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Defamation actions. that's just a wedge. >> how else? >>. >> he's got immense exposure especially in california. and so if i'm representing him, i'm telling him, you're not talking or doing anything anymore and you're just going to shut down. >> and so then staying with you for some of these women who really want to nail him down and see real justice, could you ever see a situation with attorneys getting creative for example, in california where bill cosby would actually be arrested? >> i could see a scenario right now where some creative prosecutor uses these admissions and has these statute ...

Members of it are clearly the victims here. they were victimized by a plot between the alleged victim of the rape that didn't happen, the editor of "rolling stone" and the person that put the story together. but the courts are reluctant to accept defamation actions when the plaintiff is a group or an entity rather than individuals. and these people -- >> it's not like "rolling stone" said you know bob smith committed a rape. >> right. >> and bob has been exonerated. >> they were either a student of not to mention real names or she was unable to give them real names because the event she claime...

Laws, because they're really bad. first of all, you can't change the libel laws, it's constitutional, you have to get congress, it's a big deal. what's your take on this threat? >> well, he -- it's like, be careful what you wish for, because he's said more things that are potentially libellous than are said against him. watch out there, but it's been settled law since new york times versus sullivan, that the first amendment protects people in these situations when those people are public officials or public figures. so the likelihood that he's going to change 40 years of juris prudence to make...