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"Mr. Moore,"When the Washington Post approached me about what you did to me as a child, I told them what happened, just as I had told family and friends years before I stand by every word.
"You responded by denying the truth. You told the world that you didn't even know me. Others in recent days have had the decency to acknowledge their hurtful actions and apologize for similar behavior, but not you.
"So I gave an interview on television so that people could judge for themselves whether I was telling the truth. You sent out your spokesmen to call me a liar. Day after day.
"Finally, last night, you did the dirty work yourself. You called me malicious, and you questioned my motivation in going public.
"I explained my motivation on the Today show. I said that this is not political for me, this is personal. As a 14-year old, I did not deserve to have you, a 32-year old, prey on me. I sat quietly for too long, out of concern for my family. No more. I am not getting paid for speaking up. I am not getting rewarded from your political opponents. What I am getting is stronger by refusing to blame myself and speaking the truth out loud. The initial barrage of attacks against me voiced by your campaign spokespersons and others seemed petty so I did not respond.
"But when you personally denounced me last night and called me slanderous names, I decided that I am done being silent. What you did to me when I was 14-years old should be revolting to every person of good morals. But now you are attacking my honesty and integrity. Where does your immorality end?"
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I have read the original Washington Post detailed account of Ms. Corfman's description, and I have seen clips of her Today interview. She is one of the most believable witnesses I have ever heard and watched. She does not in the least try to sensationalize. If anything she shows the restraint she has exerted all these years in not denouncing Moore -- and gives understandable reasons for not having done so. But now that her children are older, she says, she talked with them about it; and together they decided for her to tell her story.
As she says here, when Moore's spokesmen attacked her, she dismissed it as petty. But when Moore himself defamed her, she is "done being silent." To see excerpts of that Today interview and decide for yourself, go to:
As she says here, when Moore's spokesmen attacked her, she dismissed it as petty. But when Moore himself defamed her, she is "done being silent." To see excerpts of that Today interview and decide for yourself, go to:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/leigh-corfman-roy-moore-accuser-open-letter_us_5a1ec306e4b0cb0e917d1127?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
Ralph
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