Never Let Him Go | show | 2023 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

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In December 1988, Scott Johnson, a gay American mathematician, was found dead beneath a cliff in Sydney, Australia. His  | dHNfWHNiamZITENQblk

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00:00 For 30 years, my brother's death was his mystery.

00:04 Did he trip? Was he pushed?

00:06 Did he kill himself?

00:08 There's no way to undo it, man.

00:10 Try it.

00:12 Scott was shy, gentle, and ridiculously smart.

00:17 He was quite brilliant. Everyone idolized him.

00:19 Scott was fearless all of his life.

00:22 But this person that I knew better than anybody else,

00:24 I didn't know as well as I thought I did.

00:26 He came out to both of us, and I was scared.

00:29 I knew people who were gay. I knew people who had been beaten.

00:32 I thought he would be an easy target.

00:34 Scott decided he'd move to Australia.

00:37 He went that far away. That was hard.

00:40 It didn't really cross my mind that he'd get into trouble.

00:43 There's been some human remains found at the bottom of North Head,

00:47 and the body was naked.

00:49 I get a phone call telling me that Scott has died.

00:53 He fell from a cliff. I have to take a break.

00:56 That night, everything changed.

00:59 The coroner said, "Your brother committed suicide."

01:02 It was clear from the very outset that there were tensions

01:05 between the police force and the Johnsons.

01:08 Committing suicide naked is almost unheard of.

01:12 What's going on here?

01:15 We were learning about a pattern of violence against gay men.

01:20 They were really violent, violent attacks.

01:23 It's terrifying that the world can be so poisoned.

01:27 We've had some chilling evidence.

01:29 We've got 97 persons of interest.

01:32 What are the police waiting for?

01:34 All of these things just keep snowballing.

01:37 It was an absolute hornet's nest.

01:39 Oh, my goodness. No one knew it was coming.

01:41 The walls are closing in.

01:43 It's really challenging to watch someone in your family

01:46 be consumed by unanswered questions for so many years.

01:49 I started to realize that I was going to have to go alone.

01:53 It's about finding justice for my brother.

01:56 Sometimes you just have to stir the pot.

01:59 [♪♪]

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Never Let Him Go | show | 2023 | Official Trailer

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