Jorge Barrera

And once again she's on the phone.

And once again she's on the phone.

She keeps asking to speak with Harvey but now Harvey is never around.

She keeps asking to speak with Harvey but now Harvey is never around.

So Sarah tells the receptionist, find me someone else to speak with.

So Sarah tells the receptionist, find me someone else to speak with.

He never calls back. So she does the American thing. She lawyers up. And on the day of her daughter's second birthday, Sarah files a lawsuit against Acumetrix.

He never calls back. So she does the American thing. She lawyers up. And on the day of her daughter's second birthday, Sarah files a lawsuit against Acumetrix.

It's Good Friday, 2017, when Sarah Domenico arrives at a U.S. federal court building for the Northern District of California. It's been 10 months since she filed her lawsuit against Acumetrix. 10 months of paper sparring, the usual in civil litigation. She's seeking damages for the despair, frustration, and humiliation Acumetrix inflicted by its wrong results. It's a big moment.

It's Good Friday, 2017, when Sarah Domenico arrives at a U.S. federal court building for the Northern District of California. It's been 10 months since she filed her lawsuit against Acumetrix. 10 months of paper sparring, the usual in civil litigation. She's seeking damages for the despair, frustration, and humiliation Acumetrix inflicted by its wrong results. It's a big moment.

Sarah's doing what no other victim has done, pursuing a case against Acumetrix. For its part, Acumetrix's filings say Sarah's got no case and it should be tossed.

Sarah's doing what no other victim has done, pursuing a case against Acumetrix. For its part, Acumetrix's filings say Sarah's got no case and it should be tossed.

Accumetrix is here to settle. They've put an offer on the table. Sarah, though, she wants to go to trial. She's determined to put this company out of business. But inside the judges' chambers, she feels like she's the one on trial.

Accumetrix is here to settle. They've put an offer on the table. Sarah, though, she wants to go to trial. She's determined to put this company out of business. But inside the judges' chambers, she feels like she's the one on trial.

Sarah signs on the dotted line, agreeing to Acumetrix's terms, which means she can't disclose the financial details of the settlement. She didn't get the accountability she wanted, but at first Sarah feels that the settlement is kind of a win.

Sarah signs on the dotted line, agreeing to Acumetrix's terms, which means she can't disclose the financial details of the settlement. She didn't get the accountability she wanted, but at first Sarah feels that the settlement is kind of a win.

She marries Micah. They have two children. Life, it flows on. But seven years later, there's still regret. Regret she listened to advice that reduced her to a caricature, the loose woman. It flattened everything she had gone through, turned all her emotions from heartbreak to anger into a single feeling. Shame.

She marries Micah. They have two children. Life, it flows on. But seven years later, there's still regret. Regret she listened to advice that reduced her to a caricature, the loose woman. It flattened everything she had gone through, turned all her emotions from heartbreak to anger into a single feeling. Shame.

And this specific type of shame runs through the stories of almost every woman we interviewed for this podcast. And this shame kept them isolated, sapping the will to fight the company.

And this specific type of shame runs through the stories of almost every woman we interviewed for this podcast. And this shame kept them isolated, sapping the will to fight the company.