Overview

• Reporters found no additional students came forward and no legal complaints were filed in Amarillo after the book’s high‑profile release, and a detective said the statute of limitations prevented a criminal case.
• Griffin’s book centers on memories she says surfaced in MDMA‑assisted sessions, as experts cited by the Times caution such recollections can be symbolic rather than literal.
• A former classmate told the Times her abuse was eerily similar but attributed it to a different teacher, and she has retained a lawyer after reading the memoir.
• Descriptions in the memoir reportedly enabled some locals to identify the teacher, while Penguin Random House did not alert him before publication, saying his identity was sufficiently disguised.
• The scrutiny now extends to celebrity promoters including Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Jenna Bush Hager, whose endorsements propelled the memoir to bestseller status.