FOUL PLAY (Part Five): Pedestal Syndrome

Former Wildcats teammates reflect on Pinder’s basketball career and life of crime, which even his family struggle to make sense of.

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Former Wildcats teammates reflect on Pinder’s basketball career and life of crime, which even his family struggle to make sense of.

Pinder’s story is not unique in how it has come to play out in the court of law and the court of public opinion.

It is a familiar story today. But what can be done to make sure it does not happen again?

Australia’s leading sports psychologist Jeff Bond, and Pinder’s team mates explore their theories behind the basketball star turned serial rapist in part five of Foul Play: The Tiny Pinder Story.

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Meanwhile, Pinder’s son and one of his 12 children opens up about what it was like to have him as a father.

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