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Apr 2025
33m 36s

Dude, Where’s my Sperm?

Sony Music, Corinne Vien, Jacob Haendel
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As Jake lay locked-in and unable to move or speak, a sperm sample was taken without his explicit consent, sparking a complex legal and ethical battle that would stretch far beyond his hospital bed, and Jake’s fight to reclaim what was his.   Content warning: Drug use/abuse, addiction, death and dying, medical trauma, discussions of consent, marital rape, sex ... Show More
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