TERRIBLE SHAME THAT IT SHOULD HAVE EVER HAPPENED AT ALL.
>> Reporter: I HEAR YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> Reporter: WE HAVE GLORIA
ALRED WITH US ALSO.
YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF YOUR
CLIENTS AS WELL.
>> YES.
>> YES. YES.
YES. I’M HERE WITH MY CLIENTS, TWO
VERY, VERY BRAVE WOMEN WHO ALSO
WERE PRIOR BAD ACT WITNESSES WHO
HAD THE COURAGE TO TESTIFY IN
THE SECOND CRIMINAL CASE AS
PRIOR BAD ACT WITNESSES.
THEY ARE HERE TODAY TO SEE MR.
COSBY RECEIVE THE CONSEQUENCES
THAT HE SHOULD HAVE.
>> Reporter: WHAT WAS IT LIKE
WHEN YOU SAW HIM FINALLY BE SENT
TO JAIL?
TO JAIL? >> HAPPY.
>> HAPPY. I WAS VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH THE
RESULTS.
RESULTS. YEAH.
YEAH. VERY.
VERY. >> Reporter: YOU THINK THREE TO
TEN YEARS IS ENOUGH?
>> IT’S BETTER THAN NOTHING.
HE’S GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE TIME
TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HE DID TO
ANDREA AND THE REST OF US WOMEN.
>> Reporter: WHAT ABOUT YOU?
DID YOU THINK THIS DAY WOULD
EVER COME?
EVER COME? >> NOT AT THE BEGINNING, I
DIDN’T.
DIDN’T. WHEN EVERYONE TOLD ME THAT THE
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS STOPPED
YOU FROM DOING ANYTHING, SO I
DIDN’T.
DIDN’T. THIS IS A REAL SURPRISE AND A
WELCOME SURPRISE, AND I CAN’T --
>> YOU’RE SURPRISED?
>> I’M SURPRISED THAT IT
FOLLOWED THROUGH.
FOLLOWED THROUGH. THAT IT GOT TO FOLLOW THROUGH.
>> Reporter: ARE YOU SURPRISED
HE WAS CONVICTED OR GOING TO
PRISON?
PRISON? >> I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED
ABOUT BOTH INITIALLY, BUT I DID
EVERYTHING I COULD TO FIGHT FOR
THIS AND SUPPORT ANDREA’S CASE
AND SUPPORT EVERY WOMAN AND
EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD TO DEAL
WITH THESE SITUATIONS.
>> AND SHE’S TOLD HER TRUTH IN A
COURT OF LAW.
SHE WAS UNDER OATH.
SHE WAS CROSS EXAMINED.
IT WAS VIGOROUS.
IT WAS BRUTAL, AND SHE NOT ONLY
SURVIVED IT BUT SHE CAME BACK.
AND SHE CAME BACK WITH HER
TRUTH, AND SO THE COURT HAS
SENTENCED HIM.
SENTENCED HIM. MR. COSBY.
MR. COSBY. WELL, CLASSIFIED HIM AS A
SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR.
IN ADDITION TO THAT HE’S
SENTENCED HIM TO A MINIMUM OF
THREE YEARS BEFORE HE CAN GET
EVEN BEFORE THE PAROL BOARD.
THAT’S IMPORTANT.
THAT’S IMPORTANT. THE COURT SAID HE HAS TO
CONSIDER THE PROTECTION OF THE
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC. HE THINKS IT WOULD BE AN UNDUE
RISK TO RELEASE MR. COSBY ON
PROBATION.
PROBATION. AND CONSIDERING THE GRAVITY OF
THE OFFENSE AND THE IMPACT ON
ANDREA AND HER FAMILY, THIS WAS
THE APPROPRIATE SENTENCE.
>> Reporter: HOW BIG -- THIS HAS
BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE FIRST
SIGNIFICANT CONVICTION OF THE ME
TOO ERA.
TOO ERA. >> IT IS.
>> IT IS. >> Reporter: HOW BIG A TURNING
POINT OR MILESTONE OR PLATEAU OR
MOMENT DO YOU THINK IT IS IN
THAT CONTEXT?
THAT CONTEXT? >> I THINK IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WOMEN, MANY WOMEN WHO HAVE
BROKEN THEIR SILENCE AND SPOKEN
OUT ON MOIT#METOO, BUT ALSO
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT SEXUAL
ASSAULTS ARE REPORTED TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT TAKE THOSE REPORTED
DRUGGING AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS
SERIOUSLY, AND HAVE THE
CONFIDENCE IN FACT VICTIM IF
IT’S APPROPRIATE AND THERE’S
EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE
ALLEGATIONS TO PROCEED TO
PROSECUTE.
PROSECUTE. THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
IT WAS WITHIN THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS.
LIMITATIONS. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY TO
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE. AND FINALLY, JUDGMENT DAY IS
HERE FOR MR. COSBY.
>> YOU HAVE A BIG SMILE ON YOUR
FACE.
FACE. >> IT’S BEEN A LONG DAY.
>> Reporter: HOW BIG A DAY DO
YOU THINK THIS IS IN THE GRAND
SCHEME OF THINGS WHERE WOMEN ARE
IN TRYING TO FIND JUSTICE IN
THESE SORT OF SITUATIONS?
>> I THINK IT’S BEAUTIFUL,
BECAUSE SO MANY WOMEN ARE
STARTING TO STAND UP.
I LIKE TO THINK IT’S BECAUSE OF
US STANDING UP AND HELPING BRING
A BROADER EYE TO WHAT’S GOING ON
AND SAY HEY, DON’T BE QUIET.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WILL HELP
YOU LIKE MISS ALRED.
>> AND I MIGHTED A THEY DID THIS
BEFORE #METOO.
BEFORE #METOO. THIS IS FOR YEARS THEY BEGAN
SPEAKING UP LONG BEFORE THAT.
AND THIS IS THE RESULT.
AND SO I’M VERY PROUD OF THEM
AND ALSO MY OTHER CLIENT, STACEY
FOR EXAMPLE.
FOR EXAMPLE. SHE’S NEVER TOLD WHAT SHE
ALLEGES HAPPENED.
ALLEGES HAPPENED. HER TRUTH.
HER TRUTH. TO ANYONE BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND ME.
AND ME. SO -- BUT TODAY, LATER ON TODAY
SHE’S GOING TO EXPLAIN WHAT SHE
SAYS --
SAYS -- >> Reporter: HOW ARE YOU FEELING
TODAY ABOUT THIS DAY?
>> LIBERATED.
>> LIBERATED. >> Reporter: LIBERATED?
>> YES.
>> YES. LIBERATED.
LIBERATED. THERE IS JUSTICE.
>> Reporter: AND YOU MUST BE
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT YOUR OWN CASE
GOING FORWARD?
GOING FORWARD? YOU THINK THIS CHANGES A LOT?
>> FOR MY FACE THERE’S A STATUTE
OF LIMITATIONS.
OF LIMITATIONS. >> SHE DOESN’T HAVE A CASE THAT
CAN BE PROSECUTED.
I DO HAVE A CIVIL CASE.
>> Reporter: BUT I UNDERSTAND
THERE ARE EFFORTS TO CHANGE THE
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
>> THERE ARE, AND WE DID IT IN
NEVADA, COLORADO AND WE
COMPLETELY ELIMINATED IT FOR
RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN
CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. THERE’S EFFORTS TO DO THIS IN
OTHER STATES LIKE PENNSYLVANIA.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THIS
IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
IT’S IMPORTANT THAT THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS FINALLY
WORKED ON BEHALF OF A VICTIM,
AND THAT WOMEN’S WORDS MATTERED
AND WERE VALUED.
>> Reporter: LET ME ASK ONE LAST
QUESTION.
QUESTION. BECAUSE YOUR CASE CAN’T BE
PROSECUTED, DOES THIS GIVE YOU
SOME SENSE OF CLOSURE?
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT
HAVING WATCH THIRD DOWN CASE
COME TO A CONCLUSION KNOWING YOU
CAN’T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OR
TYPE OF JUSTICE?
>> I STILL FEEL GREAT.
COMING HERE, TRAVELING ALL THE
WAY FROM EUROPE FOR THIS
SENTENCING GIVES ME CLOSURE.
WITH THE HELP OF THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY, ALL OF THE PRIOR BAD
ACT WITNESSES, OUR ATTORNEY,
IT’S BEEN -- IT GIVES YOU
CLOSURE.
CLOSURE. IT IS WHAT YOU NEED.
AND EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD
SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN TO
THEM NEED TO GO FORWARD.
>> AND STACEY WAS ON THE LIST OF
PRIOR BAD ACT WITNESSES.
SHE WAS WILLING TO TESTIFY BUT
THE COURT LIMITED HOW MANY COULD
BE CALLED, BUT THE PROSECUTION
WANTED HER TO BE ABLE TO TESTIFY
BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO CALL HER.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU ALL VERY
MUCH.
MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.
>> BILL COSBY IS NOT A CELEBRITY
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. HE IS A SEXUALLY VIOLENT