1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 1: Started talking about this incident that you witnessed it. Start 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: telling me that there was a cover up, drugs and 3 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: the officials cover up. 4 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 2: You couldn't believe it. 5 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 3: From iHeart podcasts. 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 4: It's like the police knew. It's like they knew who 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 4: he was before they got here. 8 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 3: A story about money, power and corruption at the places 9 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 3: we should trust the most. 10 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 5: The Medical School of Dean at USC was leading a 11 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 5: secret double life. 12 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely breathing, I'm a doctor. 13 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 4: Actually, like, there's no way that that guy's a doctor. 14 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 3: I'm Paul Pringle and I'm an investigative reporter for the 15 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 3: La Times. 16 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 6: Harriet's it's not someone who's rattled, but there was something 17 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 6: about the call that rattled her. 18 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 3: This is the story of an investigation that starts in 19 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 3: a hotel room in Pasadena, California. It reaches all the 20 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 3: way to the top of two of the most powerful 21 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 3: institutions in the city of Los Angeles. 22 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 6: When people fall in line, they fall in line. 23 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 7: Only a month or two after the investigation began, I 24 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 7: received some strange visitors at my house. 25 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 2: Hey, how did you find this out? 26 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 7: How did you link us together? There are actually several 27 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 7: instances that looking back, I realized, oh, everyone knew. 28 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 3: This is Fallen Angels, A Story of California Corruption. 29 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 5: As an investigative report, every story could be all lost. 30 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 5: I had to get this story published, otherwise it would 31 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 5: just betray flying a journalist in the first place. 32 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 2: It's just like real aggressively, let's go, let's get to 33 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 2: the bottom of this. 34 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 4: Hey man, I've given you everything I could possibly give you. 35 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 2: We're always going to have predators. It's the good people 36 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 2: who stand by and do nothing that allow them to flourish. 37 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 3: Listen to Fallen Angels, a Story of California Corruption, starting 38 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 3: March twenty eighth on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or 39 00:01:55,960 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 3: wherever you get your podcasts.