Jesus! HALFWAY HOUSE STAFFER: So you got seven years parole, huh? So pretty sure Im going to see you there. Time is an Academy Award-nominated 2020 American documentary film produced and directed by Garrett Bradley. KATHERINE: That was our first summer together. Theyll let you know when its time to turn the camera off. But Bradley also sensed rightly that Fox and Robert were in a world of their own. What struck Brown, he said recently, was that so many people suspected Bradley was doing something wrong but had kept their concerns to themselves. she asks. I always get nervous every time I go through this door, man. But I dont know if she can bring them [expletive] back up because if she can bring them back up, [expletive] were going down. But, like many other state medical regulators, the agency wouldnt accept anonymous complaints. And why it wasnt stopped sooner. Months later, though, other doctors elected him the hospitals chief of pediatrics. Beyond the coin-operated Buzz Lightyear ride that warned "Do not leave child unattended," Bradley grabbed the tiny hands of his patients, some of them still in diapers, plying them with promises of popsicles and Barbie dolls. Ive been through it. They sure as hell have never walked them up in my lobby. Some make it and some dont. He seemed to have a medical study at his fingertips to back up every point. But the absence of accountability may be the strongest link between Bradleys case and others involving sexual misconduct. At that time, they thought it was just someone trying to extort money from him, Dr. James Marvel, a two-time president of the Medical Society of Delaware and one of the doctors who helped bring Bradley to Lewes, later told the police. Two of the mans daughters, authorities later determined, appeared on Bradleys video. There were more than 100 victims; their average age was three and Dr. Bradley videotaped the abuse. NARRATOR: For a year-and-a-half, we followed four people in Connecticut as they left prison and were put on parole. So what I need you to do is read every one and make sure you understand each condition and then sign at the end. Not only this, but the police found video evidence of his crimes in his house after obtaining a warrant. Payments range from a few thousand dollars to more than $400,000 inthe most heinousabuse cases. So when you come here, you have a clear metal detector. Lawyers and police detectives, who were forced to watch13 hours of Bradley's homemade video tapes,still hear the blood-curdling screams of children being molested, sodomized and raped. Years later, his Temple University medical school yearbook page was decorated with cartoon doodles, along with a photo of Bradley holding an unidentified girl about 2 years old. And if its not, it will be very hard to make change stick. Early on Dec. 16, 2009, detectives from the Delaware State Police arrived at Bradleys faded white clapboard house, just a block from Beebe hospital. And that is changing. Nobody in the law enforcement or medical communities alerted Delaware's Board of Medical Practice to Bradley's inappropriate contact with girlsdespite a 1996 investigation by Beebe, a 2004 complaint to the state medical society reported by Bradley's half-sister and former office assistant Lynda Barnes, and two police investigations in 2005 and 2008 overseen by the Attorney General's Office. Earl Bradley arrived in Lewes, a small seaside town in southern Delaware, in 1994. And people dont have a lot of skills to be able to maintain a situation like that. NARRATOR: Though he could send Erroll to jail, he decides instead to enroll him in a drug counseling program. MARK PAWLICH: Youre here with him? Come here. Its treatment, treatment, treatment. NARRATOR: One change has been the creation of a special unit devoted exclusively to the needs of women parolees. ERROLL BRANTLEY: Im proud to be graduating the prison drug program today because I did it with all you gentlemen. MARK PAWLICH: All right. FRONTLINE is a registered trademark of WGBH Educational Foundation. And so when treatment ends and then its time for them to start to try to get a job, try to do what they need to do, we often see sometimes they get in trouble then because they just they dont know anything else. I understood right after the situation happened. ERROLL BRANTLEY: I didnt know it was that serious. JESSICA PROCTOR: I did 10 years. But "the case of great consequence" Biden stuck around to prosecute involved Earl Bradley a pediatrician who perpetrated what some called " one of the worst cases of child . The latter had been charged with the molestation of 103 children. Just as she started looking for them, she saw Bradley leading her daughter back down the hall. So today, youre going to a halfway house. LISA BRAYFIELD: Because I just wrote you a misconduct. I dont got to deal with all this [expletive].. Bradley trusts her collaborators. NARRATOR: Katherine has just picked up Erroll from the drug treatment center hed checked himself into, and theyre heading to the parole office for the first time in over a month. Police records show that a nurse reported that he videotaped kids playing and other doctors reported complaints about long and unnecessary vaginal exams. Earl Bradley was a pediatrician at BayBee's pediatrics in Milford, Delaware. I didnt think that was going to be a problem. Its a mess. If youd prefer to call, you can reach us at 404-526-5370. an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found. The Delaware Supreme Court unanimously affirmed Bradley's convictions on September 6, 2012. Unbeknownst to us, the day he came in here, he had rendered a urine dirty for cocaine and opiates. This is not our fault. I dont know if its apropos, if its bittersweet, if its going to help to tell the story. He connected only with their children. Web Site Copyright 1995-2023 WGBH Educational Foundation. The Delaware Board of Medical Practice suspended Bradley's license permanently on February 19, 2010. NARRATOR: Rob also needs approval from the halfway house to go anywhere other than his job. ERROL BRANTLEY: [on the phone] So here I am. Hes not taking any of his supervision seriously. ERROLL BRANTLEY: [on the phone] He put me on the bracelet, and hes putting me in a halfway house. [27] The hospital could not verify the claim, and records remain sealed. A lot of people think that being on parole is like youre free. She asked not to be identified to protect the privacy of her daughter, now a teenager. Bradley was born in the Germantown section of Philadelphia to a mother who was a raging alcoholic and a father who stockpiled photographs of naked girls, according to an earlier News Journal interview with a Bradley relative. So he left part of the story out. Bradley accused the mom of "extortion" and soon setup shop in Milford and Lewes. Many doctors, we found, continue to be shielded. These included felony warrants for several counts of child exploitation and first-degree rape. VAUGHN GRESHAM: Im 25. RAEANN: So it still it makes Daddy Daddy. NARRATOR: Today, Erroll has been called to an unscheduled meeting with Officer Pawlich. Shell do good. NARRATOR: Officer Brayfield has to approve his request. What is happening with her is pretty common of women that come out. But he found himself up against a system meant not to harm a doctor.. They could not bear the thought they had put their children in the hands of a rapist., One father told her: I was sitting there reading People magazine while he was raping my daughter. Ten days, Im going to be walking out the door and starting my life over. ERROLL BRANTLEY: I feel ashamed for you to have to come and see me here because, you know, I was doing so well. E. B. Lewis (illustrator) Earl Bradley Lewis (born December 16, 1956) is an American artist and illustrator. Ive been here before, so its easier said than done. Dont tell me how I think or how I feel. Some mutilate their wrists to feel pain. Do you have any other passwords on here? And I have to believe in her. ROB SULLIVAN: Hi, peanut. Like, I dont think that I need to be on nobodys parole. VAUGHN GRESHAM: All right, have a good one. Trailing her to the parking lot, Bradley was insisting she hadnt seen what she thought she saw. [42], Bradley appealed to the Delaware Supreme Court, claiming that the original search warrant was not specific enough about where the evidence would be located, and that the police exceeded the limits of the warrant without probable cause. NARRATOR: Since being put on parole a year ago, hes been sent back to prison three times. ROB SULLIVAN: Its hard, especially on a young kid, a young girl thats you know, going into her teenage life, you know? MARK PAWLICH: And is long-term planning being with your mom at that address? MARK PAWLICH: Released from Carl Robinson, correct? Bradley wasn't the only one sentenced to life. [16] In the wake of his arrest, it emerged that he had faced accusations of child abuse as early as 1995 in both Delaware and Pennsylvania. NARRATOR: Jessica Proctor went to prison for slashing another girls face with a razor blade. So $53,277, $25,156 and $25,935 for a total of over $100,000. No, I dont make documentaries. Nor does she go out of her way to treat this funding like an artistic imperative. "It did take an immense emotional toll …," he said. Nothing., Patricia Dailey Lewis, Former Delaware assistant attorney general. If the atmosphere in those rooms is reflective of the reform vision of the top, then change in Connecticut will happen. Here we go. Whats your name, just so I. Ive been waiting for this for too long. So Brantley, why are we seeing each other today? Im sorry. And I got 100 percent. A preliminary hearing on the Bradley case is scheduled for 8:30 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Court of Common Pleas in Georgetown. There, Bradleycontinues to fire off handwritten, well-crafted court appeals. But in October, Bradley responded to an interview request from the AJC with a two-page handwritten letter. The rules and regulations that are given to parolees are straightforward and theyre all spelled out even before an offender is released from prison. NARRATOR: Erroll Brantley is being released from prison early after serving 20 months for drug possession and burglary. Im not about to stay in this [expletive] every [expletive] day all day, what? Its hard for them. You'll receive access to exclusive information and early alerts about our documentaries and investigations. Vaughn Gresham was again incarcerated for a parole violation. And Im only getting a coffee. She was not his daughter. The medical society gave the letter to its president: Dr. James Marvel, who had helped bring Bradley to Delaware a decade earlier. The question is, should the person whos the parole officer be focused on helping somebody, or should they be focused on catching them for any rule violation? Concentrate on the now. Detectives with Delaware State Police escort Dr. Earl B. Bradley after his arrest in December 2009. I am headed to my first day of work at Ruby Tuesdays as a manager-slash-kitchen- Im not even sure. MARK PAWLICH: Its extremely serious. Ive got to go back and fill out a budget sheet and show them my check. This is one of many heroin locations in this end of town. Bradley would say the mother poor, young, unwed must have been trying to extort money from him. ROB SULLIVAN: Well, Ill call you at 8:00 and say good night. [1], "Revealed: Earl Bradley now incarcerated in Cheshire Connecticut", "Delaware pediatrician faces more sex charges", "Grand jury indicts Dr. Earl Bradley in sexual abuse of 103 child patients", "Dr. Earl Bradley sex case ignites outrage", "Details Emerge of Pediatrician Accused of Abusing Patients (Transcript)", "Pedophile pediatricians follow patterns", "Dr. Earl Bradley, Pediatrician - Doctor in Lewes, DE - Pediatrics", "Dr. Earl Bradley, Charged With Raping, Sexually Abusing Young Patients Has Ties To Philadelphia", "Warnings About Accused Del. VAUGHN GRESHAM: When I get out, you know, hopefully, I get out of here and stay out of here. Speaking by Zoom from the sunny Los Angeles apartment thats become her home away from home for much of the pandemic, Bradley explains just how she got Fox and Robert to allow her so far into the tragedy, to say nothing of the intimacy, of their lives. 4.31K subscribers November 18 1958: The aging limestone carrier SS Carl D. Bradley makes her way across Lake Michigan en-route to the Port of Calcite in Rogers City Michigan to pick up one final. ROB SULLIVAN: Come on, baby. Them [expletive] been deleted. RAEANN: It means Daddys going to be home sooner than we expected. And then he also drew me this one. MIKE LAWLOR, Undersecretary for Criminal Justice: Theres going to be failures because people are going to make mistakes. Pedophilia, a sexual attraction to prepubescents, is defined as a mental illness but only when acted on, according to the American Psychiatric Association. NARRATOR: Hes being released to a halfway house, where he must complete a 90-day program. And I understand that parole, they have to do what they have to do, you know? He cradled the girl in his arms and kissed her cheeks. Thats all I have up here. They copy it. Directors Christopher Frierson Clark Slater (co-director) Stars Joseph Cassiere DMX Paige Hurd See production, box office & company info Add to Watchlist 6 User reviews 2 Critic reviews Videos 1 Trailer 1:55 Marriages have dissolved, as one guilt-ridden parent turned against the other. Spillan eventually catalogued 13 hours, 35 minutes and six seconds of video in which Bradley documented his abuse. A state-commissioned report found that Marvel, two-time president of the state Medical Society and the grandson of Beebe's co-founder, defended Bradley's record to police detectives and failed to investigate multiple allegations of the pediatrician's inappropriate behavior with young girls while he led the medical trade association. You have them. Allstill holdactive medical licenses with no disciplinary actions, according to state records. Why Don't Jails Treat Them? Five years parole? In 2017, to see if the system had changed, we again reviewed public disciplinary actions by medical regulators in all 50 states. I got a job. The toll is a quarter-billion dollars and climbing. Nobody ever really got hurt. What Im doing right now is managing somebody with about four or five misconducts right now that would land them in jail, and then to put the icing on the cake, walk their victim into my office lobby, all right, ERROLL BRANTLEY: I really didnt know it was. RAEANN: I love you and I missed you, too. Earl Bradley CBS/KYW (AP) GEORGETOWN, Del. I got to please the halfway house so I can [expletive] go home. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Citing Bradley's "overall impact" on inmates and correctional officers, the state moved the 63-year-old from James T. Vaughn Correctional Center near Smyrna to a state prison in southern Connecticut last year. Ashen-facedchildren nearly suffocated from being forced to perform oral sex on him. When Im telling you something and you you know what? They don't trustauthority. You'll receive access to exclusive information and early alerts about our documentaries and investigations. By the end of the documentary, Jessica had graduated from a nursing assistant program and was spending more time with her son. He recorded 13 hours of the assaults on video, some so violent he had to resuscitate the victims. Its not like she had people giving her rides, or you know, backing for everything. 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