Stephanie

He broke a major rule of his profession by telling her... We've run through a series of diagnostic tests on your fiancé.

He's not a safe person.

He's officially diagnosed as a sociopath.

And you should get as far away from him as possible.

That was kind of the point where I was like...

I can't marry this man.

This is the moment where, back in episode seven, we pause the story.

But we want to tell you what happened next.

Even after hearing from John's therapist and ending their relationship, Ember didn't seriously consider going to the police.

What mattered to her was ensuring that John didn't hurt other people.

And she felt that that was possible without John serving time.

I said, I'm not going to press charges.

I'm not going to go to the police as long as you continue getting the help you need to heal so you don't do this to other people.

And he said, OK, yeah, of course, obviously, I'm going to do that.

But before long, Ember heard through mutual friends that John stopped going to therapy.

And whatever treatment he had received hadn't worked.

A friend of ours observed him drugging somebody else, called me and was like, things are not better.

This is escalating.

And so that's when I went to the police.

But reporting this crime was far from straightforward.