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>>> UNTIL
>>> UNTIL WE GET -- MEANT TO HOLD THE INSTITUTIONS
ACCOUNTABLE THAT ARE FACILE AT
THIS TIMING THIS ABUSE, THEN
THINGS AREN'T GOING TO CHANGE.
>> FARRELL WAS A NATIONAL
SPEEDSKATING CHAMPION WHO
SHARED HER STORY OF SEXUAL
ABUSE WITH ARIZONANS LAST
SPRING.
SPRING.
SPRING. SHE PROVIDED A CRUCIAL BOOST TO
A BILL AT THE CAPITOL
CHAMPIONED BY SENATOR PAUL
BOYER THAT GIVES PEOPLE WHO ARE
SEXUALLY ABUSED AS CHILDREN
MORE TIME TO FILE A LAWSUIT
WELCOME TO SUNDAY SQUARE-OFF.
NOW, IT IS TIME TO IMPLEMENT
IT.
IT.
IT. THE
IT. THE POINT OF THE LEGISLATION IS
FOR SURVIVORS TO HAVE A VOICE
FOR THE FIRST TIME ANDPY TO
PERPETRATORS.
PERPETRATORS. SO UNLESS PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT,
THEN WHAT IS THE POINT?
>> SO THERE IS SOME URGENCY
RUN-DOWN WHAT THE LAW DOES.
UNDER THE OLD LAW, SURVIVORS OF
CHILDHIGH SCHOOL SEXUAL OF
ABUSE HAD UNTIL THE AGE OF 20.
THAT AGE LIMIT HAS BEEN
EXTENDED TO 30, PLUS THERE IS A
ONE-TIME WINDOW UNTIL DECEMBER
OF 2020 JUST FOUR MONTHS AWAY
FOR ANYONE TO SUE IF THEY WERE
SEXUALLY ABUSED AS A CHILD.
DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT?
>> WELL, THROUGH 2020, NOT
20169.
20169.
20169. >>
20169. >> 2020; RIGHT?
CORRECT.
CORRECT.
CORRECT. SO IT IS MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS.
BUT THAT IS STILL NOT A LOT OF
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. >>
TIME. >> IT'S NOT A LOT OF TIME.
>> WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE FOR FOLK
WHO IS THINK THEY SHOULD TAKE
ACTION BASED ON THAT WINDOW.
>> THERE IS A LOT WRAPPED UP
INTO TAKING ACTION ON THAT
WINDOW.
WINDOW.
WINDOW. FIRST, PEOPLE -- THE SKEPTICISM
ABOUT A LAWSUIT SO ADDRESS IS
THE PURPOSE TO GIVE THE VOICE
BACK TO THE SURVIVOR.
THE CRIMINAL IS ONLY GOING TO
SUCCEED IF THEY FEEL THEY HAVE
THE EVIDENCE GO FORWARD.
CIVIL IS A LOWER EVIDENCE.
THE MORE SURVIVORS COME
FORWARD, THOSE TWO SYSTEMS CAN
WORK IN SINNER JOY.
THAT IS HOW IT WORKS TOGETHER
AND CAN HELP EACH OTHER.
SO ANYONE WHO IS THINKING ABOUT
-- THINKING ABOUT COMING
FORWARD, I ENCOURAGE THEM TO
REALLY THINK ABOUT IT
THEMSELVES, AND IT IS FINALLY A
CHOICE FOR SURVIVORS LIKE
MYSELF IF WE WANT TO COME
FORWARD AND SUE THE INSTITUTION
AND THE ABUSER.
>> COME FORWARD.
YOU ALSO HAVE TO FIND A LAWYER
WHICH CAN BE PRETTY TOUGH;
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
RIGHT? >>
RIGHT? >> WHICH CAN BE TOUGH.
AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT
IS WE ARE REALLY HELPING PEOPLE
TO FIND YES, THEY ARE LAWYERS,
BUT I SAY REPRESENTATION.
PEOPLE THAT ARE SENSITIVE AND
TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE AND CAN
HELP SURVIVORS REALLY NAVIGATE
THIS CHOPPY WATER.
>> NOW, WHAT IS YOUR STORY?
WERE YOU ABLE TO SUE YOUR ABUSE
SENATOR.
SENATOR.
SENATOR. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. SO WHEN I WAS 15, I WAS
TRAINING FOR THE 1998 OLYMPIC
TRIALS IN SPEEDSKATING IN
SARATOGA SPRINGS, MY HOMETOWN.
AND ANDY GABLE, THE NUMBER ONE
SPEEDSKATER AT THE TIME MOVED
TO MY TOWN TO TRAIN.
HE WAS 33.
HE BEGAN MOLESTING ME FOR
MONTHS AND MONTHS.
LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE, WHETHER IT
IS BOY SCOUTS, RELIGION, OR USA
GYMNASTICS, I DIDN'T COME
FORWARD N. NEW YORK THERE, IS
NEW LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS
PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF TO PROCEED,
AND I HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
>> YOU DO.
YOU CAN.
YOU CAN.
YOU CAN. WILL YOU?
WILL YOU?
WILL YOU? >> SIT SOMETHING I AM REALLY
CONSIDERING.
CONSIDERING. I AM ADAMANT TO TELL PEOPLE I
HAVE NOT YET SIGNED WITH A
LAWYER IN PURPOSE OF SAYING TO
SURVIVORS THROUGHOUT YOU HAVE
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. YOU
TIME. YOU HAVE TIME TO DECIDE.
INTERVIEW EVERYONE YOU CAN.
IT IS -- WE ARE FINALLY IN THE
POSITION OF MAKING THAT
DECISION AS WELL AS THIS
LEGISLATION DOESN'T MAKE
SOMEONE LIKE ME HAVE TO DO IT.
BUT IT ALLOWS US TO DO IT.
>> ANDY GABLE DID RESPOND.
HE SAID HE HAD A BRIEF
INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH
A FEMALE TEAMMATE.
MADE NO EXCUSES FOR HIS
BEHAVIOR AND APOLOGIZED TO YOU
FOR IT.
FOR IT.
FOR IT. DID THAT HAPPEN?
>> VIA THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.
>> SO VIA NEWSPAPER STORY?
WAS THAT GOOD ENOUGH?
>> WELL, I APPRECIATED IT.
IT MADE MY LIFE EASIER, BUT IT
WAS A DAY LATE AND DOLLAR SHORT
AS WELL AS THE THEN CEO OF THE
OLYMPIC COMMITTEE SAYS WE DON'T
HAVE JURISDICTION ON USA
SPEEDSKATING.
SPEEDSKATING. GO BACK TO NEW YORK WHERE THE
CRIME HAPPENED.
CRIME HAPPENED. THAT IS WHY THIS LEGISLATION OF
CHANGING THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS IS SO IMPORTANT.
RIGHT, THESE INSTITUTIONS THAT
OUR YOUTH-SERVING INSTITUTIONS
TO FOCUS ON THAT AND DO THAT
WELL RATHER THAN BEING JUDGE
AND JURY.
AND JURY.
AND JURY. LUCKILY IN ARIZONA, YOU HAD
JUST PEOPLE WHO WERE DOING THE
RIGHT THING LIKE SENATOR PAUL
BOYER AND HEATHER CARTER.
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