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SafeNest KTNV Response

SafeNest board members respond to requests from 13 Investigates for a response to residents' concerns over their experience at the domestic violence shelter.

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November 5, 2024

CEO
Liz Ortenburger Ms. Spears,
Board of Directors
Since SafeNest first became aware of your report on September 12,
Board President 2024, the agency has been 100% transparent with you providing timely
Leah Brady responses to numerous emails and text messages. Our CEO, Liz
Vice President Ortenburger, gave you an on-camera interview one day before leaving
T. Ryan Sullivan
for a life-saving bone marrow transplant. Emailing each member of the
Secretary
Kathia Quiros
board demanding a response with a two-day deadline is inappropriate
Treasurer and unreasonable.
Dana Powell
As an investigative journalist, our hope would be that you would
Members research all aspects of a story to provide viewers with a fair and
Greg Clemens balanced report. These segments demonstrate a lack of journalistic
Lisa Lopez integrity and credibility and have potentially put current and future
Bob Martin
victims of domestic violence in our community at risk.
Breana Ramirez
Marissa Tolotti
Selena Torres A balanced report, in addition to centering on a handful of individuals,
would have highlighted the 11,150 domestic and sexual abuse victims
Crisis Hotline: that SafeNest supports every year. 750 of those resided in our shelter
702-646-4981
in 2023. In fact, survivors reached out to us after watching your reports
Admin/Counseling: to tell a different story.
702-877-0133
“I have been watching the ongoing story on KTNV and I realize that
Donation Center:
702-257-3800 everyone's experience is different but I feel like you guys create a space
for more good than harm to happen. I would love to share my story to
show the flip side of the KTNV report.”

Crucially, you failed to address the fact that our shelter is a communal
living environment where we support women, men, children, and
members of the LGBTQIA+ community who are escaping lethal
situations and in a high degree of trauma and mental stress.
SafeNest’s clients enter our shelter clean and sober, or with

PREVENT | PROTECT | EMPOWER


3900 Meadows Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada 89107
www.safenest.org
addictions we cannot control. They come and go in and out of our
shelter freely.

Domestic and sexual abuse victims may come to SafeNest with


clothes, food, and possessions that, due to the delicate nature of their
emotional and psychological state, we do not scrutinize or inspect. To
do so would further strip survivors of their dignity.

The SafeNest board of directors has performed our own due diligence
and stands unified in its unwavering support for SafeNest’s mission,
and the impactful work led by our CEO, Liz Ortenburger.

For further questions, you may reach out to our PR representative,


Susan Somers.

Sincerely,

Leah Brady, SafeNest Board President and the SafeNest Board of


Directors

T. Ryan Sullivan Kathia Quiros Dana Powell

Greg Clemmons Lisa Lopez Bob Martin

Breana Ramirez Selena Torres Marissa Tolotti

PREVENT | PROTECT | EMPOWER


3900 Meadows Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada 89107
www.safenest.org

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