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Of protect our defenders. its great to have your experience here. someone who is defending those accused. you are now a prosecutor representing rape victims. im curious about your personal decision to make that change. >> thank you for having me here today. it was tough. we need defense and we need those dedicated to fighting those accused of crimes. most come forward with allegations are telling the truth. their job is in many ways to get somebody acquitted who is guilty. so it wears on you aft...

Assumption to be made? yeah but the me too movement has everybody having the conversation. >> lisa: but men are falsely accused nine out of the ten rape victims dont speak up, which is so sad. the fact that the me too movement has people investigating, so he is innocent thankfully because people are having the right conversations, and the investigationses i think the drew process happened because the me too movement happened. >> you admit you stabbed me in the green room? you admd i it let...

Concerns with the me, too, movement, we saw teen columnists, emily, she had said not too long ago who cares if innocent men get caught up in this movement. its for the better good, essentially im paraphrasing here but isnt that a dangerous assumption to be made? >> yeah, but the me, too, movement has everyone having the conversation which is so important. i mean -- >> lisa: you are being falsely accused? >> nine out of 10 rape victims dont speak up which is sad so the fact that were having these...

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Enough information. >> at dr. fortas to come to me as their friend, family member or council and described his experience to me i would have no problem believing her. it would provide as much emotional support to make sure she has the resources she needs to be healthy and happy and just pass this is keep in mind this is a very much political situation here. not a question of do we believe her now. we believe her direct allegation against someone who before this had a completely clear record. in ...

>> at dr. fortas to come to me as their friend, family member or council and described his experience to me i would have no problem believing her. it would provide as much emotional support to make sure she has the resources she needs to be healthy and happy and just pass this is keep in mind this is a very much political situation here. not a question of do we believe her now. we believe her direct allegation against someone who before this had a completely clear record. in my opinion we just d...

The coast you watch this and get in our bubble but when you look at the way women are responding to this, they see a woman being exploited for political purposes, men see a man being exploited for political purposes, rape victims see the issue of rape being conflated, maybe in high school, we are not sure where, we dont know location and the poor woman and they see rape being conflated into whatever this was, i dont think this was a pretty moment in history and i hope that we can find some way t...

>> i mean, i think i agree with the rest of the panel that im looking out for, you know, how dr. ford is treated in this case. this is the same prosecutor from arizona that didnt have such a great track record in terms of sexual assault victims, rape victims, people coming forward and saying, you know, this has happened to me, and may have let dozens, hundreds, go forward. so were looking for that. but were also looking for how are people responding? how are broader audiences? because i think so...

Devastating if its the perpetrator. >> what are you looking for tomorrow, lea? >> i mean, i think i agree with the rest of the panel that im looking out for, you know, how dr. ford is treati ined in this case. this is the same prosecutor from arizona that didnt have such a great track record in terms of sexual assault victims, rape victims, people coming forward and saying, you know, this has happened to me, and may have let dozens, hundreds, go forward. so were looking for that. but were also l...

American people as well as the senate which is going to have to vote to assess the credibility. but, i have read enough about rape victims. i worked on a pentagon committee looking at sexually assault cases and heard a lot of testimonies. the fact that the witness experienced this trauma remembers details that no one else remembers is not a surprise nor is it a surprise that she did not tell anyone for decades. many survivors never said anything. i am hoping this will give her some healing to ha...