i represent 33 accusers to bill cosby, one of them is linda kirkpatrick who is with me today and making a statement. we have with us joel ellison. make a statement as well. this is my statement in reference to the mistrial. we never underestimate the blinding power. >> we can never underestimate the blinding power of celebrities but justice will come. i hope the prosecution will try this case again. the court will permit prior, bad act witnesses to testify as the prosecution requested for this trial. for the trial that just ended, and allow one such prior bad act witness to testify against and that was my client, kelly johnson. such with this is the prosecution wanted, if the court allows more accusers to testify next time it might make a difference. it is too early to celebrate and round 2 may be just around the corner. and this time justice may prevail. i want to commend the courage of audrey johnston as well as kelly johnson. and all the accusers i represent who have spoken out, have taken risks, refuse to be silenced and i went them to keep their spirits up and i want others to beli

now this is linda kirkpatrick. >> my name is linda kirkpatrick. first thing i would like to say is what great respect and admiration i have for the jury. unquestionably the hardest working jury in the country over the last 50 plus hours of deliberation. he thought he could bury us. he didn't know we were seeds. we are sprouting up, we are looking for reform, uncovering the rape culture in this country where victims are blamed and shamed. we are continuing looking for more reform to represent all victims of sexual assault, male or female. only 2% of rapists in this country ever spend one day in jail. 98% of rapists are walking among us to prey upon us again, men and women. it's time for reform, people, open your eyes. that's all i have to say. >> reform, what the policy, statute of limitations in california, i was part of only eight people that got the statute of limitations abolished in california, for the benefit of 38 million people. in nevada we just made some headway there. there are still 25 states that have a statute of limitations on rape a

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." >>> additionally linda kirkpatrick and jewel allison joined civil rights lawyer gloria allred on the podium in norristown the pod yum and they also reacted to the verdict. >> he thought he could bury us. he didn't know we were seeds. we're sprouting up looking for reform uncovering the rape culture in this country where victims are blamed and shamed. we are continuing looking for more reform to represent all victims of and sexual assault male or female. >> in the words of the late, great reverend martin luther king jr., he said we must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope. it is time for rape and violence, that's the end of the quote. it is time for rape and violence to stop. >> well, a lot of folks with many different opinions, lots of reactions and many speculating on the next move in this case. will there actually be a retrial? if so, can we expect a different outcome. here to help us sort these issues out linda dale papa with dillworth paxon. thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. >> you're very welcome. >> first of all your reaction. this was marathon deli

what is your reaction to what linda kirkpatrick had to say? >> i think miss kirkpatrick is entitled to have her opinion about this issue. first, i want to be clear. the town hall meetings are not about sexual assault. i will repeat. these town hall meetings are not about sexual assault. this went way beyond a comment made from an interview by my colleague a couple of days ago when we initially talked about the town hall meetings, it was about restoration of legacy, much to what mrs. cosby spoke on in statement is the sensationalism brought on by the media and this is another example to take something meant to talk about the restoration of this man's legacy that was destroyed by the media before he had a chance to step into the courtroom is what this is about. this is about education and teaching that the revolution begins in the home. with we also said that if people wanted to ask mr. cosby about his situation, that he would speak on it because it is an open panel discussion. but within whatever parameters his legal team has set for him. >> eb

and now this is linda kirkpatri kirkpatrick. do you want to take a -- >> sure. >> so that was gloria allred. she represents kelly johnson, who is, as she said, the only witness to testify to prior bad acts. kelly johnson is another accuser of bill cosby and there have been many such accusers, up to almost 60, according to gloria allred's daughter, friend of the show, lisa bloom, but the only one who was allowed to testify to prior bad acts was kelly johnson, who's represented by gloria allred. and she represents some of the other women who have also made accusations against bill cosby. of course, bill cosby denying those accusations. i want to let viewers know, we showed some split screen tape. and you saw a woman who was speaking with bill cosby in the background. there you go. that tape. that's actually on tape, that's not live. and that was bill cosby's attorney, and she was speaking on his behalf. she's one of the attorneys for him. you can see the attorneys are quite jubilant with the result here. so we're going to bring yo