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When sleepwalking claims shatter a rape case, one woman fights back. Can Jade win justice?

When unexpected sleepwalking claims turn a rape case on its head, Jade fights back. Filmed over three years, the remarkable story of one woman's battle for justice. Will she win?

It’s the night that changed her life, but Jade has no memory because she was asleep. Waking up, half naked, her necklace broken on the floor, she feels she has been violated. On the opposite side of the L-shaped sofa, the man who would later be charged with raping her.
 
As her case heads for court, Jade prepares to face a jury, hopeful of justice - until a surprise phone call days before trial changes everything. Claims she was sleepwalking, due to a rare condition called ‘sexsomnia’, leave Jade reeling.
 
Finding herself suddenly at the heart of an unprecedented legal case, Jade goes on a mission to prove it’s a mistake and overturn the decisions in her case. But can she win?
 
Filmed over three years, this remarkable story follows the twists and turns of one woman’s quest for justice.

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