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1 Dec 2021

‘The truth was there to be seen if anyone wanted to look’ – producer on case of man wrongly accused of raping Alice Sebold

Europe Editor and Presenter

She’s the author who turned the story of her brutal rape into a best-selling book.

Alice Sebold described what happened to her when she was 18 in her memoir, Lucky.

Later Anthony Broadwater was convicted of the attack and spent 16 years in jail, but he was innocent and last Monday he was exonerated.

The truth only came out after a film producer making a movie based on the book started to ask questions about the case.

Timothy Mucciante hired a private investigator to get to the real story behind the wrongful conviction.

We spoke to him and began by asking how he felt the moment Mr Broadwater’s conviction was officially overturned.