have been waiting to say to the two of you is,

it took you long enough. [laughter]

An unbroken circle, the ring is an ancient symbol of love

because it has neither a beginning nor an end.

It is a reminder of both your love for each other

and of the promises you've made today.

- Spencer was on cloud nine.

- You will never have to question

my love or devotion to you,

because there's nothing else

that I want to spend my time doing

except showing you those things.

I call you my dream girl

because you are so perfect to me.

And yet I feel like I'm dreaming

every time I'm with you.

- You make me laugh. You listen.

And, most importantly, you love me unconditionally.

Marrying you is the easiest decision I've ever made.

[romantic music]

♪♪ ♪♪

- Friends and family, it is my privilege

to present to you, finally...

[laughter]

Spencer and Jenifer Herron, husband and wife.

[cheers and applause]

♪♪ ♪♪

- Everybody laughed at that, because they all agreed

it was finally time that we got together.

[cheers and applause]

CHRISTY: Spence, I want to welcome you to our family.

[crying] Thank you for loving my sister the way that you do.

[sniffles] I've never seen her happier than she is with you.

She lights up when she talks about you

and your future together.

I am so happy to officially be your little sis.

[applause]

KELLY: I had a feeling the night of their wedding that

that was going to be something special,

that these two, they--

It was the right choice.

[upbeat music]

♪♪ ♪♪

GAIL: You could just see it on their faces.

It was like these two beaming faces.

They were so happy.

♪♪ ♪♪

JENIFER: After we got married,

we just always had fun together.

SPENCER: Hey, Jen, listen,

I'm having a great time, and I will be skiing tomorrow.

So we can have a lot more fun together,

which would be great.

And I may even hit a jump to impress you, if I can.

I love you so much.

- He left me a note every single morning

by the coffee pot.

JEFFREY: I was thinking,

why did he feel the need to do this every day?

That felt so over the top.

- [laughs]

JEFFREY: Was that a flag? I don't know.

But it was unusual behavior, in my mind.

JENIFER: He always checked in during the day,

always making sure if I needed anything.

You know, it was a big deal

to be married to one another.

We both love coffee,

and so we were walking around one day and thought,

oh, we should open a coffee bar on Main Street.

Like, that's what this town needs.

So it ended up kind of developing over time,

and a wine bar became available.

So we ended up taking the wine bar over,

right on Main Street in downtown Acworth.

♪♪ ♪♪

ANDREA: It is really cute here.

- So this is the old wine bar.

- This is the old wine bar. - Yeah.

ANDREA: Wow. JENIFER: Yeah.

It really became that hangout for the neighborhood.

♪♪ ♪♪

There was definitely something special about that time.

- It's been over 24 hours,

but Jenifer and I have been a little bit busy

running our wine bar, so here's our Ice Bucket Challenge.

Are you ready? [both screaming]

[Jenifer laughing]

♪♪ ♪♪

We both, though, were working full-time jobs,

at the same time trying to run this wine bar.

So it wasn't easy.

We ended up selling it about two years after we opened it.

KIM WIGINTON: But there were things happening there,

and she never realized anything was going on.

ANDREA: After, you know, what happened in there,

is that hard for you to walk by it?

Or are you kind of over that? JENIFER: Yeah.

It happened everywhere.

I could let any of this affect me.

I drive by it all every single day.

- It's true.

- But I don't because I want to be here.

And I have so many good memories.

I have great memories of the wine bar.

ANDREA: When she first started living in Acworth,

Jen really was able to bounce back and find opportunities

as a producer in Atlanta.

[soft music]

♪♪ ♪♪

JENIFER: Spencer continued to teach video production,

now at Kell High School.

♪♪ ♪♪

And he was Teacher of the Year twice.

He had a lot of respect at the school.

♪♪ ♪♪

Spencer also continued to be deployed on occasion

with the Air National Guard Band.

- Good morning, kids. Coach Herron again.

Wanted to give you a report of what's going on today.

We played for a middle school this morning,

really early, for almost 890 middle-school kids.

It was fabulous. We had a great time.

So we got through with a huge rehearsal with the Army band.

You can see all these flags behind me.

We have this big ordeal

going on tonight and tomorrow, nonstop.

We don't stop working, and neither should you,

'cause I'm watching you.

You know what I'm talking about.

- He would be deployed for a little while,

and she would miss him so badly.

And then Jenifer might go work on a show

somewhere out of state, and he would miss her.

♪♪ ♪♪

SPENCER: Hello, gorgeous.

I am almost packed,

but I wanted you to hear my voice

one last time in Germany

to tell you that I'm coming home to you and I cannot wait.

- It was the ideal marriage.

[light music]

JENIFER: I was working in Nashville,

and Spence had been home from being deployed

for about six weeks.

So I finished up my show

and got up really early that morning

to pack up my car,

head back home to go see Spence again,

because we hadn't seen each other very much.

He had been deployed for five months.

♪♪ ♪♪

I was excited driving home.

I've got the windows down,

the music cranked up, listening

to Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten."

BEDINGFIELD: ♪♪ Feel the rain on your skin ♪♪

It was just one of those beautiful days.

I pulled into the driveway of our house,

expecting him to come outside to greet me.

♪♪ ♪♪

And nothing this time.

Little did I know, I was married to a man

who had done something so horrible

that it would devastate our lives and change us forever.

[ominous music]

JENIFER: Spence had been deployed for five months,

so I'm going home to see my husband.

And I parked, but he didn't greet me.

He would always greet me when I would come home, always.

And I just thought it was really strange.

We've been married seven years now,

and you don't come and greet me anymore?

[dramatic music]

And I remember walking in through the kitchen.

And I even shouted out to him

'cause I could see him sitting in the living room.

And he doesn't move.

♪♪ ♪♪

He's just sitting on the couch,

and I can see the back of his head just hanging,

and he's shaking his head.

So I walk over to him.

♪♪ ♪♪

And he's just saying, it's over, it's over, it's--

it's all over.

And I sat down next to him.

I said, what are you talking about?

What's going on?

And there's this piece of paper

on the table in front of us,

and I notice that it says "search warrant"

on the top of it.

And then I just remember seeing the words "sexual assault"

and the word "student."

♪♪ ♪♪

I look up over at the front door,

and it was a double door,

and there was a splinter down the middle.

I was in such shock.

The police have been in our house when we weren't there.

They kicked in the door to get in.

I just thought that maybe someone was accusing him

of doing something,

because there was no way

that he would have taken advantage

of one of his students.

It just wasn't...

It couldn't be possible.

And I just got up and started pacing back and forth.

And then the police pulled up in the driveway.

SINGER: ♪♪ Love is ♪♪

♪♪ Our only battle ♪♪

[Laplace's "My Blood Runs Cold"]

♪♪ ♪♪

- I opened the door for them, which just feels so weird.

It was like I was welcoming them into the home.

But I just knew that was the next step.

They were coming in.

♪♪ ♪♪

As they're handcuffing Spence, they didn't say anything.

When they arrested him, they didn't say,

you have a right to remain silent or anything like that.

They just handcuffed him.

And so I said, what are you arresting him for?

Like, I wanted to know exactly what it was,

because I thought that they were supposed to tell you.

Well, he yells out, don't tell her anything.

I didn't know what to make of that.

Why was he saying that so angrily?

The police didn't say a word.

As they are taking him literally out our front door

and down the steps, I yell out to the police,

he's a really nice person.

He's a really good person...

because I wanted them to know,

this must have just been a mistake.

It couldn't be real.

SINGER: ♪♪ Fight ♪♪

♪♪ Or you'll sink like a stone in the darkest night ♪♪

♪♪ In the darkest night ♪♪

♪♪ My blood runs cold ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪

[dramatic music]

- I couldn't believe it.

I just watched my soul mate...

being led to a police car down my driveway.

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- Teacher of the Year is now charged with sex crimes.

- A lot of people didn't believe that it was true.

- There had to be something wrong--

maybe a student who didn't like her grade,

or she made passes at him, and he told her no.

- You don't always know what the truth is.

I mean, someone can say something about somebody

just to hurt their reputation-- you don't know.

- I would always want to know the history of this person

making the complaint as well.

You know, what kind of history do they have?

Could they have provoked something like that?

- I had even told her, Jenifer, I'll go to court.

I'll testify. I'll testify for his character.

I thought, her husband has been accused of something

that he obviously didn't do.

His career is ruined,

and here she is, left standing alone

to pick up the pieces.

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JENIFER: There was a lot of things going on

around this and not knowing what was going to happen.

Are we going to be able to bail him out?

I went and got cash out of the bank.

And they gave Spence

a $50,000 cash bond.

So he couldn't get out,

because that's just a lot of money.

ANDREA: Jen and Spencer had just bought a house

within, I think, that last year.

They didn't have the money.

With the bail set at that level, he wasn't getting out.

SINGER: ♪♪ Everybody knows that the truth is a liar ♪♪

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[vocalizing]

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- The story broke about Spence's arrest

and was all over the news.

NEWSCASTER: A Cobb County Teacher of the Year

has been indicted on sexual-assault charges.

NEWSCASTER 2: Herron is a video-production teacher

at Kell High School.

NEWSCASTER 3: An investigation found

that a student is alleging she had sex with Herron.

SINGER: ♪♪ Everybody knows that the truth is a liar ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪

[vocalizing]

JENIFER: I was getting phone calls and texts all the time,

and people were making comments about it

on Facebook and on his page.

My sister called me.

She said, you really need to take down his social media.

So, two days after Spence was arrested,

I got into his Facebook account.

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That led me into his email account.

So I get into his email.

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And I click on the folder that says "photos."

And I start scrolling down,

and all of a sudden,

there's a photo of a woman half-naked.

And then there's another one.

And then there's another different woman, naked.

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And I just kept looking,

and it was woman after woman after woman.

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And then I found emails

and messages

between him and these women.

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He was living a double life.

Who was this predator that I was married to?

I never would have imagined

the scope of what he had done.

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