How will Bill Cosby's release impact the #MeToo Movement? and last updated 2021-07-06 20:15:34-04 For Alison McCarthy, cross-stitching is therapeutic. When sheâs cross-stitching, McCarthy says her brain is free from all negative thoughts. Unfortunately, those thoughts are there often due to traumatic experiences from her past. âI think I experienced my first assault â I think I was 12 â but Iâve had a few since then," McCarthy said. Her professional life is dedicated to victim assistance and violence prevention. She also works in the legal system to help survivors, which she says influenced her reaction when she found out about the release of Bill Cosby from prison. Cosby was convicted on three felony counts of aggravated indecent assault in 2018.