Concetta Caristo Changed Her Name to Escape a Violent Home
3/15/20261 hr 19 min
After being crowned Jungle Queen and winning $100,000 for charity, Concetta chose to donate the prize to Full Stop Australia, the organisation that helped her family escape domestic violence when she was growing up.
As a child, Concetta lived in a home where violence and fear were constant. Eventually, her mother made a secret call to a domestic violence hotline and began planning what the family would later describe as their escape.
Concetta, her mother and her sister left their home, fled across the country and started again under new names.
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First 90 secondsGemma Bath0:00
For too long, Australian law didn't just fail survivors, it forced them into silence. Nina Funnell is a Walkley Award-winning journalist and a survivor who helped overturn damaging gag laws in the Australian justice system. She was the driving force behind the campaign that allowed women to finally speak their own names. Her work doesn't just tell stories, it drives change. Hi, I'm Gemma Bath, host of True Crime Conversations, and this very special two-part episode isn't just about the justice system, it's about what happens when women are finally heard. A raw, honest look at the power of a single voice, how silence is shaped, and how women push through it. Hear my conversation with Nina Funnell on True Crime Conversations. Search True Crime Conversations wherever you get your podcasts, or click the link in the show notes to hear Nina's story now.
Holly Wainwright0:55
There's just so much- You're listening to a Mamamia podcast.
Concetta Caristo· Guest0:59
One time I was, like, copping a beating, and I remember laughing. I don't think this was common, but I remember laughing, like zoning out, being like, "Oh, this is pathetic." Like, I am so vulnerable. I'm just a girl [laughs] and you're a grown man, kicking me, punching me, and I'm making it worse.
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