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IN LOS ANGELES, THIS IS "CBS 2
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I'M PAT HARVEY.
I'M RICK GARCIA.
COMEDIAN LOUIS CK SAID HE DID
IT.
THE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HIM ARE
TRUE.
NOW HE IS PAYING THE PRICE
AND LOSING WORK.
HERE ARE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OF THE SCANDAL.
REPORTER: IT WAS JUST ONE DAY
AFTER THOSE CRUDE ALLEGATIONS
SURFACED AND HE ADMITTED HE DID
IT IN A LENGTHY STATEMENT.
HE SAID HE'S BEEN REMORSEFUL OF
HIS ACTIONS AND TRY TO LEARN
FROM THEM.
IT WAS A NON- APOLOGY,
APOLOGY.
HE DID NOT SAY HE
REPORTER: MELISSA SILVERSTEIN IS
RESPONDING TO HIS INAPPROPRIATE
BEHAVIOR.
SHE IS THE FOUNDER OF WOMEN IN
HOLLYWOOD.
UP UNTIL YESTERDAY HE WAS
ABOUT TO RELEASE A MOVIE THAT,
WHERE THE MALE LEAD CHARACTER IN
THE 60s SLEEPS WITH A
16-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
EVERYBODY KNEW ABOUT THESE
RUMORS JUST LIKE THEY KNEW ABOUT
THE WEINSTEIN RUMORS AND PEOPLE
LAUGH THEM OFF.
REPORTER: FIVE WOMEN ACCUSED HIM
OF INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
IN THE NEW YORK TIMES EXPOSE
RELEASED YESTERDAY.
THEY WERE IN COMPLETE SHOCK.
HE IS NOW ONE OF THE BIGGEST
NAMES IN COMEDY AND THEY FELT
LIKE THEY WEREN'T SURE IF I
COULD SPEAK OUT.
REPORTER: THE NEW YORK PREMIERE
OF HIS NEW MOVIE, I LOVE YOU
DADDY, WITH CANCELED LATER THAT
NIGHT.
THE MOVIE WILL NOT BE RELEASED.
HOW DO WOMEN STILL GO OUT
WITH GUYS WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE
FACT THERE IS NO GREATER THREAT
TO WOMEN THAN MEN.
REPORTER: THIS MORNING HE
RESPONDED WITH THIS STATEMENT.
AT THE TIME, I SAID TO MYSELF
WHAT I DID WAS OKAY BECAUSE I
NEVER SHOWED A WOMAN MY PRIVATE
PARTS WITHOUT ASKING FIRST.
WHAT I LEARNED LATER IN LIFE,
TOO LATE, IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE
POWER OVER ANOTHER PERSON,
ASKING THEM TO LOOK AT YOUR
PRIVATE PARTS ISN'T A QUESTION,
IT'S A PREDICAMENT FOR THEM.
THE POWER I HAD OVER THESE WOMEN
IS THAT THEY ADMIRED ME AND I
WIELDED THAT POWER
IRRESPONSIBLY.
I THINK THIS IS LARGELY A PR
MOVE DESIGNED TO TAKE SOME THE
OXYGEN OUT OF WHAT COULD BE A
RAGING FIRE OF BAD PUBLICITY IF
THEY KEEP DENYING WHAT COULD BE
PROVEN AS TRUE.
HE IS A FORMER SEX CRIMES
PROSECUTOR AND LEGAL ADVISOR.
WE ASKED HIM WHAT TO BE NEXT.
CRIMINALLY, PROBABLY NOTHING
BECAUSE IN GUESSING THE STATUTES
OF LIMITATION WOULD HAVE ALREADY
RUN ON WHAT WOULD BE A
MISDEMEANOR INDECENT EXPOSURE.
CIVILLY, HE COULD BE SUBJECT TO
LAWSUITS IF THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATION HASN'T RUN ON THOSE
CASES.
REPORTER: THE CABLE NETWORK FX
SAID THEY ARE CUTTING TIES.
