Meet Jeni and her 2681 alter personalities: together they made legal history
6/8/202619 min
The conversation you’re about to listen to is almost certainly unlike any interview you’ve heard before. It’s unlike any 7am has ever done.
Dr Jeni Haynes has dissociative identity disorder, otherwise known as multiple personality disorder. In 2019 she set a world first legal precedent when her alters were allowed to testify in court against her abusive father, who was later sentenced to 45 years jail.
Now, she and her two thousand plus alters are speaking out in a new SBS documentary We Are Jeni.
Today you’ll hear from Dr Jeni Haynes, as well as from some of her alters in a rare glimpse into multiple personality disorder, and how it saved Jeni from her abusive father, who triggered the disorder in the first place.
And a warning, while this story doesn’t go into graphic detail - it does reference child abuse.
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Guest: Dr Jeni Haynes
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First 90 secondsJeni Haynes· Guest0:00
[gentle music] I'm Dr. Jenny Haines. I have multiple personalities, so you're gonna meet Jenny Haines plus today.
Ruby Jones· Host0:11
[laughs] The conversation you're about to listen to is almost certainly unlike any interview you've heard before. It's unlike any I've ever done.
Jeni Haynes· Guest0:20
I never knew that MPD/DID was going to be the story. I never knew I was going to be the story. We won. We testified in our own alter voices. It was the first time ever, and we won.
Ruby Jones· Host0:38
Dr. Jenny Haines set a world-first legal precedent when her alters were allowed to testify in court against her abusive father, who was later sentenced to 45 years jail.
Speaker 3· Soundbite0:49
From a very young age, Jennifer was subjected to depraved and abhorrent abuse by her father that did cause her significant harm.
Speaker 4· Soundbite0:57
Her father, Richard Haines, told he would serve out the remainder of his life behind bars, 104 before he's even eligible for parole.
Ruby Jones· Host1:06
Now her and her 2,000-plus alters are speaking out in a new documentary, We Are Jenny. I'm Ruby Jones, and you're listening to 7:00 AM. Today you'll hear from Dr. Jenny Haines, as well as from some of her alters, in a rare glimpse into multiple personality disorder