>>> WERE BACK, NOW, TO EMBATTLED SENATE CANDIDATE, ROY
MOORE, AND THE ALLEGATIONS THAT
NINE WOMEN HAVE MADE AGAINST
HIM.
HIM.
LEIGH CORFMAN WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO COME FORWARD, ALLEGING
THAT SHE WAS 14 YEARS OLD, WHEN
A 32-YEAR-OLD MOORE, A DISTRICT
ATTORNEY AT THE TIME, SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED HER. AND LEIGH IS HERE FOR HER FIRST
TELEVISION INTERVIEW.
TELEVISION INTERVIEW.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BEEN LIKE,
WHEN AFTER 40 YEARS YOU CAME
FORWARD AND TOLD A STORY
PUBLICLY THAT YOU HAD NEVER TOLD
BEFORE PUBLICLY.
BEFORE PUBLICLY.
HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> IM DOING REALLY WELL.
I FEEL LIKE A WEIGHT HAS BEEN
LIFTED.
IVE HAD HUGE SUPPORT, WHICH I CANT SAY HOW IMPORTANT THATSI
CANT SAY HOW IMPORTANT THATS BEEN.
BEEN.
AND I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
CAME OUT AND SAID THAT BECAUSE OF MY CARRIAGEOURAGE, THEY WERE
DO THE SAME.
>> I KNOW DETAILS ARE DIFFICULT.
BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARENT
FAMILIAR, WITH YOU TELL US YOUR
INTERACTIONS WITH ROY MOORE.
YOU WERE 14 YEARS OLD.
YOURE SITTING WITH YOUR MOM.
HE WALKED UP AND INTRODUCED HIMSELF.D UP AND INTRODUCED
HIMSELF.
AND HE CALLED YOU UP HIMSELF. FOR A DATE?ED YOU UP HIMSELF.
FOR A DATE? >> IT WASNT A DATE.
IT WAS A MEET.
AT 14, I WAS NOT DATING.
AT 14, I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE
THOSE KIND OF CHOICES.
I MET HIM AROUND THE CORNER FROM
MY HOUSE.
MY HOUSE.
MY MOTHER DID NOT KNOW. AND HE TOOK ME TO HIS HOME.
AFTER ARRIVEING AT HIS HOME, ON
THE SECOND OCCASION THAT I WENT
WITH HIM, HE BASICALLY LAID OUT
SOME BLANKETS ON THE FLOOR OF
HIS LIVING ROOM AND PROCEEDED TO
TO -- SEDUCE ME, I GUESS YOU
WOULD SAY.
WOULD SAY.
AND DURING THE COURSE OF THAT,
HE REMOVED MY CLOTHING.
HE LEFT THE ROOM AND CAME BACK IN, WEARING HIS WHITE UNDERWEAR.
AND HE TOUCHED ME OVER MY
CLOTHING, WHAT WAS LEFT OF IT.
AND HE TRIED TO GET ME TO TOUCH
HIM, AS WELL.
AND AT THAT POINT, I PULLED BACK
AND SAID THAT I WAS NOT
COMFORTABLE.
COMFORTABLE.
AND I GOT DRESSED.
AND HE TOOK ME HOME. BUT I WAS A 14-YEAR-OLD CHILD,
TRYING TO PLAY IN AN ADULTS
WORLD.
WORLD.
AND HE WAS 32 YEARS OLD. >> WHAT DID YOU THINK IN THAT
MOMENT?
MOMENT?
DID YOU THINK, I WAS JUST MOLESTED OR ASSAULTED?UST
MOLESTED OR ASSAULTED? OR DID YOU NOT REALLY THINK
ABOUT IT IN THOSE TERMS?
>> I DONT KNOW THAT I REALLY
THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN THOSE TERMS
BECAUSE IT WASNT PART OF MY
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY VOCABULARY.
VOCABULARY. I HAD BEEN READING HARLEQUIN
ROMANCES FOR YEARS AT THAT
POINT.
POINT.
AND I WAS EXPECTING CANDLELIGHT
AND ROSES AND WHAT I GOT WAS
VERY DIFFERENT.
>> DID YOU TELL ANYONE AT THE
TIME?
>> RIGHT AFTER IT, I TOLD TWO OF MY GOOD FRIENDS.T, I TOLD TWO OF
MY GOOD FRIENDS. AND THEN, I TOLD ONE OTHER.
AND THEY TOLD ME HOW BAD OF AN
IDEA THIS WAS.
>> TO BE WITH AN OLDER MAN LIKE
THAT?
THAT?
>> RIGHT.
>> AND WE WERENT PREPARED FOR THAT.D WE WERENT PREPARED FOR
THAT. WHEN HE CALLED AGAIN, I DIDNT
GO.
GO.
I MADE AN EXCUSE AND I DIDNT GO.ADE AN EXCUSE AND I DIDNT
GO.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK THAT INTERACTION AFFECTED YOUR LIFE?
>> WELL, IT TOOK AWAY A LOT OF
THE SPECIALNESS OF, YOU KNOW,
INTERACTIONS WITH MEN.
IT TOOK SOME TRUST AWAY.
IT ALLOWED ME TO DELVE INTO SOME
THINGS THAT I WOULDNT HAVE
OTHERWISE.
OTHERWISE.
IT TOOK YEARS FOR ME TO REGAIN A
SENSE OF CONFIDENCE IN MYSELF.
AND I FELT GUILTY. I FELT LIKE I WAS THE ONE TO
BLAME.
BLAME. IT WAS DECADES BEFORE I WAS ABLE
TO LET THAT GO.
>> YOU SPEAK OF DECADES AND IT
HAS BEEN DECADES THAT YOU HELD
THIS SECRET.
THIS SECRET.
THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WATCHING
WHO SAY, WHY NOW? WHY NOT BRING THIS UP OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS?
PARTICULARLY WHEN ROY MOORE, WHO
WAS A RISING STAR IN ALABAMA
POLITICS, RAN FOR ELECTION, WAS
A CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME
COURT.
COURT.
AND THEY SAY, IT DOESNT ADD UP. WHY WAIT?SAY, IT DOESNT ADD UP.
WHY WAIT?
HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT?
>> ITS VERY SIMPLE, REALLY. I DID TELL PEOPLE., REALLY.
I DID TELL PEOPLE. MY FAMILY KNEW.
FAMILY FRIENDS KNEW.
MY FRIENDS KNEW.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME EVERY TIME
HE CAME UP, RAILING AGAINST HIM
AND WHAT HE HAD DONE TO ME WHEN
I WAS 14 YEARS OLD.
MY CHILDREN WERE SMALL.
I WAS A SINGLE PARENT.
AND WHEN YOURE IN THAT
SITUATION, YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU
CAN TO PROTECT YOUR OWN.
AND I SAT IN THE COURTROOM -- IN
THE COURTHOUSE PARKING LOT AND
THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IM GOING IN.
IM GOING TO CONFRONT HIM.
>> YEARS LATER, YOU THOUGHT
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT.
>> THIS WAS 2000.
2001.
AND I WANTED TO WALK INTO HIS
OFFICE AND SAY, HEY, REMEMBER ME?ICE AND SAY, HEY, REMEMBER
ME?
YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO KNOCK THIS
STUFF OFF.
I NEED TO GO PUBLIC. MY CHILDREN WERE SMALL, SO I
DIDNT DO IT.
THE SECOND TIME, I ACTUALLY SAT
DOWN WITH MY CHILDREN, WHO WERE
THEN JUNIOR HIGH AND ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL.
AND I TOLD THEM AN OVERVIEW AND
GAVE THEM THE ABILITY TO MAKE
THE DECISION.
THEY WERE AFRAID THAT, WITH ALL
OF THE SOCIAL CONNECTIONS, THEY
WOULD BE CASTIGATED IN THEIR
GROUPS.
>> YOU HAD TO TELL YOUR KIDS
SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. ABOUT WHAT HAD
HAPPENED.
>> RIGHT. WE DECIDED TOGETHER WE WOULDNT
DO IT AT THAT TIME.
SO, WHEN "THE WASHINGTON POST"
SOUGHT ME OUT, I DIDNT GO
LOOKING FOR THIS.
THIS FELL IN MY LAP.
IT LITERALLY FELL IN MY LAP.
AND I HAD TO MAKE A DECISION.
AND I TOLD THEM THAT, AT THAT
TIME, THE REPORTERS WHO WERE ALL
JUST WONDERFUL TO ME, THAT IF
THEY FOUND ADDITIONAL PEOPLE,
THAT I WOULD TELL MY STORY.
AND THEY FOUND THOSE PEOPLE.
>> A COUPLE THINGS, ROY MOORE
DENIES THE ALLEGATIONS.
AND FURTHER, SAYS HE DOES NOT
EVEN KNOW YOU.
>> I WONDER HOW MANY MES HE
DOESNT KNOW.
DOESNT KNOW.
>> KAYLA MOORE, ROY MOORES WIFE, HAS SUGGESTED SOME OF THE
ACCUSERS, SHE DIDNT NAME YOU
SPECIFICALLY, THAT SOME OF THE
ACCUSERS WERE PAID.
I HAVE TO ASK YOU, WERE YOU PAID
OR COMPENSATED IN ANY WAY, BY
ANY ENTITY FOR YOUR STORY?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
IF ANYTHING, THIS HAS COST ME.
I HAD TO TAKE LEAVE FROM MY JOB.
I HAVE NO TICKETS TO TAHITI.
AND MY BANK ACCOUNT HAS NOT
FLOURISHED.
FLOURISHED.
IF ANYTHING, IT HAS GONE DOWN
BECAUSE CURRENTLY, IM NOT WORKING.CURRENTLY, IM NOT
WORKING.
>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, IN A
SENSE, WHAT YOU STARTED. >> YEAH.HAT YOU STARTED.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU DECIDED TO COME FORWARD.
AND SINCE THEN, EIGHT OTHER WOMEN HAVE COME FORWARD.HER
WOMEN HAVE COME FORWARD. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU
STARTED HEARING OTHER STORIES?
CAN YOU DESCRIBE THAT FEELING?
IS IT RELIEF?
IS IT FURY?
IS IT JOY?
>> I THINK ITS A COMBINATION OF
ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
MY SORROW THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD
TO GO THROUGH THIS.
BUT HERES THE BEAUTY OF WHAT
HAS HAPPENED.
HAS HAPPENED. THE SUPPORT HAS BEEN AMAZING.
WOMEN AND MEN HAVE COME FORWARD
TO TELL THEIR STORIES, THAT HAVE
NEVER HAD THE ABILITY TO DO SO.
BECAUSE OF MY COURAGEOUS
ACTIONS.
ACTIONS.
>> I WANT TO PUT A PICTURE UP OF
YOU AT 14 YEARS OLD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THIS PHOTO NOW.EOPLE HAVE SEEN THIS
PHOTO NOW.
>> RIGHT. >> WHEN YOU SEE THAT YOUNG LADY,
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND? >> SHE SURE DID HAVE A LOT OF
PROMISE AHEAD OF HER.
AND SHE DIDNT DESERVE TO HAVE A
32-YEAR-OLD MAN PREY UPON HER.
>> ONE FINAL QUESTION FOR THOSE
WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING THINKING,
WHAT ARE YOUR POLITICS?
>> MY POLITICS.
WELL, IVE VOTED AS A REPUBLICAN
FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
BUT THIS ISNT POLITICAL FOR ME.
THIS IS PERSONAL.
THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART.
AND IVE LIVED WITH THIS FOR A
LONG TIME.
LONG TIME. >> LEIGH CORFMAN, THANK YOU FOR