STATEMENT BEGINS BY ADDRESSING
THE STORIES TOLD TO THE TIMES
BY THOSE FIVE ACCUSERS.
HE SAYS THESE STORIES ARE
TRUE.
IN HIS STATEMENT, THE 50-YEAR-
OLD COMEDIAN ADMITS TO SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT AND THAT HE TOOK
ADVANTAGE OF HIS SUCCESS AS A
COMEDIAN.
HIS STATEMENT READS:
WHY DO WOMEN STILL GO OUT
WITH GUYS WHEN YOU CONSIDER
THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO
GREATER THREAT TO WOMEN THAN
MEN!
Reporter: THE ACCUSATIONS
WERE FIRST DETAILED IN THE
"NEW YORK TIMES" THURSDAY.
CHICAGO COMEDY DUO DANA
GOODMAN AND JULIA TOLD THE
PAPER THEY MET CK AT A COMEDY
FESTIVAL IN 2002 AND THOUGHT
HE WAS JOKING WHEN HE OFFERED
TO UNDRESS IN FRONT OF THEM.
IN HIS ADMISSION, LOUIS CK
SAYS, HE USED TO THINK IT WAS
OKAY TO DO THIS BECAUSE HE HAD
ASKED FOR PERMISSION FIRST.
IN HIS STATEMENT, HE SAY, WHEN
YOU HAVE POWER OVER ANOTHER
PERSON, ASKING THEM TO LOOK AT
YOUR EXPLETIVE 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.
FOR THE WOMEN WE SPOKE TO,
THEM THAT THIS IS THE MOMENT
TO SPEAK.
THERE IS A MOVEMENT, A SENSE
OF SOLIDARITY THAT THEIR
STORIES NOW WILL GET SUPPORT.
Reporter: THE "NEW YORK
TIMES" SPOKE WITH THREE
ADDITIONAL WOMEN, ACCUSING CK
OF OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOR.
CK WHO MADE A CAREER OUT OF
CRUDE DIRTY JOKES ALSO WROTE
THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN
FORGIVE HIMSELF FOR SAYING,
THE HARDEST REGRET TO LIVE
WITH IS WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IT
HURT SOMEONE ELSE.
AND I CAN HARDLY WRAP MY HEAD
AROUND THE SCOPE OF HURT I
BROUGHT ON THEM."
ORCHARD THE DISTRIBUTOR OF HIS
NEW FILM HAS SCRAPPED ITS
RELEASE ALTOGETHER.
HBO AND NETFLIX HAVE CUT TIES
WITH CK.
FX, WHICH AIRS TWO OF HIS
SERIES, ARE SAYING THAT THE
MATTER IS STILL UNDER REVIEW.
LOUIS CK ENDS THAT LENGTHY
STATEMENT BY SAYING, I HAVE
SPENT MY LONG AND LUCKY CAREER
TALKING AND SAYING ANYTHING I
WANT.
