And, um, whenitkindofpoppeduponmyscreenfor a friendand I, uh, I justsatdownand I startedcrying, andthen I hadtogooutintothestreetcause I don't wanttobecryinginthecoffeeshop.
But, um, itwasjust a hugesenseofrelief, just a reliefthatthejurygotit, thattheybelievedmeandthat I washeard.
And, umhey, I wasjustgratefulthatthat's thattheygotit.
Anditcameafteryouhadtomake a verytoughdecisiontotakethatstand.
Musthavebeendifficult.
Well, yes.
I mean, itwas, uh, itwasterrifying, youknow, terrifying.
Butafter a lotofthought, I justfeltthatitwastherightthingtodo.
Andit's somethingthat I wantedtofollowthroughwith.
So, uminsomeways, youstandforsomanyoftheaccuser's somanythewomenwho'vebeenvictimspartofthemeattomovementrightnow.
Whatdoyouthinkitmeansfortheaccusersandthemovie?
Well, I justthinkthatitgivesmehopethatwe'remakingprogressthat, um, thisverdict, um I justfeellikewe'rebeingeducatedabouttherealityofsexualassaultsandsexualassaultvictimsandwhatthat, uh, manytimesinvolves, um, andthat a lotofsexualassaultvictimsdoknowtheirattackerandtheyhavesomesortofrelationtothatperson, andthatbringswithitAh, ah, wholenotherlayerofemotionalconfusionthatyouneedtoprocessthrough.
And, umand I thinkthat's that's whatweneedtorealizethatit's not, Youknow, weneedto, like, getridofand I thinkwearegettingridof a lotofoutdatedideasaboutthesekindofassaultsinquiry.
Wetalkedabouttorun a fairaboutthisinourlasthalfhour.
ItdoesseemthatsideadvanceTheprosecutor, Manhattan D.
A.
Wasrightwhenhecalledthis a newdayforhowthesecasesarehandlingadjudicateditis.
Andalso I wanttosayhowbrave, howvery, verycourageousshewaasbecauseMimihadtofaceveryintensecrossexaminationonthestandandshehadtotaketheoathandsweartotellthetruth, thewholetruthandnothingbutthetruth.