1 00:00:17,018 --> 00:00:19,854 Hurry up, girls! We're about to call places! 2 00:00:19,854 --> 00:00:21,272 Hurry up. 3 00:00:21,272 --> 00:00:23,191 Dede, pass me the Vaseline. 4 00:00:23,191 --> 00:00:25,526 Going live in three minutes. 5 00:00:25,610 --> 00:00:27,278 Does anybody have a pin? 6 00:00:27,278 --> 00:00:28,446 Uh, where is it? 7 00:00:28,446 --> 00:00:29,489 Oh, my God, thank you. 8 00:00:29,489 --> 00:00:30,531 Is it all right? 9 00:00:30,615 --> 00:00:31,741 Toni, where's my makeup bag? 10 00:00:31,741 --> 00:00:33,159 You think I need more padding? 11 00:00:34,452 --> 00:00:35,703 Ugh, the strap! 12 00:00:35,787 --> 00:00:37,622 Fix your hair, Mary. 13 00:00:37,622 --> 00:00:39,791 Hurry up. Let's go. 14 00:00:39,791 --> 00:00:42,668 The truth is, beauty is just a cover. 15 00:00:42,752 --> 00:00:46,506 It makes things seem better, but it's still a lie. 16 00:00:46,506 --> 00:00:50,426 The truth is, this is the worst day of my life. 17 00:00:50,510 --> 00:00:52,845 I only entered pageants 'cause I was tired 18 00:00:52,929 --> 00:00:55,348 of seeing blonde-haired girls take the crown. 19 00:00:55,348 --> 00:00:57,058 Seeing that as a kid meant 20 00:00:57,058 --> 00:00:59,268 that girls like me were invisible. 21 00:00:59,352 --> 00:01:03,564 {\an8}Heck no! I was gonna change that. 22 00:01:03,648 --> 00:01:07,318 {\an8}Well, tell us about yourself, Miss Black Rhode Island. 23 00:01:07,402 --> 00:01:11,739 {\an8}Me? Well, I just graduated from Coventry High School. 24 00:01:11,823 --> 00:01:13,699 {\an8}I made the National Honor Society 25 00:01:13,783 --> 00:01:15,576 {\an8}and varsity cheerleader. 26 00:01:15,660 --> 00:01:16,994 {\an8}I play softball. 27 00:01:17,078 --> 00:01:20,164 {\an8}I'm a teen usher at Ebenezer Baptist. 28 00:01:20,248 --> 00:01:23,710 {\an8}And I hope to be the first Black female president. 29 00:01:23,710 --> 00:01:26,045 Hi. 30 00:01:26,129 --> 00:01:28,047 {\an8}I'm Miss Oklahoma, your roommate. 31 00:01:28,131 --> 00:01:30,633 {\an8}Oh, hi, I'm mortified. 32 00:01:30,717 --> 00:01:31,926 {\an8}Kycia. Don't be. 33 00:01:31,926 --> 00:01:33,261 {\an8}It's all right. 34 00:01:33,261 --> 00:01:35,555 {\an8}I'm mortified by myself at least six times a day. 35 00:01:35,555 --> 00:01:37,807 {\an8}Desiree Washington. I talk a lot. 36 00:01:37,807 --> 00:01:39,726 {\an8}I was voted most talkative in school. 37 00:01:39,726 --> 00:01:42,729 {\an8}I mean, I'm nervous. Can you tell? 38 00:01:42,729 --> 00:01:44,564 {\an8}Girl, I'm pinching myself. 39 00:01:44,564 --> 00:01:46,357 {\an8}I hear Jesse Jackson, Johnny Gill, 40 00:01:46,441 --> 00:01:48,484 {\an8}and Danny Glover are around here somewhere. 41 00:01:48,568 --> 00:01:50,862 {\an8}Okay, that would make me shut up. 42 00:01:50,862 --> 00:01:52,655 {\an8}Wouldn't even remember my name. 43 00:01:52,739 --> 00:01:54,407 {\an8}Right, 'cause we don't have famous people 44 00:01:54,407 --> 00:01:56,200 {\an8}like that in Oklahoma. 45 00:01:56,284 --> 00:01:59,787 {\an8}We do in Rhode Island, but not the good kind. 46 00:01:59,871 --> 00:02:02,331 {\an8}I didn't realize how big a deal this was. 47 00:02:02,415 --> 00:02:03,666 {\an8}Oh, it's a big deal. 48 00:02:03,750 --> 00:02:05,168 {\an8}And we're gonna get in big trouble 49 00:02:05,168 --> 00:02:07,962 {\an8}if we don't get to rehearsal, like, now. 50 00:02:08,046 --> 00:02:10,631 {\an8}The Miss Black America franchise was started 51 00:02:10,715 --> 00:02:13,217 {\an8}because Black women were not presented 52 00:02:13,301 --> 00:02:14,802 {\an8}in the Miss America Pageant. 53 00:02:14,886 --> 00:02:18,347 {\an8}You young women are expected to set the standard 54 00:02:18,431 --> 00:02:20,683 {\an8}for Black beauty and Black excellence. 55 00:02:20,767 --> 00:02:24,270 {\an8}Today, Miss Black America, tomorrow, Miss America. 56 00:02:24,270 --> 00:02:27,106 {\an8}Maybe one of us'll be the next Vanessa Williams. 57 00:02:27,190 --> 00:02:28,858 {\an8}Fun fact, a lot of Black girls wanted 58 00:02:28,858 --> 00:02:31,903 {\an8}to go to Syracuse University after she won, like a lot. 59 00:02:31,903 --> 00:02:35,114 {\an8}As contestants of the Miss Black America franchise, 60 00:02:35,198 --> 00:02:39,160 {\an8}you are required to take an Oath of Positivity. 61 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,955 {\an8}Would you please stand and recite this with me? 62 00:02:43,039 --> 00:02:44,832 {\an8}My actions and my attitude 63 00:02:44,916 --> 00:02:47,835 {\an8}will always reflect positivity in my mind. 64 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,838 {\an8}My illustrious smile will always express 65 00:02:50,922 --> 00:02:53,466 the pleasure I receive from living... 66 00:02:53,466 --> 00:02:55,093 All right. 67 00:02:55,093 --> 00:02:57,220 Maybe that sounds like corn right off the cob, 68 00:02:57,220 --> 00:03:01,724 but in that moment, I was celebrating Black women. 69 00:03:01,808 --> 00:03:04,560 I was proud to be one of them. 70 00:03:04,644 --> 00:03:05,895 Later, this man... 71 00:03:05,895 --> 00:03:07,313 - Will always express-- 72 00:03:07,397 --> 00:03:10,316 Accused Mike of being a serial buttocks fondler 73 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,736 and sued him for $20 million. 74 00:03:26,082 --> 00:03:29,377 Suzanna, it's not the left. Everyone's turning right. 75 00:03:29,377 --> 00:03:33,423 Kick ball change, jazz square, kick ball change, jazz square. 76 00:03:33,423 --> 00:03:36,843 It's Mike! 77 00:03:36,843 --> 00:03:40,471 Ladies, ladies, calm down, calm down. 78 00:03:44,142 --> 00:03:45,893 Mike. 79 00:03:45,977 --> 00:03:48,229 Thanks for coming. Thanks for doing the promo. 80 00:03:48,229 --> 00:03:51,232 Happy to help shine a light on all this Black excellence. 81 00:03:51,232 --> 00:03:53,317 Mm-hmm, ladies, did you hear that? 82 00:03:53,401 --> 00:03:55,653 Let's show Mike what we've been working on. 83 00:03:55,737 --> 00:03:58,239 Mike, all you'll have to do is recite your lines, 84 00:03:58,239 --> 00:04:00,324 and the girls will do the rest, all right? 85 00:04:00,408 --> 00:04:04,203 Ladies, here we go, five, six, seven, eight, and... 86 00:04:05,413 --> 00:04:07,248 Action, rehearsal. 87 00:04:07,248 --> 00:04:09,667 I'm in a dream day after day. 88 00:04:09,751 --> 00:04:11,961 Beautiful women in such an array. 89 00:04:12,045 --> 00:04:14,130 What can I say? 90 00:04:18,593 --> 00:04:20,928 You're a nice little Christian girl, huh? 91 00:04:21,012 --> 00:04:23,806 You look like a nice little Christian girl. 92 00:04:23,890 --> 00:04:29,187 Yeah, I am... a girl-- a Christian, I mean, yeah. 93 00:04:29,187 --> 00:04:32,023 Do you want to go out tonight? 94 00:04:32,023 --> 00:04:34,025 Um, sure. 95 00:04:34,025 --> 00:04:35,485 That means you gotta give me your number 96 00:04:35,485 --> 00:04:37,487 so I can call you later. 97 00:04:37,487 --> 00:04:40,448 - Come here, come here. 98 00:04:46,746 --> 00:04:48,289 Hello? 99 00:04:48,289 --> 00:04:50,500 Desiree? 100 00:04:50,500 --> 00:04:54,504 It's him, it's him. 101 00:04:54,504 --> 00:04:56,297 - Hello? - Is this is Desiree? 102 00:04:56,381 --> 00:04:58,341 Yeah, this is Desiree. 103 00:04:58,341 --> 00:04:59,884 - I'm outside. - It's Mike Tyson. 104 00:04:59,884 --> 00:05:02,136 Can you come out? I want to see you. 105 00:05:02,220 --> 00:05:04,430 - Right now? - Yeah. 106 00:05:04,514 --> 00:05:07,225 - You come up. - Bitch, I'm in rollers. 107 00:05:07,225 --> 00:05:08,768 Maybe my friend Pasha can come with me. 108 00:05:09,811 --> 00:05:10,978 Now, come on. 109 00:05:11,062 --> 00:05:12,313 I just wanna talk. 110 00:05:12,397 --> 00:05:14,107 I don't wanna know Pasha. I wanna know you. 111 00:05:14,107 --> 00:05:15,483 He's probably gonna take you 112 00:05:15,483 --> 00:05:17,276 to one of those celebrity after-parties. 113 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,695 You have to go. 114 00:05:19,779 --> 00:05:21,864 Okay. 115 00:05:26,953 --> 00:05:29,205 Oh, no. No, no, no. 116 00:05:29,205 --> 00:05:30,540 Who are you? 117 00:05:31,958 --> 00:05:33,543 - Perfect! 118 00:05:33,543 --> 00:05:35,294 Yes, yes, yes! 119 00:05:35,378 --> 00:05:36,587 - You good. - Yes! 120 00:05:36,671 --> 00:05:38,756 - Okay, go! - Go, you're in a race! 121 00:05:40,383 --> 00:05:43,594 My dad is gonna want a photo of me and Mike Tyson! 122 00:05:45,388 --> 00:05:47,056 - Oh, my God! - I know! 123 00:06:01,487 --> 00:06:04,490 How may I help you, dear? 124 00:06:06,617 --> 00:06:08,745 I was raped. 125 00:06:13,082 --> 00:06:14,500 I'm going to insert a speculum 126 00:06:14,584 --> 00:06:16,836 into your vagina to check for internal injuries, okay? 127 00:06:26,471 --> 00:06:29,474 My initial exam shows damage to her introitus. 128 00:06:29,474 --> 00:06:31,059 What does that mean? 129 00:06:31,059 --> 00:06:33,853 It means that something happened to you. 130 00:06:35,229 --> 00:06:37,857 I've only seen injuries like that in nonconsensual sex. 131 00:06:39,442 --> 00:06:42,361 What if I'm pregnant or--or something? 132 00:06:42,445 --> 00:06:44,322 What if he has a disease? 133 00:06:44,322 --> 00:06:46,449 The likelihood of pregnancy is unlikely, 134 00:06:46,449 --> 00:06:47,992 given that you're menstruating, 135 00:06:48,076 --> 00:06:50,661 but we will need to run an STD panel, 136 00:06:50,745 --> 00:06:52,455 including an HIV test. 137 00:06:52,455 --> 00:06:54,874 AIDS? 138 00:06:54,874 --> 00:06:57,960 What? I can't. 139 00:07:01,005 --> 00:07:04,384 How is this happening? 140 00:07:04,384 --> 00:07:07,303 I grabbed my camera because I knew 141 00:07:07,387 --> 00:07:10,390 my dad would want pictures of me and Mike. 142 00:07:14,477 --> 00:07:16,771 Can I be anonymous? 143 00:07:16,771 --> 00:07:20,525 I mean, do you have to use my name? 144 00:07:20,525 --> 00:07:23,820 I don't want anyone to know what happened to me. 145 00:07:25,696 --> 00:07:28,241 You'll have to testify. 146 00:07:28,241 --> 00:07:30,243 Publicly. 147 00:07:33,121 --> 00:07:35,081 You don't have to do this. 148 00:07:35,081 --> 00:07:37,041 We can take you home right now. 149 00:07:37,125 --> 00:07:38,543 I'm so stupid. 150 00:07:38,543 --> 00:07:42,672 No, don't say that. This is not your fault. 151 00:07:42,672 --> 00:07:46,050 We can put all this behind us. 152 00:07:46,134 --> 00:07:48,261 I'm so sorry, Mom. 153 00:07:48,261 --> 00:07:50,888 I have to do this. 154 00:07:50,972 --> 00:07:52,765 Baby... 155 00:08:00,481 --> 00:08:02,525 "Some African American religious leaders 156 00:08:02,525 --> 00:08:05,361 "are asking Washington to drop the case 157 00:08:05,445 --> 00:08:08,072 for the sake of African American unity." 158 00:08:08,156 --> 00:08:09,991 Un-fucking believable. 159 00:08:09,991 --> 00:08:11,909 It's too much. 160 00:08:11,993 --> 00:08:13,995 There's too many out there with too many opinions. 161 00:08:13,995 --> 00:08:16,205 - Who's gonna protect Desiree? - Mom-- 162 00:08:16,289 --> 00:08:20,334 No, you're just a baby, my baby. 163 00:08:20,418 --> 00:08:23,463 Some Black folks will fight us on this. 164 00:08:23,463 --> 00:08:26,090 They don't want us taking away their hero. 165 00:08:26,174 --> 00:08:27,633 Free Mike, free Mike! 166 00:08:27,717 --> 00:08:31,304 Free Mike, free Mike, free Mike, free Mike! 167 00:08:31,304 --> 00:08:33,431 Mike Tyson has been in the ring before, 168 00:08:33,431 --> 00:08:35,141 but now he must fight his accuser. 169 00:08:35,141 --> 00:08:37,060 He--now he is in the fight of his life, 170 00:08:37,060 --> 00:08:39,645 and I support him 1,000%. 171 00:08:43,483 --> 00:08:45,943 Free Mike Tyson! 172 00:08:52,909 --> 00:08:56,746 Our Father, who art in heaven, 173 00:08:56,746 --> 00:08:58,664 hallowed be thy name. 174 00:08:58,748 --> 00:09:00,374 Thy kingdom come... 175 00:09:00,458 --> 00:09:03,628 I don't want to just be the girl who got raped. 176 00:09:03,628 --> 00:09:05,838 I want to be Desiree. 177 00:09:05,922 --> 00:09:08,174 - Dez for prez, go Oakers. 178 00:09:08,174 --> 00:09:11,219 Dez for prez, go Oakers. 179 00:09:11,219 --> 00:09:13,137 - Out! 180 00:09:13,221 --> 00:09:15,556 Boo-yah! 181 00:09:18,101 --> 00:09:20,186 I'm still that girl. 182 00:09:27,151 --> 00:09:28,653 When I walked in, 183 00:09:28,653 --> 00:09:31,823 I kept telling myself, "Just look straight ahead. 184 00:09:31,823 --> 00:09:34,659 "Don't cry. Don't cry. 185 00:09:34,659 --> 00:09:37,120 "Don't give him that satisfaction. 186 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,997 Don't let him take another thing." 187 00:09:41,999 --> 00:09:44,419 Please raise your right hand, Ms. Washington. 188 00:09:44,419 --> 00:09:45,962 Do you swear to tell the truth, 189 00:09:45,962 --> 00:09:48,631 the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? 190 00:09:48,715 --> 00:09:50,717 I do. 191 00:09:58,725 --> 00:10:00,768 Ms. Washington. 192 00:10:00,852 --> 00:10:02,437 Now, in your own words, please tell the court 193 00:10:02,437 --> 00:10:04,439 about the events that occurred in Mike Tyson's suite 194 00:10:04,439 --> 00:10:08,025 in the early hours of July 19th, 1991. 195 00:10:18,661 --> 00:10:20,663 Wow. 196 00:10:20,747 --> 00:10:23,750 There's three of us in a room half this size at the Omni. 197 00:10:23,750 --> 00:10:25,293 But it's cool. 198 00:10:25,293 --> 00:10:27,170 The girls are so super sweet and-- 199 00:10:27,170 --> 00:10:29,547 The TV's in there. 200 00:10:29,547 --> 00:10:31,799 I thought you just needed to grab something 201 00:10:31,883 --> 00:10:34,761 before we go out. 202 00:10:34,761 --> 00:10:38,514 I just wanna talk a little bit. 203 00:11:00,369 --> 00:11:03,372 So tell me about yourself. 204 00:11:03,456 --> 00:11:06,959 Well, I'm 18. 205 00:11:07,043 --> 00:11:09,754 I'm gonna be a freshman in college, 206 00:11:09,754 --> 00:11:11,964 which I'm kind of nervous about. 207 00:11:12,048 --> 00:11:15,593 I mean, I've never been away from home or my sister. 208 00:11:15,593 --> 00:11:17,595 They even honored me in my home church. 209 00:11:17,595 --> 00:11:20,598 Well, not just me, all the graduating seniors. 210 00:11:20,598 --> 00:11:25,603 They're all rooting for us. But I'm gonna make them proud. 211 00:11:25,603 --> 00:11:29,941 You can stop me at any time. I talk a lot. 212 00:11:29,941 --> 00:11:31,609 Yeah, you talk a lot. 213 00:11:31,609 --> 00:11:33,361 I know. 214 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,493 You like birds, right? Pigeons? 215 00:11:40,493 --> 00:11:43,037 So you know a little about me, huh? 216 00:11:43,121 --> 00:11:45,832 My dad, my brother, and my grandfather-- 217 00:11:45,832 --> 00:11:47,750 they're all big fans. 218 00:11:47,834 --> 00:11:50,002 You think they'd like me? 219 00:11:50,086 --> 00:11:52,422 Sure, you seem okay. 220 00:11:52,422 --> 00:11:55,049 Okay. 221 00:11:55,133 --> 00:11:58,302 You keep talking like that. You're turning me on. 222 00:11:59,887 --> 00:12:02,056 I... 223 00:12:02,140 --> 00:12:04,517 I'm not that kind of girl. 224 00:12:04,517 --> 00:12:06,477 One-night stands are not my thing. 225 00:12:06,561 --> 00:12:08,730 I don't do that. 226 00:12:08,730 --> 00:12:10,857 Yeah, you're a good Christian girl. 227 00:12:10,857 --> 00:12:12,567 I get it. 228 00:12:12,567 --> 00:12:14,861 I just thought we could have a little fun. 229 00:12:17,864 --> 00:12:21,117 Um... I gotta use the restroom. 230 00:12:21,117 --> 00:12:22,577 Excuse me. 231 00:12:22,577 --> 00:12:24,454 Yeah, sure. 232 00:13:16,381 --> 00:13:18,216 Leave me alone. 233 00:13:18,216 --> 00:13:21,052 Leave me alone. 234 00:13:21,052 --> 00:13:23,554 - Don't fight me. - Don't do this. 235 00:13:23,638 --> 00:13:27,225 He started sticking his hands in my vagina 236 00:13:27,225 --> 00:13:30,603 and sucking on my breast, 237 00:13:30,603 --> 00:13:34,065 and then he licked me from my rectum to my vagina. 238 00:13:34,065 --> 00:13:35,733 And then he penetrated me. 239 00:13:39,112 --> 00:13:43,074 I was trying to squirm away, but just he kept saying, 240 00:13:43,074 --> 00:13:45,034 "Don't fight me. Just relax." 241 00:13:45,118 --> 00:13:47,912 And he kept saying that and saying that, like, 242 00:13:47,912 --> 00:13:50,373 that was the thing at that point. 243 00:13:50,373 --> 00:13:53,668 "Don't fight me. Don't fight me, just relax." 244 00:13:53,668 --> 00:13:55,378 And I was very nervous, 245 00:13:55,378 --> 00:13:58,423 and I said, "I don't do one-night stands," 246 00:13:58,423 --> 00:14:00,717 and "you don't have a condom on," 247 00:14:00,717 --> 00:14:02,468 and "Leave me alone. 248 00:14:02,552 --> 00:14:04,011 "I have a future ahead of me. 249 00:14:04,095 --> 00:14:06,180 You're gonna get me pregnant." Don't do this... 250 00:14:06,264 --> 00:14:09,100 I was trying really hard to get away, 251 00:14:09,100 --> 00:14:11,227 but the harder I fought, 252 00:14:11,227 --> 00:14:16,274 the more aggressive and violent he became. 253 00:14:16,274 --> 00:14:19,986 He said, "I don't need a condom." 254 00:14:19,986 --> 00:14:23,698 He says, "We'll just have a baby." 255 00:14:23,698 --> 00:14:26,284 That was the statement he made. 256 00:14:26,284 --> 00:14:28,786 And I'm just like, 257 00:14:28,870 --> 00:14:32,290 "I'm gonna go to college. I don't care who you are. 258 00:14:32,290 --> 00:14:34,250 "I don't care that you're a celebrity. 259 00:14:34,250 --> 00:14:36,002 I just don't do this." 260 00:14:36,002 --> 00:14:40,381 And I made that very, very clear to him. 261 00:14:40,465 --> 00:14:44,635 And he just kept saying over again, 262 00:14:44,719 --> 00:14:48,598 "Don't fight me. Don't fight me." 263 00:15:09,744 --> 00:15:12,580 You don't love me no more? 264 00:15:21,798 --> 00:15:26,344 When I met him, I thought he was a nice person. 265 00:15:26,344 --> 00:15:28,471 People are gonna think it's my fault. 266 00:15:33,643 --> 00:15:36,479 A lot of people want to know why you would 267 00:15:36,479 --> 00:15:39,774 show up at a man's hotel room at 2:00 a.m. 268 00:15:39,774 --> 00:15:42,568 He said he needed to grab something. 269 00:15:42,652 --> 00:15:44,404 I thought we were going to a party. 270 00:15:44,404 --> 00:15:46,989 I didn't think anything of it. He's famous. 271 00:15:47,073 --> 00:15:48,491 I don't want to be up here 272 00:15:48,491 --> 00:15:50,618 attacking a successful Black man. 273 00:15:50,618 --> 00:15:54,247 I really don't, but I should be able to go out 274 00:15:54,247 --> 00:15:56,666 with any man and not expect to be raped. 275 00:16:10,555 --> 00:16:13,015 You bring a hawk to a chicken yard, 276 00:16:13,099 --> 00:16:15,601 and you wonder why the chickens get eaten up. 277 00:16:15,685 --> 00:16:18,980 You bring Mike to a beauty contest, 278 00:16:18,980 --> 00:16:24,152 and all these fine foxes are parading in front of Mike. 279 00:16:24,152 --> 00:16:26,863 Mike's eyes begin to dance like a hungry man 280 00:16:26,863 --> 00:16:29,490 looking at a Wendy's beef burger or something. 281 00:16:29,574 --> 00:16:33,661 He wants to see if it's as good as it looks. 282 00:16:37,331 --> 00:16:41,169 How was she out at 1:00 in the morning? 283 00:16:41,169 --> 00:16:43,588 - Who'd she tell? - 2:00 in the morning! 284 00:16:43,588 --> 00:16:46,591 2:00 in the morning? That's even worse. 285 00:16:46,591 --> 00:16:50,261 What, you gon' sit in a limo with Mike? 286 00:16:50,261 --> 00:16:54,348 You know, "Honest Mike"? 287 00:16:54,432 --> 00:16:56,434 Come on, sisters. 288 00:16:56,434 --> 00:16:57,852 How many times have you said no, 289 00:16:57,852 --> 00:16:59,395 and you really mean yes all the time? 290 00:16:59,479 --> 00:17:00,938 - Bring it on! 291 00:17:01,022 --> 00:17:03,858 No, wait, no, wait, 292 00:17:03,858 --> 00:17:06,110 I'm talking to the women now. 293 00:17:06,194 --> 00:17:08,571 'Cause we gonna talk now! 294 00:17:08,571 --> 00:17:11,699 See, the days of your BS is over! 295 00:17:11,783 --> 00:17:14,452 You're not dealing with a man that don't know you 296 00:17:14,452 --> 00:17:19,457 and the damn deceitful games you women play. 297 00:17:19,457 --> 00:17:22,794 The people call Mary Washington to the stand. 298 00:17:22,794 --> 00:17:27,840 Desiree is--was-- 299 00:17:27,924 --> 00:17:31,677 always so happy, 300 00:17:31,761 --> 00:17:35,973 always smiling and dancing. 301 00:17:36,057 --> 00:17:39,811 She was so confident, 302 00:17:39,811 --> 00:17:42,313 the daughter every parent wants. 303 00:17:43,439 --> 00:17:45,900 Then when I saw her after what happened, 304 00:17:45,900 --> 00:17:48,403 she was a different girl. 305 00:17:49,946 --> 00:17:54,450 We took her home, back to Rhode Island. 306 00:17:54,534 --> 00:17:59,414 I hoped that her being around people that loved her 307 00:17:59,414 --> 00:18:01,457 would help bring back her spark. 308 00:18:04,210 --> 00:18:06,379 You have another nightmare? 309 00:18:06,379 --> 00:18:09,882 I'm afraid to fall asleep. He's always there. 310 00:18:09,966 --> 00:18:13,594 We're gonna get through this, you and me. 311 00:18:13,678 --> 00:18:16,889 He doesn't get to take anything else from you. 312 00:18:16,973 --> 00:18:19,642 Don't give him that much of your soul. 313 00:18:19,726 --> 00:18:22,478 And you telling the truth? 314 00:18:22,562 --> 00:18:25,064 It's gonna set you free, Desiree. 315 00:18:29,402 --> 00:18:32,530 I'm not Desiree anymore. 316 00:18:32,530 --> 00:18:35,491 Desiree's gone, and she's not coming back. 317 00:18:41,539 --> 00:18:47,420 She slept in our bed all summer--all summer long-- 318 00:18:47,420 --> 00:18:50,298 till it was time for her to go back to college. 319 00:18:53,092 --> 00:18:55,261 The nightmares never stopped. 320 00:18:59,015 --> 00:19:02,143 I just want my daughter back. 321 00:19:08,024 --> 00:19:10,109 Thank you, Mrs. Washington. 322 00:19:10,193 --> 00:19:12,278 No further questions. 323 00:19:28,127 --> 00:19:29,462 Now that the state has rested their case, 324 00:19:29,462 --> 00:19:31,047 Tyson's attorney, Vincent Fuller, 325 00:19:31,047 --> 00:19:32,632 more known as a tax attorney than a criminal litigator, 326 00:19:32,632 --> 00:19:35,259 is gearing up to present his side of the story. 327 00:19:35,343 --> 00:19:37,345 Early polling data suggests many, 328 00:19:37,345 --> 00:19:39,639 including 56% of African Americans, 329 00:19:39,639 --> 00:19:41,140 are on Tyson's side. 330 00:19:41,224 --> 00:19:43,017 This, following the recent high-profile case 331 00:19:43,101 --> 00:19:44,519 of William Kennedy Smith 332 00:19:44,519 --> 00:19:46,396 who was acquitted after lurid details 333 00:19:46,396 --> 00:19:47,897 about his accuser's sex life 334 00:19:47,897 --> 00:19:49,899 were brought into the courtroom by the defense. 335 00:19:49,899 --> 00:19:51,609 And, of course, the Clarence Thomas 336 00:19:51,609 --> 00:19:53,277 Supreme Court confirmation hearings 337 00:19:53,361 --> 00:19:55,822 where Justice Thomas denied his accuser Anita Hill's 338 00:19:55,822 --> 00:19:58,157 claims of inappropriate workplace conduct, 339 00:19:58,241 --> 00:20:00,618 saying he was the victim of a "high tech lynching." 340 00:20:02,203 --> 00:20:05,289 Michael G. Tyson's reputation preceded him. 341 00:20:05,373 --> 00:20:08,209 There was not a single attendee at the Black Expo 342 00:20:08,209 --> 00:20:11,879 who was not aware that Mr. Tyson was a vulgarian, 343 00:20:11,963 --> 00:20:14,757 in thrall to his natural carnal instincts, 344 00:20:14,841 --> 00:20:17,885 with a voracious appetite for the fairer sex. 345 00:20:17,969 --> 00:20:19,846 Natural carnal instincts? 346 00:20:19,846 --> 00:20:22,223 It's like he couldn't help himself. 347 00:20:22,223 --> 00:20:23,891 I could see the women in the jury 348 00:20:23,975 --> 00:20:25,435 could see right through it. 349 00:20:25,435 --> 00:20:27,770 Miss Whittington, can you please walk us through 350 00:20:27,854 --> 00:20:30,148 how you came to be acquainted with Mr. Tyson? 351 00:20:30,148 --> 00:20:31,649 I was the Wisconsin representative 352 00:20:31,733 --> 00:20:33,651 in the Miss Black America pageant. 353 00:20:33,735 --> 00:20:35,653 We could all see what he wanted. 354 00:20:35,737 --> 00:20:38,448 Hey, Catholic school, you wanna come to my place? 355 00:20:38,448 --> 00:20:40,241 Come party? 356 00:20:40,241 --> 00:20:41,909 I batted him away. 357 00:20:41,993 --> 00:20:43,703 I like Southern girls. 358 00:20:43,703 --> 00:20:46,873 You like to cook, and I like to eat. 359 00:20:46,873 --> 00:20:48,708 What is she saying? 360 00:20:48,708 --> 00:20:51,586 It was up to me to bat him away? 361 00:20:51,586 --> 00:20:54,255 And when Miss Washington discussed Mr. Tyson, 362 00:20:54,255 --> 00:20:56,090 what did she say? 363 00:20:56,174 --> 00:20:58,801 She said that he's not intelligent, 364 00:20:58,885 --> 00:21:01,095 that he's dumb, ignorant. 365 00:21:01,179 --> 00:21:03,431 Look at the money Robin Givens got. 366 00:21:03,431 --> 00:21:05,433 Mike doesn't know how to speak. 367 00:21:05,433 --> 00:21:07,935 He'll make the money, and I'll do the talking. 368 00:21:08,019 --> 00:21:10,396 Thank you, Ms. Alexander. 369 00:21:12,565 --> 00:21:16,110 The defense calls Michael G. Tyson. 370 00:21:29,791 --> 00:21:31,667 What happened that night? 371 00:21:31,751 --> 00:21:33,878 I called her. And she was tired, 372 00:21:33,878 --> 00:21:36,172 so I said, "Don't worry, just comb your hair, 373 00:21:36,172 --> 00:21:37,840 throw some water on your face." 374 00:21:37,924 --> 00:21:39,425 Then I asked her to wear something short, 375 00:21:39,509 --> 00:21:41,886 like a short dress, or some loose, baggy shorts, 376 00:21:41,886 --> 00:21:43,388 or something like that. 377 00:21:43,388 --> 00:21:46,516 Then she came down to the car, and we started kissing. 378 00:21:46,516 --> 00:21:48,726 After that, we went around the corner to my hotel. 379 00:21:48,810 --> 00:21:51,604 We got upstairs. I sat on the bed. 380 00:21:51,604 --> 00:21:53,648 She was talking. 381 00:21:53,648 --> 00:21:57,360 And we started kissing, and she started getting hot, 382 00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:00,738 she started undressing, and we had oral sex. 383 00:22:00,822 --> 00:22:02,907 Eventually, it graduated to sex. 384 00:22:02,907 --> 00:22:04,951 And afterwards, I invited her to stay. 385 00:22:04,951 --> 00:22:07,370 But she didn't want to stay. She wasn't one of those. 386 00:22:07,370 --> 00:22:09,455 And she asked me to take her downstairs. 387 00:22:09,539 --> 00:22:12,166 And I didn't wanna take her. I was tired. 388 00:22:12,250 --> 00:22:13,668 I had to get up at 5:00 a.m. the next morning, 389 00:22:13,668 --> 00:22:15,086 in a couple of hours. 390 00:22:15,086 --> 00:22:16,754 Maybe I should have just walked her downstairs, 391 00:22:16,838 --> 00:22:18,214 you know, Christ. 392 00:22:18,214 --> 00:22:20,633 She just left irritated with me after that. 393 00:22:23,553 --> 00:22:25,888 Did she ever say no? 394 00:22:25,972 --> 00:22:27,598 She did not. 395 00:22:27,682 --> 00:22:30,143 I mean, she says she cried, and she screamed, and all, 396 00:22:30,143 --> 00:22:31,978 but you must understand, 397 00:22:31,978 --> 00:22:33,730 we were in a hotel room in the middle of the night. 398 00:22:33,730 --> 00:22:35,815 Somebody would've heard her. 399 00:22:35,815 --> 00:22:40,445 So what is your version of what happened that night? 400 00:22:40,445 --> 00:22:42,321 She was not raped. 401 00:22:42,405 --> 00:22:44,824 Now take us back once again 402 00:22:44,824 --> 00:22:47,493 to when you met Ms. Washington. 403 00:22:47,577 --> 00:22:52,290 What verbiage did you use to propose your rendezvous? 404 00:22:52,290 --> 00:22:54,625 How did I ask her out? 405 00:22:54,709 --> 00:22:56,586 Yes, sir. 406 00:22:58,546 --> 00:23:00,381 Well, I said I wanted to fuck her. 407 00:23:02,592 --> 00:23:04,052 Order! 408 00:23:04,052 --> 00:23:06,637 Hearing him say those words, 409 00:23:06,721 --> 00:23:08,723 "I wanted to fuck her." 410 00:23:08,723 --> 00:23:12,518 It was like he was trying to define me. 411 00:23:12,602 --> 00:23:16,022 He was trying to take every part 412 00:23:16,022 --> 00:23:19,108 away from me of who I was. 413 00:23:19,192 --> 00:23:21,778 I didn't want to be that girl now. 414 00:23:26,324 --> 00:23:28,785 "I want to fuck you." 415 00:23:28,785 --> 00:23:31,704 The defendant claims that's what he directly stated 416 00:23:31,788 --> 00:23:34,749 to this 18-year-old high school honors student. 417 00:23:34,749 --> 00:23:39,754 And she just laughs and says, "Yeah, sure, give me a call." 418 00:23:39,754 --> 00:23:42,048 That's the ridiculous fairy tale 419 00:23:42,048 --> 00:23:43,591 the defendant is asking you to accept. 420 00:23:43,591 --> 00:23:46,302 Witness after witness attested 421 00:23:46,386 --> 00:23:49,013 to Miss Washington's clear-eyed goal 422 00:23:49,097 --> 00:23:52,100 to separate a simple man from his money. 423 00:23:52,100 --> 00:23:54,102 She's given slightly different versions 424 00:23:54,102 --> 00:23:56,396 of that night to different people. 425 00:23:56,396 --> 00:23:59,357 She was so desperate to escape that room, 426 00:23:59,357 --> 00:24:01,651 she didn't even put her shoes back on. 427 00:24:01,651 --> 00:24:04,237 Ms. Washington didn't cry out. 428 00:24:04,237 --> 00:24:08,241 In fact, Mr. Tyson was attentive to her needs. 429 00:24:08,241 --> 00:24:10,326 The only part of Miss Washington 430 00:24:10,410 --> 00:24:13,830 that was injured that night was her pride. 431 00:24:13,830 --> 00:24:16,749 She was being treated like a one-night stand. 432 00:24:16,833 --> 00:24:19,001 She went in there thinking she was going 433 00:24:19,085 --> 00:24:21,838 to grab the gold ring and left an embarrassed, 434 00:24:21,838 --> 00:24:25,299 humiliated woman bent on revenge. 435 00:24:25,383 --> 00:24:28,010 "Stay the night," Mike said. 436 00:24:28,094 --> 00:24:30,179 Think about that. 437 00:24:30,263 --> 00:24:32,598 If you want in Mike Tyson's life, 438 00:24:32,682 --> 00:24:34,600 and he makes love to you 439 00:24:34,684 --> 00:24:37,019 and invites you to sleep with him, 440 00:24:37,103 --> 00:24:38,730 how are you rejected? 441 00:24:38,730 --> 00:24:43,484 If you're the little weasel who wants Mike Tyson's money, 442 00:24:43,568 --> 00:24:45,820 wants to be the next Robin Givens, 443 00:24:45,820 --> 00:24:48,072 you've just kicked one through the goalposts. 444 00:24:48,156 --> 00:24:52,368 There's only one victim here, and it's not 445 00:24:52,452 --> 00:24:56,539 the multi-millionaire heavyweight champion. 446 00:24:56,539 --> 00:25:01,586 It's this brave young lady who had the unmitigated gall 447 00:25:01,586 --> 00:25:04,505 to stand up to a man with unlimited power 448 00:25:04,589 --> 00:25:06,966 and resources and tell the truth. 449 00:25:11,012 --> 00:25:13,806 If you believe 450 00:25:13,890 --> 00:25:17,060 this beautiful, 451 00:25:17,060 --> 00:25:22,148 honest kid got deceived by a professional deceiver, 452 00:25:22,148 --> 00:25:27,570 was lied to, schmoozed, romanced, isolated, 453 00:25:27,570 --> 00:25:31,074 and raped, 454 00:25:31,074 --> 00:25:35,203 then guilty must be your judgment. 455 00:25:38,206 --> 00:25:40,917 That's all. 456 00:25:48,674 --> 00:25:51,386 Thank you. 457 00:25:52,345 --> 00:25:54,472 As jury deliberations continue, 458 00:25:54,472 --> 00:25:56,391 Tyson's supporters keep vigil 459 00:25:56,391 --> 00:25:58,518 outside the Indianapolis courthouse. 460 00:25:58,518 --> 00:26:00,269 Somebody in that hotel would have 461 00:26:00,353 --> 00:26:01,854 heard something if there had been a rape. 462 00:26:01,938 --> 00:26:03,815 Mike Tyson has done some bad things, 463 00:26:03,815 --> 00:26:05,358 but he didn't rape nobody. 464 00:26:05,358 --> 00:26:06,734 She raped herself. 465 00:26:06,818 --> 00:26:08,277 I've done a lot of research, 466 00:26:08,361 --> 00:26:10,947 and it's physically impossible to rape a woman 467 00:26:10,947 --> 00:26:14,575 who isn't, shall we say, ready. 468 00:26:14,659 --> 00:26:17,161 From where I'm standing, this isn't a crime, 469 00:26:17,245 --> 00:26:20,164 just an unfortunate incident. 470 00:26:20,248 --> 00:26:21,999 You really feel hatred, you know. 471 00:26:22,083 --> 00:26:24,001 That becomes a part of you, too. 472 00:26:24,085 --> 00:26:26,713 I don't know yet if that'll ever go away. 473 00:26:26,713 --> 00:26:29,382 So... you know. 474 00:26:34,429 --> 00:26:38,057 No means no! We believe Desiree! 475 00:26:38,141 --> 00:26:41,561 No means no! We believe Desiree! 476 00:26:41,561 --> 00:26:43,813 No means no! 477 00:26:43,813 --> 00:26:47,650 We believe Desiree! No means no! 478 00:26:47,734 --> 00:26:49,861 We believe Desiree! 479 00:26:51,571 --> 00:26:53,656 We believe Desiree! 480 00:26:53,740 --> 00:26:56,701 The jury's back. 481 00:27:03,166 --> 00:27:06,544 Has the jury reached a verdict? 482 00:27:06,544 --> 00:27:09,088 Yes, we have. 483 00:27:20,892 --> 00:27:24,187 As to count one, rape, 484 00:27:24,187 --> 00:27:27,899 we the jury find the defendant Michael Tyson... 485 00:27:27,899 --> 00:27:28,941 guilty. 486 00:27:30,610 --> 00:27:34,238 Count 2, guilty. 487 00:27:34,322 --> 00:27:35,281 I did it. 488 00:27:35,281 --> 00:27:36,991 Count three... 489 00:27:37,075 --> 00:27:40,953 I survived it, just like Mom said I would. 490 00:27:41,037 --> 00:27:44,957 They tried to break me, but... 491 00:27:45,041 --> 00:27:48,127 Now what? 492 00:27:48,211 --> 00:27:50,046 The day after the rape, 493 00:27:50,046 --> 00:27:53,341 you went back to the pageant and participated. 494 00:27:53,341 --> 00:27:55,885 You danced in it. How could you do that? 495 00:27:55,885 --> 00:27:57,637 {\an8}I'm not a quitter. 496 00:27:57,637 --> 00:27:59,138 {\an8}If I were a quitter, 497 00:27:59,222 --> 00:28:01,182 {\an8}I would have never gone through with this trial. 498 00:28:01,182 --> 00:28:04,018 {\an8}This is what happened. This is the truth. 499 00:28:04,102 --> 00:28:07,480 What are your feelings towards Mike Tyson? 500 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:11,442 I pity him. That's all I can feel for him. 501 00:28:11,526 --> 00:28:14,445 After he did what he did, he said to me, 502 00:28:14,529 --> 00:28:16,155 "Don't you love me now?" 503 00:28:16,239 --> 00:28:21,911 And all I could think is, this man is sick. 504 00:28:22,870 --> 00:28:25,581 If I saw him today, I would tell him, 505 00:28:25,665 --> 00:28:29,293 "You hurt me real bad. I didn't do this to hurt you. 506 00:28:29,377 --> 00:28:31,087 "I didn't do this to take your career away. 507 00:28:31,087 --> 00:28:33,131 "I did this because you need help, 508 00:28:33,131 --> 00:28:35,550 "and if your so-called friends aren't big enough 509 00:28:35,550 --> 00:28:37,260 to tell you that, then I will." 510 00:28:37,260 --> 00:28:39,262 You've said this is the only interview 511 00:28:39,262 --> 00:28:40,680 you're going to do, 512 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,015 but are you going to write a book? 513 00:28:43,099 --> 00:28:45,560 I have no plans to write a book. 514 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:49,021 This is the last time I will address society. 515 00:28:49,105 --> 00:28:51,399 Desiree was so sweet. 516 00:28:51,399 --> 00:28:53,401 She was voted friendliest in our school. 517 00:28:53,401 --> 00:28:54,861 No one brings it up. 518 00:28:54,861 --> 00:28:57,029 But everybody knows what happened to her. 519 00:28:57,113 --> 00:28:59,532 - I heard she changed her name. - And her face. 520 00:28:59,532 --> 00:29:01,409 But that's just, like, a total rumor. 521 00:29:01,409 --> 00:29:02,994 And her parents got divorced. 522 00:29:02,994 --> 00:29:04,620 Everyone's parents get divorced. 523 00:29:04,704 --> 00:29:07,665 But yeah, it was so sad. 524 00:29:07,749 --> 00:29:11,502 Mike wasn't gonna get no fair trial! 525 00:29:11,586 --> 00:29:15,465 Successful Black man in a white man's court? 526 00:29:15,465 --> 00:29:17,175 What Tyson didn't know is, 527 00:29:17,175 --> 00:29:19,427 his words were caught on a hot mic. 528 00:29:19,427 --> 00:29:21,971 I should've just killed that slimy bitch. 529 00:29:22,055 --> 00:29:25,892 I should've just killed that slimy bitch. 530 00:29:25,892 --> 00:29:28,061 That was a response to an uppity lady reporter 531 00:29:28,061 --> 00:29:29,520 who asked a ridiculous question. 532 00:29:29,604 --> 00:29:30,772 Nothing to do with that other woman. 533 00:29:30,772 --> 00:29:32,523 Now, this conviction was all a plot 534 00:29:32,607 --> 00:29:34,400 by a racist, corrupt justice system 535 00:29:34,484 --> 00:29:37,737 to imprison the greatest man America has ever produced... 536 00:29:37,737 --> 00:29:40,656 A true hero. 537 00:30:47,265 --> 00:30:50,268 Captioned by Captionmax