S12E03 Dru Hammer: "Armie's failures were moral not criminal..."

Dru Hammer’s life sounds like a fairytale: raised in a humble American Christian home, a chance encounter on an airplane sees her married into the Hammer family dynasty, enjoying the bounty from an oil company, meeting royalty, running businesses and raising actor-son Armie Hammer who would become a Hollywood favourite after starring in 'The Social Network'.

Things turned though, when Dru’s 25-year marriage to Michael Hammer ended after serial infidelity, and more recently, when the ‘House of Hammer’ documentary aired confronting accusations about Armie's alleged mistreatment of women and disturbing private messages they’re said to have exchanged.  

While Armie was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing, Dru witnessed his career plummet, family relationships strain and the Hammer’s having to answer for what the media called years of privilege.

Dru’s memoir 'Hammered', touches on the aftermath of that time, the complications of divorce and where faith fits when life’s giving you a beating.  

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