PREDATOR ASSESSMENT. HE WILL BE ADDED TO THE SEX
OFFENDER REGISTRY.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
>>> TWO OF BILL COSBYS ACCUSERS
ARE WITH US NOW ALONG WITH GLORIA ALLRED.W ALONG WITH
GLORIA ALLRED. GOOD MORNING, LADIES.
LILY, I KNOW YOU WERE THERE IN
THIS COURTROOM.
THIS COURTROOM.
WHAT DID IT MEAN TO YOU TO HEAR GUILTY THREE TIMES? YOU TO HEAR
GUILTY THREE TIMES? >> I FELT BLESSED AND VINDICATED
AND FULL OF GRATITUDE.
IM HOPING THAT HIS SENTENCING
WILL REFLECT THE MAGNITUDE AND
THE DAMAGE THAT HES WREAKED ON MANY.AMAGE THAT HES WREAKED ON
MANY.
>> WE WERE WATCHING THAT PIECE. AND YOUR EYES ARE WELLING UPCE.
AND YOUR EYES ARE WELLING UP EVEN NOW.
EVEN NOW.
TELL US WHAT THAT IS ABOUT. EXPLAIN THAT.THAT IS ABOUT.
EXPLAIN THAT.
>> DISBELIEF. JOY.ISBELIEF.
JOY. RELIEF.
RELIEF.
GRATITUDE FOR THE JURY, FOR THE
PROSECUTION, FOR THE VICTIMS,
ANDREA CONSTAND, ESPECIALLY.
I DIDNT EXPECT THIS MOMENT TO
HAPPEN.
>> VICTORIA, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
WHAT DOES THIS CONVICTION MEAN
TO YOU?
>> I THINK IT MEANS THAT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS WORKING AND
PEOPLE ARE BELIEVING US FINALLY.
AND IT ENCOURAGES AND INSPIRES
OTHER WOMEN WHO HAVE NOT YET
FOUND THEIR VOICE.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
>> WE WERE READING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE COURTROOM.HAT
HAPPENED IN THE COURTROOM. YOU WERE ACTUALLY THERE SO YOU
CAN TELL US.
THERE WERE MOMENTS THAT WERE
DESCRIBED THAT YOU FIND
OUTRAGEOUS THAT BILL COSBY WAS
LAUGHING.
LAUGHING.
DESCRIBE WHAT THAT WAS LIKE IN
THE COURTROOM?
>> THAT WAS BILL COSBY DEPRAVITY
101.
WHEN THE VICTIMS WERE CRYING AND SOBBING, HE WAS LAUGHING, HE WAS
SCOWLING AND HE WAS MOCKING
THEM.
THEM.
THAT WAS VERY PAINFUL TO ENDURE. >> IN THAT MOMENT YESTERDAY,URE.
>> IN THAT MOMENT YESTERDAY, VICTORIA, WHEN HE HAD THAT
EXPLETIVE AND YELLED AT THE
PROSECUTOR, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF
THAT?
THAT?
THIS IS A SIDE OF BILL COSBY
THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD
DOESNT KNOW.
>> THIS IS A SIDE OF BILL COSBY
THAT WE KNOW THAT NOBODY ELSE BELIEVED BECAUSE I THINK THEE
BELIEVED BECAUSE I THINK THE GENERAL PUBLIC BELIEVES THE
CHARACTER THAT HE PORTRAYS.
THEY DONT SEE THE REAL PERSON
BEHIND THAT CHARACTER.
>> GLORIA, BILL COSBY WAS ON
TRIAL ONCE BEFORE.
TRIAL ONE ENDED IN A MISTRIAL.
NOW, WE HAVE A CONVICTION.
WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE TWO?
THE TWO?
>> ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES, HODA, WAS THE ADMISSION OF
TESTIMONY OF FIVE PRIOR BAD ACT
WITNESSES.
WITNESSES.
I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO 3 OF MY CLIENTS OF THE 33 ACCUSER THAT I
REPRESENT, WHO TESTIFIED AT THAT
TRIAL.
TRIAL. THEY WERE SUBJECTED TO A
VIGOROUS AND A SCORCHING
CROSS-EXAMINATION, WHERE IT WAS
A SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST THEM,
WHERE IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO
DISCREDIT THEM, TO ATTACK THEIR
CHARACTER.
CHARACTER.
AND THEY HELD UP AND THEY CAME
BACK WITH WHAT THEY SAY WAS THE TRUTH ABOUT THEIR LIVES.WAS THE
TRUTH ABOUT THEIR LIVES. I ADMIRE THEM FOR THEIR COURAGE
AND LILY FOR HER COURAGE AND
VICTORIA AND ALL OF THE OTHERS.
THIS IS NOW ABOUT THE
EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN.
THIS IS ABOUT WOMEN BEING
BELIEVED IN A WAY THEY NEVER
WERE BEFORE.
WERE BEFORE. AND ANYONE IN POWER WHO ABUSES
THAT POWER, IN THEIR FAMILY, IN
A COMMUNITY, IN AN EDUCATIONAL
WORLD, POLITICAL WORLD,
ENTERTAINMENT WORLD, SPORTS
WORLD, BEWARE.
WORLD, BEWARE. WOMEN WILL SPEAK OUT AND THEY
WILL NOT BE SILENCED OR
INTIMIDATED ANYMORE.
INTIMIDATED ANYMORE. >> WE HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT.
DO YOU FEEL YOU CAN BE AT PEACE
NOW?
NOW?
>> I FEEL LIKE I CAN MOVE ON
WITH MY LIFE AND GO BACK TO MY
SIX KIDS AND HOME AND GIVE A BIG
VICTORY HUG.
>> I FEEL VERY VALIDATED. AND I FEEL THAT I AM JUST
ENCOURAGED TO KEEP SPEAKING OUT
BECAUSE THERES SO MANY WOMEN.
AND YOUNG MEN, WHO HAVE NOT YET
FOUND THEIR VOICE.
>> THE TRIALS WILL CONTINUE.
WELL BE BACK IN SANTA MONICA ON
BEHALF OF JUDY HUFF.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
HERE.
GLORIA, TO YOU, AS WELL. WELL HAVE MORE ON THIS CASE AND