Trigger Warning: sexual assault
“How can you trust an institution anymore? An institution that is as prestigious as they were. The only reason I went there was because it was Columbia.”

For more than a decade, Belkis Hull had dismissed her own experiences with Hadden, believing them to have been in her head. That was until last winter, when she happened to see Hadden’s mug shot while scrolling Instagram. Learning the truth felt validating, she says. “It’s pathetic and it’s so infuriating,” she says.

Read more from the stories of Hull and several other former patients who were assaulted by Robert Hadden during his time at Columbia University at the link in bio.

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This story is a collaboration between New York Magazine and @propublica