Jake Halpern (Host)

The paperwork which she hands to them looks like an official military document, with Sarah's account of a sexual assault that Sarah claimed happened while she was in the military. According to Sarah, the military had covered up the whole thing and punished Sarah for it. Now she had the paperwork detailing the whole ordeal, and it was clear that Sarah wanted them to read it right then and there.

The paperwork which she hands to them looks like an official military document, with Sarah's account of a sexual assault that Sarah claimed happened while she was in the military. According to Sarah, the military had covered up the whole thing and punished Sarah for it. Now she had the paperwork detailing the whole ordeal, and it was clear that Sarah wanted them to read it right then and there.

Kate didn't know what to say.

Kate didn't know what to say.

Mark and Kate thought it was odd that Sarah was sharing this paperwork with them. They hadn't asked for corroboration. But they felt Sarah's need to have someone be with her in this moment. So Kate sits with Sarah on the couch as Mark reads the report. Here's Mark.

Mark and Kate thought it was odd that Sarah was sharing this paperwork with them. They hadn't asked for corroboration. But they felt Sarah's need to have someone be with her in this moment. So Kate sits with Sarah on the couch as Mark reads the report. Here's Mark.

As the wedding date approached, Sarah pulled Mark and Kate aside and asked them for a favor.

As the wedding date approached, Sarah pulled Mark and Kate aside and asked them for a favor.

Mark and Kate, they understood why Sarah had made this request. They both remembered so vividly that night when Sarah showed up at their door, when she showed them the paperwork with all the details about the sexual assault and how she was sharing it with them because her own family couldn't deal with it.

Mark and Kate, they understood why Sarah had made this request. They both remembered so vividly that night when Sarah showed up at their door, when she showed them the paperwork with all the details about the sexual assault and how she was sharing it with them because her own family couldn't deal with it.

According to Sarah, that whole incident was still extremely traumatic for her parents, so much so that any mention of the military at all would upset them.

According to Sarah, that whole incident was still extremely traumatic for her parents, so much so that any mention of the military at all would upset them.

Sarah quietly made a similar request to others as well. She pulled aside Dave, her buddy from the VFW, the guy with the handlebar mustache. She mentioned that her father was a former general.

Sarah quietly made a similar request to others as well. She pulled aside Dave, her buddy from the VFW, the guy with the handlebar mustache. She mentioned that her father was a former general.

As all of this was unfolding, initially, Dave wasn't too worried because... I have the proof that says she's a service member. And that proof was the DD-214, Sarah's discharge papers from the military. The document that Sarah first presented to Dave at the parade six years earlier, when she first joined his VFW post. And now, after hearing these rumors and this story from Sarah, Dave is like...

As all of this was unfolding, initially, Dave wasn't too worried because... I have the proof that says she's a service member. And that proof was the DD-214, Sarah's discharge papers from the military. The document that Sarah first presented to Dave at the parade six years earlier, when she first joined his VFW post. And now, after hearing these rumors and this story from Sarah, Dave is like...

And Dave's proof had just vanished because apparently Sarah was one step ahead of him. Next time on Deep Cover.

And Dave's proof had just vanished because apparently Sarah was one step ahead of him. Next time on Deep Cover.

Deep Cover, The Truth About Sarah was produced by Amy Gaines McQuaid and Tali Emlin. Additional production support by Sonia Gerwit.

Deep Cover, The Truth About Sarah was produced by Amy Gaines McQuaid and Tali Emlin. Additional production support by Sonia Gerwit.