What Denise Huskins has said about Victim blaming
3 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 16, 2026
Denise Huskins, American physical therapist and survivor of the 2015 Vallejo kidnapping, subject of the Netflix series American Nightmare, has been quoted on Victim blaming 3 times in 1 episode of Call Her Daddy, most recently on October 16, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Huskins argues that military-trained people teach building rapport as a hostage survival strategy, yet investigators faulted her for doing exactly that.
“They teach us, if you are ever kidnapped or taken hostage, that you build a report”
Call Her Daddy: Denise Huskins: My Kidnapping Story (FBF) (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 57:02
Huskins says the public disbelief after the kidnapping has been harder to process than the crime itself.
“what happened after the kidnapping absolutely has been the hardest part to deal with”
Call Her Daddy: Denise Huskins: My Kidnapping Story (FBF) (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:01
Huskins argues people avoid acknowledging how bad the problem is because doing so would make inaction complicity.
“if you know how bad it is and you're not doing anything about it, then you're complicit”
Call Her Daddy: Denise Huskins: My Kidnapping Story (FBF) (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:12:53
Episodes
Denise Huskins: My Kidnapping Story (FBF)Call Her Daddy · Oct 16, 2026 · 1 h 33 min
Alex Cooper interviews Denise Huskins about her 2015 kidnapping and assault, police and media claims that it was a hoax, and her recovery.
Others on Victim blaming
- Alex Cooper · 1 quote
- Georgia Hardstark · 1 quote
- Karen Kilgariff · 1 quote
Denise Huskins on other topics
- Kidnapping of Denise Huskins · 4 quotes
- Gone Girl (film) · 2 quotes
- Vallejo Police Department · 2 quotes
- Police interrogation techniques · 2 quotes
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing · 1 quote
- Federal Bureau of Investigation · 1 quote
- Fight-or-flight response · 1 quote
- Home invasion · 1 quote