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The testimony of aaccuser. however, this isnt even ten or 15 years ago when an accuser got the benefit of the doubt. theres been lots of rape cases in the news. weve had super stars and even had bill cosby accused. now when you hear a woman accusing somebody of rape, people start to ask questions. now we see here across examination and a slow methodical strategy to try and get to the truth of the matter. >> looking at this from the defense perspective, as karen was saying, we know some of the ke...

Before the incident, her and the accused. she said, quote, i was raped, i was violated in so many ways, of course i was traumatized. im sorry. she then tries to compose herself and says, im sorry. i was cloudy because i was traumatized in this retelling. shes obviously very deeply affected by the questioning and was crying throughout the cross-examination right up until the very end. it was very tough to watch. >> theres a piece of testimony that came out, the nurse that this accuser visited, th...

God. ill be prepared for anything that comes. >> and prep school rain trial. an emotional day in the courtroom as the offense questions the accuser on the stand. good afternoon to you first. we begin this hour with florida governor jeb bush under fire in the granite state. this was bush moments ago in new hampshire as donald trump sets the tone on the fight over immigration using words many would consider offensive. jeb bush faced off with the reporters on his own use of the term "anchor babie...

Are dropping at their fastest rate since 1995. jenna: $2 a gallon gas sounds great but the broader economy if there is weakness, the stock market not looking as great that adds concerns. the market is trading lower by 220 points. liz: when you strip out the energy boom and health-care stocks the market returns are not doing that great. what we are watching our domestic stocks, the russell, the small-cap indices are trading negative territory year-to-date. there is concern about demand in the uni...

Like on the right. his mug shot is the picture on the left. very strange, almost like the surfer boy meets harry potter. the conservative look matches his conservative account, denying that the two never ever had sex. he said it just didnt happen. this was an emotional day. this was -- whenever you have an accuser on the stand, especially a child, shes still a child, 16, she was 15, its difficult to do cross-examination and under cross-examination it got very explosive, didnt it? >> it did. it w...

Led into the courtroom for his first an appearance, shackled and surrounded by officers. his arm is still bandaged and in a sling. a prison worker has already pleaded guilty to helping both men escape. we turn now to the prep school student on trial for rape. owen labrie listening as his accuser took the stand. crying as she detailed a tradition which led to rape. she went to a room with labrie and they began kissing. what happened next she says was unwanted. supposedly labrie unlocked the doo...

Girl. i thought he would make fun of me. they are more concerned about being publicly ashamed than i should tell the truth. i am not at all dealing with the defense is trying to say in this case. >> one of the things jurors struggle within cases like this is why would the accuser lied? why would she falsely claimed rape? the defense has to come up with an explanation. >> not necessarily. it would be good and helpful but practically speaking it is not a legal requirement but it would be incredibl...

>> i was violated in so many ways. of course i was traumatized. >> a difficult day in court there. today, another witness, a nurse who examined that accuser you just heard and we are disguising the voice, this person testified that that young woman told her the encounter was consensual. we bring in keith sullivan and former prosecutor karen desoto. this is difficult, but of course important as the nation has looked a lot more deeply of how reports of sexual assault are processed and ultimately c...

>> when he says that youre a gem, how do you respond? >> i was just saying it as a generic response to what he just said to me. i was trying to match everything up because i didnt want to show any weakness to him. >> the defendant has pleaded not guilty to the charges. with me is the spokeswoman for the accusers family. she just spoke with the young lady who just got off the stand moments ago. laura, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me on. >> as i pointed out, the clip we show, tha...

I didnt know what else i could do. i had already said no, and i had already moved his face physically. i didnt know what else he could understand from that. >> after an emotional day in court wednesday more dramatic new testimony today from the alleged victim at the center of a rape case rooking an elite school. the accuser said former student raped her last year. he has pleaded not guilty to all charges. his defense attorney accused her of lying in court today. take a listen. >> do you have any...