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Do is they're trying to add some other victims. so what alan is trying to do is insinuate himself into the lawsuit because he's mentioned in it and then try to get some kind of relief. take depositions or have some ability to do discovery. the problem that he's got is lawyers are generally protected by what's called the litigation privilege. and so as long as it's connected to the lawsuit and as long as it has some relationship to the judicial proceedings, it's virtually impossible for to you get anywhere in terms of the lawsuit itself. >> mark what about dershowitz's point, why don't these la...

Lawsuit, they're going to have a litigation privilege, which means they've got immunity. they can't be sued. so he's daring them come on come on. come out wherever you are. get on to tv. say something on tv. then i'll sue you for defamation. kind of a page out of the playbook of the cosby case. >> i think mark has a point about the precise legal merits of whether alan dershowitz could sue or get these people disbarred. i would like to sort of step back from the legal technicalities and say why? why would you do something like this, that is solely designed to humiliate and designed to embarrass...

Mark. >> good to see you. >> what do you think of the unconventional route of going after bill cosby for defamation. >> it's an end-run around the statute of limitations, you have a very short period of time for statute of limitations in sexual assault cases. some states allow to you go for a longer period of time. this may not, notwithstanding that little speech by the lawyer, this may not ever get in front of a jury. there are -- >> why? >> there are all kinds of problems with this case, first of all, freedom of speech. second of all, litigation privilege. so something that's in contemplatio...

Victim, tamara green says about how she believes her lawsuit will open pandora's box. she said my attorney has also not just provided a forum for me and a day in court for me, but the equal opportunity for other women who have similarly situated, who have been raped or sexually assaulted by bill cosby and thereafter have been resavaged as a defamer and a liar. do you think that other women will follow this route? >> i think you've seen already some gloria yale rallred did ths conference, i'm sure gloria has considered that. i think it's a creative device, there's no getting around it. the prob...