Believable: The Coco Berthmann Story

By: Dear Media
  • Summary

  • Coco Berthmann became internet-famous by sharing her story of surviving sex trafficking as a young child growing up in Germany. She was sheltered and supported by families in Utah, where her faith and fame intertwined. But in 2022, Coco was arrested for raising money for a fake cancer diagnosis, and people began to doubt everything that she had ever said. Is her life story truly one big elaborate lie? Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sara Ganim and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning showrunner Karen Given investigate in Dear Media’s first true crime podcast.

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  • Introducing Believable: The Coco Berthmann Story
    Jul 6 2023

    Coco Berthmann became internet-famous by sharing her story of surviving sex trafficking as a young child growing up in Germany. She was sheltered and supported by families in Utah, where her faith and fame intertwined. But in 2022, Coco was arrested for raising money for a fake cancer diagnosis, and people began to doubt everything that she had ever said. Is her life story truly one big elaborate lie? Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sara Ganim and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning showrunner Karen Given investigate in Dear Media’s first true crime podcast.


    New episodes drop on Thursdays.


    If you or a loved one is struggling, help is available:

    Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Dial 988

    National Human Trafficking Hotline: 888-373-7888

    RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): 855-897-5910

    National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) Resources

    Mental Health Hotline: 866-903-3787


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    3 mins
  • Something's Not Right
    Jul 13 2023

    Coco Berthmann’s star is rising. She's young and pretty. And her eagerness to talk about the abuse she endured makes her a rarity in the anti-child sex trafficking space. For a while, it seems like Coco is everywhere, sharing her story of survival at international conferences, on podcasts and to her tens of thousands of social media followers. But in January of 2022, Coco shares some distressing news: She’s been diagnosed with a rare cancer. Her odds of survival are not good.


    Just weeks later, Coco is arrested and charged with communications fraud. And people start asking – was anything Coco said actually true?


    If you or a loved one is struggling, help is available:

    Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Dial 988

    National Human Trafficking Hotline: 888-373-7888

    RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): 855-897-5910

    National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) Resources

    Mental Health Hotline: 866-903-3787


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    36 mins
  • Stuck In The Desert With Satan
    Jul 20 2023

    It's February 2017, years before Coco Berthmann goes public with her story. She's a 23-year-old German au pair, living in Las Vegas. And she travels to Utah for college classes that are a requirement of her visa. There, she meets an instructor we’re calling Emily. The two quickly develop a Facebook friendship. Coco opens up about the abuse she endured back home in Germany. And Emily shares her faith, as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


    Coco tells Emily how Celine Dion’s music helped her survive 15 years of unimaginable abuse. And soon, the story takes a surprising turn. Coco is invited to perform with Celine on stage and join her European tour. Only…was she?


    If you or a loved one is struggling, help is available:

    Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Dial 988

    National Human Trafficking Hotline: 888-373-7888

    RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): 855-897-5910

    National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) Resources

    Mental Health Hotline: 866-903-3787


    Produced by Dear Media.

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    48 mins

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Great story, great journalism, but inverse episodes!!

This is a great story! Great production, great narration, but it's such a petty inconvenience that the episodes are uploaded in inverse order, so instead of Audible smoothly playing episode 1-10, it plays 10-1 😭 we love a bingable podcast, but not when it's glitchy

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Terrible episode progress

Don’t waste your time here. You will end up super frustrated. The episodes do not go in chronological order. You skip around so much it’s impossible to follow the story. I tried to get into this podcast but finally accepted defeat.

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