WORST KEPT SECRET: FINALE

Five episodes. One case. A question nobody in authority has answered. In the finale of "The Worst Kept Secret in Rocky River," we trace what happened after Michael Bernhardt's indictment — the third victim's attorney who called BCI the day the indictment dropped, the collapse from six warrants alleging rape and kidnapping down to three database misdemeanors, the sentencing where a judge told Bernhardt "you were basically living two lives," and the judicial release granted after less than 30 days served. We go inside the BCI interview room. We lay out the DROP payout timeline. We document who at Rocky River received Special Prosecutor Michael Maloney's written recommendation to charge Bernhardt — and did nothing with it. This is not a political statement. It's a description of what the documents show. Four agencies were given the chance to answer specific questions before this published. One did. Three didn't. If you have information about this case, the tip form is at www.theinfamousxchief.com. Anonymous tips welcome. Be loud. Be heard. Shake the system until the truth falls out. #RockyRiver #PoliceAccountability #TheInfamousExChief #Ohio #publicrecords 0:00 The Call That Started It — O'Donnell/SA Karl Phone Call 0:37 Inside the Call: A Third Victim's Attorney Speaks 2:28 Episode 5: The Reckoning 2:47 The Question I've Been Carrying 3:33 The Indictment Breakdown 4:21 Sentencing Day: "Living Two Lives" 5:43 Who Showed Up to Support Him 7:02 The DROP Payout Allegation 9:32 Karen Raiff: "They're Just Dragging His Feet" 10:13 Inside the BCI Interview Room 11:02 "You Know You're Not Being Truthful" 12:27 The Justification 13:00 The Interview Closes 14:14 Why Six Warrants Became Three Misdemeanors 15:35 The Maloney File 16:51 Who Was Sitting In That Chair: O'Shea's Record 18:52 The Huron Case 20:14 The 2008 Contempt Finding 21:47 The File of the Man Who Had It 22:01 "Everyone Knows He's Guilty" 23:28 Where This Stands Today 24:46 "Two Terrible Mistakes" 26:29 Final Word & Tip Line 27:02 Outro