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>>> HEARD THE FALLS ACCUSATION
THAT A STATE TROO+@PER SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED HER AND A VIDEO THAT
PROVES IT DID N PPN
F+@OR THE FIRST TIME THE VICTIM
BREAKS HER SILENCEAND THE
CLAIM THAT WENT VIRAL.
WE SAT DOWN WITH+@ HER AND SHE
TELLS HIM SH A NOT BEHIND
THE VIDEO ZOOT BODY CAMERA
FOOTAGE IS THE ONLY TIME WE'VE
HEARD FROM SHERITA DIXON +@KOHL
UNTIL NOW.
UNTIL NOW. >> UNTIL IN A BLINK OF AN EYE
MY LIFE CHANGED.
>> LET'S GO BACK TO KOHL'S
ARREST EARLY ON ASUNDAY
MORNING IN MAY
A RUIN TEEN TRAFFIC STOP?
ELLIS COUNTY.
ELLIS COUNTY. SHE TAKES DWI TEST CL SHE
PASSES BUT YET THE 37-YEAR-+@OL
IS +@ARRED WHEN OPEN ALCOHOL
IS FOUND IN THE CAR AND COPS
BELIEVE SHE IS DRUNK OF THE
HOURS LATER ACTIVIST SHAWN KING
POSTED THIS TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND LET'S BE CLEAR NONE OF THAT
CURSE IN THE FOOTAGE.
>> I CAN'T SPEAK FOR WHY ANYONE
WOULD FEEL THAT IT'S OKAY FOR
THEM TO RELE+@ASE A STATEMENT
WITH ANY TYPE OF ACCUSATION OF
ANYTHING, KID NAP, RAPE.
>> Reporter: SHE TELLS US SHE
HAD NO IDEA OF THE RUMORS OR
ALLEGATIONS THAT WERE SPREADING
ONLINE WHILE STILL BEHIND BARS
ON SUNDAY.
ON SUNDAY. SHE NEVER OKAY'D ANY PUBLICITY
OR SPOKE IN ANYONE ASIDE FROM
+@
OR SPOKE IN ANYONE ASIDE FROM HER THEN BOYFRIEND.
>>+@ THE STORY WAS TOLD AS IF I
PROVIDED IT AS IF I APPROVED
IT, AS IF I WROTE IT AND I DID
NOT.
NOT.
NOT. I
NOT. I WAS AN INSTRUMENT THAT I'M
BEING USED FOR ANOTHER PERSON'S
CALLS.
CALLS.
CALLS. >>
CALLS. >> Reporter: SHE WAS ONLY
ALERTED TO THE SITUATION IN THE
FIRST PLACE BY LOCAL CIVIL
RIGHTS ATTORNEY LEE MERRITT, IN
FACT SHE NEVER SPOKE TO MERRITT
UNTIL +@LATER IN THE NIGHT AFTE
THE SOCIAL MEDIA FIRE STORM WAS
LIT.
LIT.
LIT. >>
LIT. >> Reporter: DID YOU OR ANYONE
FROM YOUR FAMILY RETAIN LEE
MERRITT.
MERRITT.
MERRITT. >> I WAS WRONG FOR RUNNING WITH
THE INFORMATION FROM HER
BOYFRIEND.
BOYFRIEND. >> Reporter: HE INSISTS HE WAS
KOHL'S ATTORNEY AND SHOWED US A
TEXT MESSAGE FROM THE BOYFRIEND
AUTHORIZING US TO SPEAK AFTER
HE MET THEM IN PERSON AN
EXTREMELY PLAY BY PLAY OF THIS
ASSAULT THAT MERRITT RELEASED
ON TWITTER COULD ONLY COME FROM
THINGS SHE RECOUNTED.
>> Reporter: THE DALLAS COUNTY
DA IS NOT PURSUING CHARGES
BECAUSE SHE DID NOT FILE A
FO+@RMAL COMPLAINT BUT WHILE IN
CUSTODY SHE MADE DETAILED FALLS
CLAIMS ABOUT THE TROOPER.
>> Reporter: WHO'S FAULT IS
THIS?
THIS?
THIS? THIS?
THIS?
THIS? >>
THIS? >> I DON'T FEEL +@LIKE IT'S
ANYONE'S FAULT.
ANYONE'S FAULT. I FEEL LIKE I DEFINITELY HAVE
TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY ON MY
+@
+@ ACTIONS.
ACTIONS.
ACTIONS. >> Reporter: DURING OUR
INTERVIEW, THE WOMAN STOPPED
SHORT OF DIRECTLY APOLOGIZING
TO THAT TROOPER, A MAN THRUST
INTO THE SPOTLIGHT FOR SIMPLY
DOING HIS JOB.
TODD UNGER XHAN NECESSARILY 8
NEWS -- CHANNEL 8 NEWS.
>> Rep+@orter: SHE WOULD NOT
DISCUSS WHAT SHE TOLD HER
BOYFRIEND INSISTING SHE NEVER