SEASON ONE: Finding Ruby | TRAILER

"Finding Ruby", the first season of The Fight of My Life premieres on September 5th. Join Ruby on her remarkable true story; a journey from the protection of the mountains to the nightmare of an online sex-trafficking den, from the heat of the courtroom to the cool of the aftercare shelter, from fear to freedom, from captivity to restoration.

From being lost to being truly found

Find out more about this episode: findingruby.com

(NB: Minor in artwork is an actor, not an actual victim or survivor)

Transcript

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- Cadence Productions.- Before we begin, a warning. This podcast contains descriptions of sexual violence. Listener discretion is advised.(haunting music) At just 16 years old, Ruby receives a message that will change her life forever.- Her first message to me was like,"Hi are you looking for a job?" Yeah, it was really like an answer to my prayers.- The woman on the other end of the screen offers Ruby a job in a computer shop. She offers her a room to stay. She even offers to pay Ruby's passage to get there. And the best bit of all, it's on the other side of the Philippines, far from her isolated rural village, from the pain of the last two years. Alone, Ruby packs her bags to go. Alone, Ruby finds her way to the bus station, and to the boat. Alone, she begins her new journey, not yet realizing that it is actually the beginning of the biggest battle she's yet faced, nothing less than the fight of her life.- You have millions of men in our world who want to see children being sexually abused. They want to direct it in real time using technology. On the other side in places like the Philippines, you have individuals who are willing to exploit children to make money. You know that's why you have online sexual exploitation of children.- When she arrives at the location given to her, the woman is nowhere to be seen. Instead, a man picks Ruby up and drives her through a maze of streets to a house.(footsteps walking)(door creaking) A heavy padlock clicks into place behind her. Ruby is confused. And then she sees them.- There were girls who came out from one of the rooms and they were half naked. So, oh my goodness, for me, it was like, what?- And bit by bit, the pieces start to fall into place.- You know, it was like a bomb exploding in my head. I was tricked.- Ruby is hidden from the world, from everyone except her abusers.(dramatic music) But she isn't alone. There is a team of people looking for her, coming for her, and they will stop at nothing to find her. This isn't just the fight of her life, it's their fight, too.♪ Far in the distance ♪- From Cadence Productions, this is "Finding Ruby," a true story of loss and trauma at the hands of one of the world's fastest growing crimes, but also a story of triumph, of rescue and resilience.- She was shaking, but there's so much conviction, there's so much strength and courage.- I was thinking that their lives were ruined, that they were destroyed. But I now I know I was wrong, because (laughing) they've been redeemed.- Join me, Rich Thompson, as we travel with Ruby on her remarkable journey from the protection of the mountains, to the nightmare of an online sex trafficking den. From the heat of a courtroom, to the cool of an aftercare shelter. From fear to freedom. From being lost to being truly found.(inspirational music) And make no mistake,"Finding Ruby" is your journey, too, because today Ruby is the one sending a message to us all, and we need to listen.