A Sex Crimes Lawyer's New Mission
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
New York’s new Adult Survivor’s Act has opened a “lookback window”—a year-long suspension of the civil statute of limitations—to allow people who may have been assaulted a long time ago the chance to go to court and demand compensation. For those who choose to pursue legal action, what can they expect?
Guest: Carrie Goldberg, victim rights lawyer specializing in sex crimes and author of Nobody’s Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls.
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| 0:00.0 | Heads up here at the top, this show takes on the issue of sexual assault in some detail. |
| 0:07.8 | Take care of yourself while listening. |
| 0:15.1 | If you're a woman who's been sexually assaulted or is fighting off internet trolls, if you've |
| 0:20.7 | gotten X who's threatening to share intimate photos, they took a view. |
| 0:25.8 | There's one person you want to find, Carrie Goldberg. |
| 0:30.3 | Carrie's a lawyer. |
| 0:31.5 | She specializes in sex crimes. |
| 0:33.5 | I love it when they call me like a revenge porn lawyer because it's suggest that like I'm |
| 0:37.6 | sitting around doing revenge porn all the time. |
| 0:45.3 | Carrie likes suing people. |
| 0:47.4 | And just as an aside here, if you Google her, you'll see she dresses for success. |
| 0:52.7 | 6 inch stilettos, bright manicures, high fashion. |
| 0:56.8 | For Carrie, going to court is a powerful tool. |
| 1:01.3 | But for years, she's been frustrated by what she can't do. |
| 1:06.6 | My firm, I started in 2014 and over the years, I can't count how many times we've had |
| 1:17.1 | to turn somebody away from getting justice against their offender, just simply because |
| 1:23.4 | it was outside the statute of limitations. |
| 1:27.3 | It's a cruel thing because it takes many years, especially for victims of trauma to be ready |
| 1:37.7 | and stable enough to want to confront their abuser. |
| 1:41.5 | Sometimes, when she can't sue, she'll send a formal letter to a person she'd like to |
| 1:46.4 | bring to court. |
| 1:47.4 | She'll suggest a remedy in dollars and cents. |
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