Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is the true life story of the sexual harassment/Title IX lawsuit against the University of Colorado in the 2000s. The names and details have been altered, but it paints a clear and quite revolting picture of the culture there in the football program to recruit players. They are or were given carte blanche to show up at any party and force sex on any woman who happens to be there. There were multiple cases of rape uncovered and the rapists were never prosecuted because of the popularity of the football program. Some dogged investigative work by the author and the lawyer she worked for eventually led to the exposure of the activities and a major lawsuit. It’s an interesting, if depressing, read.
The other half of the book, interspersed with the lawsuit, is the memoir part. I understand the desire of an author to write a memoir. After all, one is supposed to write “what you know,” and there is nothing you know better than your own story. Even so, this part falls into the category of oversharing. Her early life is not a pretty picture and I found that and her later love life and courting of no interest. I was interested in the legal case, not a cathartic outpouring.