You may see the documentary’s trailer on Tell Them You Love Me if this has caught your attention. The documentary examines
“The controversial relationship between a professor and a nonverbal man that leads to a trial over race, disability, and power,” according to Netflix, which calls it “scandalous.”
At first, Stubblefield entered a not guilty plea to the accusations made against her. But in 2016, she was found guilty of aggravated sexual.
Assault and given a 12-year jail term. Her conviction was reversed and a new trial was mandated by an appeals court in 2017.
Although Stubblefield continued to insist throughout the documentary that she was “not guilty of a crime,” she entered a guilty plea to “third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact”
The following year. Viewers have been somewhat outspoken on social media since this Theroux-produced real crime documentary was released on Netflix.
