Ultimate Betrayal

Ultimate Betrayal

Year: 1994

Runtime: 96 mins

Language: English

Director: Donald Wrye

DramaTV Movie

Based on a true story, two sisters file a civil suit against their father, accusing him of incest and long‑standing child abuse. The case reveals that he systematically abused all six of his children and committed incest with each of his four daughters, exposing a pattern of severe familial violence.

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1

Family history of abuse and complicity

The Rodgers sisters grow up in a brutal environment where their father Edward sexually and physically abuses them. Their mother Helen turns a blind eye, unable or unwilling to intervene. The trauma from these years shapes their lives and foreshadows the legal battle to come.

Childhood Family home
2

Mary proposes a lawsuit to fund therapy

Mary, the youngest sister, proposes suing their father to cover the $400 monthly cost of her therapy and to bring accountability. She calls the other sisters to support her by testifying and confronting the past in court. The plan marks the shift from private pain to public legal action.

Present Family home
3

Sharon's initial stance on testifying

Sharon initially agrees to support Mary by testifying but reveals she had not experienced abuse herself. Her early stance reflects denial and unresolved memory. The group braces for a truth-revealing journey ahead.

Pretrial Home/Office
4

Sharon's turning point and therapy

Sharon begins to recall repressed memories and starts therapy with Sarah McNeil. She becomes determined to pursue the case alongside her sisters, signaling a deeper personal reckoning with the abuse. The willingness to confront the past strengthens the forthcoming legal action.

Pretrial Therapist's office
5

Susan's motivation to sue

Susan is persuaded by her teenage daughter to pursue the case after her own hospitalizations and a suicide attempt. The daughter's concern galvanizes Susan to join the legal fight and break the silence surrounding the abuse.

Present Home/Hospital
6

Mary considers dropping the lawsuit

Mary tells Sharon that she plans to drop the lawsuit because it is harming her marriage. She faces the threat of divorce and the possibility of losing custody of her daughter, underscoring the personal toll of the case.

Present Home
7

Sharon and Susan travel to Colorado

Sharon and Susan travel to Colorado, the site of the abuse, to pursue the case and meet with the attorney Dana Quinn. The trip marks the transition from memory work to formal legal action.

Pretrial Colorado
8

Dana Quinn contacts Helen and confronts denial

Dana Quinn contacts their mother Helen. Helen acknowledges physical abuse but denies any sexual abuse occurred and implies there was nothing she could do. She urges the sisters to move on, reflecting a stubborn resistance to confronting the full truth.

Pretrial Colorado
9

Pretrial hearing begins

In a boardroom-style setting, Sharon and Susan sit with Dana across from their father Edward and his attorney. Dana questions him, and he denies everything. The hearing lays the groundwork for the later trial.

Pretrial Courtroom/Boardroom
10

Trial begins; Edward is absent

The case proceeds to trial despite Edward not appearing in court. The absence is highly unusual, yet the proceedings continue. Sharon's memories deepen, and Beth faces the pressure of whether to testify.

Trial Courtroom
11

Family tensions surface outside the courtroom

Inside and outside the courtroom, the siblings clash over testimony. Steve threatens to disown Beth if she testifies, highlighting the rift and pressure within the family as the case unfolds.

Trial Courtroom/Corridors
12

Beth testifies about abuse and its consequences

Beth takes the stand and recounts beatings, molestation, and her pregnancy at 17, followed by nine months away and an adoption of her child without her consent. She and her husband Tom have spent years trying to locate their son. Edward's control persists as he continues molesting her with the cruel remark, 'she's a woman now.'

Trial Courtroom
13

Mary remains off the stand but speaks to her sisters

Mary never takes the stand, but she shares a harrowing account of the abuse she faced as the youngest once the older siblings had left home. Her testimony to her sisters adds emotional weight and perspective to the case.

Trial Courtroom/Private
14

Judgment awarded to the sisters

Sharon and Susan are awarded $2.3 million, twice the amount they requested. Their father disappears to avoid the judgment, leaving the family with a sense of both vindication and unresolved pain.

Judgment day Courtroom/Outside
15

A legislative legacy sparks in the same year

In the same year the film was released, The Child Abuse Accountability Act was signed into law by President Bill Clinton. The act represents a political and societal acknowledgment of accountability for childhood abuse and strengthens protections for victims.

Same year as film release White House, Washington D.C.

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