Seeing Allred Page #3

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At least I was.

[indistinct chatter]

You see, if Cosby had harmed a dog

and not a woman,

PETA would be sitting in front

of that man's house.

They'd be crucifying him right now.

[man] Some of the ladies would lean in

-to listen to the other lady.

-One dog.

And here we have 35 women.

Oh. You got it. Right.

And people are still, like, wondering?

Okay.

[camera shutters clicking]

[Allred] I'm here today

with two more women

who will allege that they were victims

of Bill Cosby.

Tonight Bill Cosby was scheduled

to perform in Bakersfield, California.

But that appearance

was quote, "postponed."

Mr. Cosby thinks

that this will soon be over

and that no more women will come forward.

He is very wrong.

[camera shutters clicking]

Linda and I had sat and talked about

how we were gonna present ourselves.

And that we would be strong women

who won't cry.

Every victim that Bill Cosby assaulted

who has been called a whore and a liar

has helped me to become a survivor.

Bill Cosby appears to think

that rape is a joke.

Well, let me tell you something, Bill.

I'm not laughing.

[camera shutters clicking]

[Maher] These are women who don't seem

to have a reason to lie about it.

-There's no money...

-Well, that's not necessarily true

because a lot of them seem to be

being represented by Gloria Allred,

-who you know is in league with the devil.

-Now.

-Yeah.

-[laughter]

No one has convicted him.

He has not been arrested.

And the bottom line is that's the law.

Innocent until proven guilty.

I'd like to know who Ms. Allred's clients

were 40 years ago.

What were their morals?

What was their behavior like?

Why did they approach Mr. Cosby?

What do they want to get

out of the relationship?

This is 40 years later,

and suddenly they're all coming out,

making these accusations.

Something seems wrong to me.

Thirty or 40 years ago when this happened,

you went home and you cried,

maybe you talked to your best friend,

or your mother, or your sister.

And then, generally, people told you,

"Don't don't say anything more about it."

[Wang] Here for the first time

and through these press conferences,

the woman owns the narrative

and is able to speak the truth

as she experienced it.

He had assured me that it was okay

to take the pills,

but obviously, it was not.

[Wang] Although critics might say,

"Oh, it's tawdry,

it's rude, it's embarrassing,"

it allows the public

to see what happens in the dark

and to see the abuse

that often occurs in secret.

-Did you see my little telephone book?

-Yeah.

I think it's a child's booster seat,

but I always use it, it's perfect.

-Yeah, it's great.

-Otherwise, I'm like down here.

[laughter]

And my clients are up there.

Based on all of her history

and what she had experienced herself,

there was no one else to contact.

She understands, she's experienced

something of what we are experiencing,

and she does it every day in her work.

[Allred] I was in my twenties,

I went on vacation in Mexico

with a girlfriend.

I met a doctor.

He invited me out for dinner that night.

So I said, "Yes."

And then, when I met him,

he said, "Well, first,

I have to go to the hospital

and check on my patients."

I said, "Okay." So I went with him.

And then he said, "Well, now

we have to go someplace else.

I have to check

on a few patients who are not

any longer in the hospital."

So I went with him,

and we open the door

and there's nobody in there.

And...

he pulled out a gun

and he raped me.

I was completely in shock.

I just can't even to this day

think about it.

It just was absolutely shocking,

completely unexpected.

And I still-- I can't even understand

why he would do that.

I had no thought of going to the police.

I thought, "Who's going to believe me

against the doctor?"

I didn't want to really

talk to anybody about it.

[woman] Wasn't it hard

not to talk about it?

It's not hard for me not to talk

to people about things.

[woman] Then how do you get close

to anybody?

Well, I mean,

there's a lot to discuss.

[chuckles]

[woman] Was that the worst thing

that ever happened to you?

[sighs]

No.

[woman] Then what is the worst thing

that ever happened to you?

After I found out that I was pregnant

as a result of the rape,

then I had to get an abortion.

So this is before Roe v. Wade.

Literally back-alley abortions.

And I almost died.

I had like a 106 fever,

something very high.

And I-- I was hemorrhaging and...

went to the hospital

and they packed me in ice.

That was the worst.

That and a nurse saying,

"This will teach you a lesson."

I've known you over the years.

In spite of our political opposition,

we've had friendly debate.

I didn't know you'd gone through all this.

Why did you talk about all of that,

why did you get so personal?

I take what I believe was

an extremely negative experience

and I try to turn it into a positive.

It helps me to understand others .

And I I have represented many women

who have been survivors

of violence against them, of rape,

of child sexual abuse.

Thank you so much for taking the time!

Yes, and I think it's long overdue

that the law be changed in Nevada

to protect victims.

[laughs]

One of the things I try to do

is help people to understand

how to evolve from being a victim,

to becoming a survivor,

to becoming a fighter for change.

-Hi! Good to see you!

-Good to see you, too!

I tell you, when we talked earlier

and Ben and I just-- our balloon burst.

And we're looking at each other like,

"How are we supposed to do this

if Gloria is not sitting there with us?"

I mean, honestly, we were broken.

-But we decided to make it happen

-I know!

It's so great.

[Levenson]

A lot of Gloria Allred's clients

will never have cases against Bill Cosby.

It's just been too long

in the statute of limitations .

So she went to her people and said,

"Look, this is something we can do."

-Assemblyman Gardner.

-Here.

Assemblyman Jones.

"Even though in the Bill Cosby case

it's too late for you,

we can change the laws so that if women

are victimized in the future,

they won't have that limitation."

Thank you very much for allowing me

to testify today in support of AB212,

which would eliminate

the statute of limitations

for criminal prosecution of rape

in Nevada.

[Rosenbaum] The legal system

has very strong preferences

in favor of statue of limitations. Why?

Because legally, they're great.

They limit the number of cases

that can be brought

into an already clogging system.

They're legal reasons, not moral reasons.

There's no moral reason

why the truth should ever be time-barred.

My story began in 1989,

when I trusted a man

I would never believe would put a drug

in my drink without my knowledge,

so that he could use my body

for his sick, disgusting pleasure.

We're increasingly understanding better

how people process that kind of abuse.

And how it may take years

for people to really understand

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