AS WE MENTIONED, IT IS DAY THREE OF DELIBERATIONS IN BILL COSBY'S
SEXUAL ASSAULT TRIAL AFTER JURORS FAILED TO REACH A VERDICT
ON TUESDAY. >> HE HAS BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY
FELLOW ACTORS, INCLUDING KESHIA KNIGHT PULLIAM.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH BILL COSBY.
WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO BE AT THE TRIAL?
AND DID YOU HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT IT GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE
ACCUSATIONS? >> IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE
THERE BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I BELIEVE YOU'RE INNOCENT
UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. AND THAT'S NOT THE MAN THAT I
EVER EXPERIENCED. AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, HOW
WOULD I WANT TO BE TREATED IF I WAS IN THAT SITUATION?
AND THE TRUE TEST OF FAMILY, OF FRIENDSHIP, OF LOYALTY COMES.
IT'S EASIER TO BE THERE FOR SOMEONE WHEN BUSINESS IS GOOD,
WHEN MONEY IS GOOD, ALL THESE THINGS.
I JUST FELT LIKE I WANTED TO DO WHAT I WOULD HAVE WANTED TO
RECEIVE. >> YOU HAVE A SPECIAL INSIGHT
INTO BILL COSBY. YOU WERE THERE FOR THE FIRST
DAY. YOU'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH
HIM OVER THE COURSE OF THE TRIAL.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY HIS STATE OF MIND IS RIGHT NOW?
>> I FEEL -- I CAN'T SPEAK TO THIS EXACT MOMENT.
BUT MY INTERACTIONS WITH HIM, HE'S BEEN IN GOOD SPIRITS.
HE'S BEEN UPBEAT. KNOWING MR. COSBY IS TO KNOW,
HE'S A COMEDIAN. THERE'S THAT SENSE OF LAUGHTER.
AND I WAS GRATEFUL TO SEE HIS SPIRIT HADN'T BEEN BROKEN AS A
RESULT OF THIS PROCESS. IT'S ARDUOUS.
THERE'S NOTHING HAPPY OR GOOD FOR EITHER SIDE.
IT'S NOT A GOOD SITUATION. >> I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'LL ACCEPT
THE VERDICT, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS.
IF HE IS FOUND GUILTY, WILL THAT CHANGE YOUR OPINION OF HIM AT
ALL? >> YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO HAVE
TO CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN I COME TO IT.
I'LL BE DISAPPOINTED. HOWEVER, IT WON'T CHANGE THE
LOVE. THAT IS NOT CONDONING SEXUAL
ASSAULT. AS A GRADUATE OF SPELMAN
COLLEGE, AN ALL-WOMEN'S COLLEGE, MY FOUNDATION ALL ABOUT
EMPOWERING SELF-ESTEEM FOR
YOUTH. AND BEING A MOTHER, IT'S NOTHING
THAT I CONDONE. BUT HE'S A PERSON, A FATHER, A
HUSBAND, A PARENT. SOMEONE'S SON.
>> DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING IN THE COURSE OF THE TRIAL?
THE JURY IS OUT. BUT THERE WAS EVIDENCE IN THE
TRIAL IN WHICH MR. COSBY ACKNOWLEDGES, FOR EXAMPLE,
GIVING DRUGS TO WOMEN THAT HE WANTED TO HAVE HAVE SEXUAL RELA
WITH. WHEN YOU HEAR THAT, HOW DO YOU
SQUARE THAT WITH THE PERSON THAT YOU KNOW?
>> WHAT I CAN SAY IS I WAS THERE FOR THE OPENING ARGUMENTS FOR
THE PROSECUTION AND THE DEFENSE. I DIDN'T HEAR THE TESTIMONY THAT
YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING TO. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THE JUDGE
WAS ADAMANT THAT THE JURY'S JOB -- IT'S NOT OURS BECAUSE WE
DON'T HEAR ALL OF THE EVIDENCE, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WILL
HEAR EVERY PIECE, EVERY SHRED OF EVIDENCE.
IT'S UP TO THEM TO MAKE A DECISION, NOT ON BIAS OR
ANYTHING ELSE, EXCEPT FOR THE FACTS OF THE CASE.
I TRUST THEY'LL DO A GOOD JOB AT THAT PUP.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT BILL COSBY THINKING, DO WE
REALLY KNOW HIM? YOU HAVE ALL THESE ACCUSERS THAT
HAVE COME FORWARD. HOW DO YO FEEL ABOUT THAT?
>> I FEEL LIKE THIS -- EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES AND
THINGS THEY'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE PROUD OF THEM OR
NOT. AND HE'S CLEAR, YES, HE HAS BEEN
UNFAITHFUL TO HIS WIFE. AND THAT PIECE IS BETWEEN THE
TWO OF THEM. AND THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED, WERE THE TWO PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AT THAT TIME.
AND ULTIMATELY, IF SHE CHOOSES TO FORGIVE HIM FOR THOSE THINGS,
THAT'S BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM. AND IT'S JUST A HARD SITUATION,
HOWEVER YOU TOSS IT, HOWEVER YOU SLICE IT, HOWEVER YOU LOOK AT
IT. IT'S NOT A FAVORABLE SITUATION.
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