this time in the town of missoula montana missoula the college town nestled in the rockies known for two towering institutions the university of montana and grizzly football. >> touchdown, montana. >> there was no other option for school for me. it was i was going to be a montana griz. >> reporter: she was proud of the grizzlies a high-octane division one team whose fan gaim base is known as griz nation. >> all the stadium, people cheering i loved it and it is now ruined for me. >> reporter: ruined because her sophomore year she says she was raped in this off campus apartment. >> i remember the crotch being in my face and i said i don't want to and i pushed him away. he grabbed me by my jaw and after that i blacked out. >> reporter: she came forward with her story. >> what do we want -- >> reporter: joining a chorus of alleged victims nationwide sparking fierce debate over america's rape crisis fuelled by binge drinking and sexual aggression, many victims say they feel the justice system instead of helping is failing them which maybe why an 0% of rapes go unreported. >> i think it is

at the university of montana in mis missoula. sex crimes in sports. >> the university of montana in missoula. home to the famous grizzlies. filling the stadium beyond mt. sentinel. >> growing up we came here for griz games. i loved coming here for football games. there was no option for me. i was going to live in missoula, mont. >> for kelsey belmont, that all changed when she said four university of montana students raped her. off campus apartment they played a drinking game. >> the next thing i know i'm in a bedroom. don't know why i'm in a bedroom. and then someone walked into the room. and there was a crotch in my face. and i was like, i don't want to. and i pushed him away. and he grabbed me by my jaw and i blacked out after that. >> reporter: it didn't stop there. before the night was over, kelsey said the four football players took turns raping her. >> after what seemed like hours i ended up getting really sick. called a friend to take me to the hospital. ended up in the hospital and started realizing what had happened. an

i think the missoula community was heartbroken. i think campus community was heartbroken to be called that. >> reporter: since the doj agreement, there have been 22 reports of sexual assault to the university, including one of rape. in fact the doj investigation found problems that went beyond the university of montana. it found the county prosecutor, fred von valkenberg had only reported some of the rape charges, disregarded sexual assault incidents to the point of putting women in missoula at increased risk of harm. in kelsey's case she says she often felt like she was on trial. >> so what are we looking at here? >> we are looking at a police report from the county attorney's office. >> i can't help. i notice a lt of black. what's going on with this? >> these are all the statements made by the other parties that i am not allowed to see. >> so this is all redacted statements. i mean page after page after page. after page. of story-telling. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: you're only able to see your statement. >> uh-huh. >> what was the r

missoula feels-- missoula is a wonderful town. they feel this scandal has been going on since it broke a local reporter gwyn flory broke it in 2011. and they feel like they're under fire. they feel their town has been besmirched, impugned. and so-- . >> rose: do they have a point? >> no, this needed to come out. >> rose: no, i mean that. i mean in terms of are they different than other colleges. >> no no that is true. missoula is actually has a slightly lower rate of rape apparently than other towns its size. that is the disturbing thing. missoula is typical. but i mean miss allians are very up set that the title of my book is missoula. why couldn't you name it something else it didn't occur to me that they would be this up set. i pointed out that the title-- . >> rose: if you had to do it over would you maim it something. >> no, missoula rape and the justice system in college town, it is not sensational. it describes exactly what the book is about. so you know i don't know-- i'm sorry people are up set about it. but you know miss

missoula is typical. they are very upset the title of my book is missoula.hy couldn't you name it something else? i pointed out the title -- charlie: would you change it? jon: no. it describes exactly what it is about. i'm sorry people are upset but missoula, they say we are no worse than anyone else. that is nothing to brag about. missoula had a problem. it has improved. thanks to this learning about this series of rapes, investigated them, and compel the university and prosecutor's office to change their ways improve their ways of handling rate cases. the town is safer for women as a consequence. charlie: the book is called "missoula." back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ charlie: julianna margulies is here. she is an emmy award-winning actress. she was nurse carol hathaway on "er." she now stars on "the good wife." one of the most ambitious morally -- complex dramas. >> how dare you. you have a personal life? do you know what it would be like to have your personal life spilled across the stage like this? broadcasted into the home of your friends? do you know

author jon krakauer, best known for "into thin air," takes on this issue in his newest book "missouland the justice system in a college town." he talked with jeff earlier this week at busboys and poets here in the washington area. >> brown: let me start with the title, was missoula a kind of case study for you standing for a large national problem or a very specific place with its own specific problems? >> well it certainly has its own specific problems but i-- it stands for the larger problem. missoula is in many ways, it's a beautiful place, but in many ways it's a typical town in fact the rate of sexual assault in missoula is slightly less than the national average, is not some outlier, this is an american town that has a problem that i think is fairly universal. it's a college town and it exemplifies something we need to look at. >> brown: you dissected a series of cases in missoula. give me an example that helps us understand the kind of problems that you see that are sort of endemic to this system? >> many people don't realize that 85% of rapes are done by an acquaintance of the

. >> reporter: the university of montana in missoula. home to the beloved grizzlies. in the fall, scores of fans poured into town filling the stadium. growing up we came here for a game. we came here to visit family. i loed coming up here for a -- loved coming up here for a football game. i was going to live here. >> reporter: for this senior, that changed the night she says four university of montana football players raped her. it was december 2010 when kelcey and a friend went to a party at an off-campus apartment where they played a drinking game. >> next thing i know, i'm in a bedroom, don't know why, and then someone walked into the room, and there was a crotch in my face. and i was like "i don't want to", and i pushed him away. and he grabbed me by my jaw and i blacked out after that. >> reporter: it didn't stop there, before the night was over kelcey says the four football players took turns raping her. >> after what seemed like hours, i got really sick, called a friend to take me to the hospital and realised what had happened. and told the nurse that i would o

that tells the story about missoula. also, i should say this. maclean, after the book he was a huge success and publishers were tripping over themselves to print his next book, which was a book about fire. and took him 14 years to finish "young amendment and -- young men and fire." he actually died before he could finish it. but alfred a. knopf said we will do anything, we are at your mercy. and he wrote, he said, you do not know my type. i'm scots irish and we have long memories. he said, if i were the last offer left on earth and you were the last publisher, that, sir, would be the end of books as we know it. which i love as well. [laughter] timothy: he got his kicks in maclean, to montanan. i was drawn to the story about writing about the dustbowl because, as was said in the introduction, i love these clashes between human beings and nature. and, you know, you couldn't have anything really more elemental than human beings against fire. it is as old as humanity itself, as old as anything. and to tell you the truth i was really going to write i

miss missoula is a wonderful place.>> are these problems that were there and nobody was stepping forward and there were extenuate extenuating circumstances that were attached to them? >> that's right. there's no even deck imrape. it's always been there. women are starting to come forward and gain attention. the department of justice investigating missoula, the police department, the prosecutor's office and the university because of courageous reporting by a local missoula reporter in the local paper, glen florio in "the miss seoulian." >> where is miss sue la today? >> because of the doj investigation, their police department is really good. they i've marriaging them. it still uses privacy lawing. the prosecutor's office has a problem. there was a prosecutor in charge of senseual assaults. he left before the doj came in. she successfully kept a quarterback out of jail got him acquitted. then she ran for county prosecutor. this is a woman who's shown a great reluctance to prosecute anything other than a slam dunk. she's

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. >> in the heart of missoula montana surrounded by breathe taking mountains lies warm spring productions sky is the limit. >> meet mark pierce and chris richardson co-founders of warm springs. they sat down with fox news' michael tamara who opened up on their spontaneous start and ongoing success. >> i met mark when i worked for this production company. we used to do outdoor adventure television. mark was one of these hosts. >> you have got an outdoor adventure you think america needs to see. we want you to be a part of the pierce project. >> when is the moment you knew you had to jump into your own business and create warm springs. >> drinking beer in a hot tub after iceland after a day of freezing our tails off hunting european goose. it clicked for both of us. we said this would be perfect. >> from making monsters to mountain men since their start 8 years ago warm springs continues to produce hit after hit. cut throat industry. >> in fact being in montana has turned out to be a great calling card for us. >> part of the brand i would imagine. >> for sure. we continue to outgrow our bui