Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story (TV 1993)

An attorney, upon handling an incest case, learns that she was an incest victim by her father from the age of five months to five years. Through therapy, she arranges to confront her father... See full summary »

Director:

Bill Corcoran

Writer:

Susan Nanus

Stars:

Melissa Gilbert, Kate Nelligan, Shirley Douglas

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Melissa Gilbert	...	Shari Karney
Kate Nelligan	...	Stephanie Chadford
Shirley Douglas	...	Vivian Karney
Dick Latessa	...	Jack Karney
Rosemary Dunsmore	...	Rose Beckman
Stewart Bick	...	Mark
Ellen Burstyn	...	Joan Delvecchio
Kenneth Welsh	...	Judge Norton
Patricia Kalember	...	Linda Karney
Nigel Bennett
Geoffrey Bowes
Jed Dixon
Henriette Ivanans	...	Kelly
Kirsten Kieferle	...	Darlene Holland
Michael Rhoades	...	Darrell Holland

Storyline

An attorney, upon handling an incest case, learns that she was an incest victim by her father from the age of five months to five years. Through therapy, she arranges to confront her father and her mother (for physical and emotional abuse in her teens) and gets nowhere. She is further frustrated when she takes on another incest case, only to have the judge throw it back in her face after the child's testimony of what was being done to her is disbelieved and the abuser apparently doesn't fit the "profile" of one who would commit incest. Her anger mounts upon learning that the little girl of the first incest case she was handling ends up with severe emotional damage because of the judge's refusal to stop the father's visitation, after medical evidence of the incest was presented in court (with graphic descriptions of what took place). Upon learning this news and exploding at the injustice of the system that seems to protect the abusers instead of the victims, she embarks on a crusade ...

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Plot Keywords:

sexual abuse | pedophilia | child abuse | character name in title

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 September 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Shattered Trust

Company Credits

Production Co:

Michael Jaffe Films, Heartstar Productions, Spectacor Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

The truth of a woman is not easy !

The battle of a lawyer to obtain the deletion of term of notice in sexual ill-treatment on the children. A strong denunciation of the incoherence of an American law. With Melissa Gilbert (" Little House on the Prairie ").