Seeing Allred

From Hollywood, it's The Dinah Show!

And now, a lady with her own ideas about what a woman is,

here's Dinah!

Now there's a list of what one husband would want from his wife,

or any husband should want from his wife, when he came home from work.

For instance, one,

have the house presentable.

Be attired in a negligee.

Provide 20 minutes of silence before being presented with the problems of the day.

Four, be attired in a negligee .

Five, have a meal prepared within an hour.

And six, be attired in a negligee.

Gloria Allred, are you...

-Hi, Gloria. -Hi, Dinah.

-Where you from? -I'm an attorney in Los Angeles.

Ah, welcome.

How would you feel if your husband presented you with a list like that?

Well, Dinah, I think we have a uterus and a brain, and they both work,

and I think it's very insulting to women.

Listen.

Well...

Listen, I think you ought to be definite about this.

Don't just tiptoe around it!

I live in a war zone everyday.

There is a war on women.

It's real.

It can be very ugly.

Women depend on me to be strong,

to be fearless,

and to assert and protect their rights.

And power only understands power.

["Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves" plays]

One woman strikes fear into the hearts of powerful men,

from Herman Cain to Tiger Woods.

A feminist crusader...

Media hound...

And a lightning rod for controversy.

She is easily the most famous women's rights attorney in the country.

Her zeal has put her at the center of countless cases.

She did not ask Mr. Trump to view his anatomy

to prove that he is a naturally born man.

I think Gloria would be very, very, very impressed with me.

Joining us now from Los Angeles this morning...

Joining us to tell us what's going on...

Joining us now from Los Angeles is civil rights attorney...

Please welcome to our show, Gloria Allred.

I first met Gloria on the television screen.

-Stop trying to perpetuate myths... -Nobody...

...about battered women.

I thought of her as humorless and striving...

I want to talk about all this with civil rights attorney Gloria Allred.

I was a little bit afraid of her.

She's Gloria Allred.

I want you to finish.

-I want to play the juror. -Don't talk over me.

Who else do you know like Gloria Allred?

It is a disgrace that these homophobes are allowed to discriminate!

I am taking this case on personally!

We all have our own disadvantages and advantages.

I mean, for instance, I hate conflict.

I think that Gloria enjoys conflict.

You should be using these resources to arrest these fathers!

The reason you demean us is because secretly

you envy women and you fear them!

Gloria's gone on TV and she's raised hell.

She's been very aggressive,

and it's no surprise that some people don't like that.

Oh, save it for your next book, you little snitch.

That's assault! That is assault!

I don't think Gloria's in a popularity contest

because if she is, well, she lost that one.

Every time some high profile case breaks out,

you jump on television and act like you God.

Why don't you just go back to your office, wait on another case,

and shut the hell up?

I think I'm very well understood by many people,

and misunderstood by those who wish to misunderstand

because they have an agenda that is different than mine.

I don't really care.

Allred, Maroko & Goldberg, how can I help you?

The Bill Cosby sex abuse scandal is growing.

Two more women describe

being drugged and sex-molested by Bill Cosby.

The Howard Stern Show.

You know what? I never found Bill Cosby funny.

I don't know that he's ever been convicted of rape.

- He has. -There've been allegations, sexual stuff.

- Yeah. - Roofies and all this shit.

But he's like an icon that you don't touch.

For Gloria, the Bill Cosby case is everything she's looking for.

Hollywood, a celebrity,

race, women's rights,

sexual abuse, power.

I mean, come on. I don't think there's anything better for her.

Last month it was reported in the press

that over 20 women had come forward to allege that Bill Cosby

had either drugged or sexually assaulted them,

or committed both acts of misconduct against them.

Unfortunately, with a rare exception,

I had to inform these women that it was too late for them

to file a lawsuit against Mr. Cosby

because of the statute of limitations.

This statute of limitations is an arbitrary time period

set by law...

...during which a victim must file a lawsuit

or be forever barred from pursuing it.

The public deserves to know

if Mr. Cosby is a saint or a sexual predator.

Mr. Cosby greeted me

and handed a cappuccino telling me that he made me my favorite coffee.

And after I drink it,

I felt dizzy and lost consciousness.

I could not open my eyes.

I couldn't move or say anything.

I felt something warm on my lips,

and I blacked out.

I woke up

to him clapping his hands, saying, "Daddy says, 'Wake up.'"

Not to be insensitive to the women sitting here,

but can you say beyond the shadow of a doubt

that you are 100 percent confident in the truth of their claims?

You can decide for yourself.

Any pregnancies involved in all this?

Any pregnancies? We're...

We're not commenting on that, but thank you.

Were there any law enforcement actions...

Is she not giving last names?

-Who's calling? -Hey, Sara.

At first I was reluctant to get involved, only because there was

no legal option for many of these women,

but then I realized that they really do need a voice, they deserve a voice.

Frankly...

...everybody was looking to me and saying,

"Gloria, when you going to do something?"

The district attorney can't take these cases

because of the statute of limitations impediment.

So, the only thing she can do

is provide her client

an opportunity to tell the story of what happened ,

and turning it into a trial on public opinion.

How many people think the women are lying?

Do you guys believe the women? You think some of them are lying?

-Absolutely. -Really?

Wherever you see Gloria Allred, you know somebody's lying.

I didn't wanna...

I have to ask about your name coming up in the news recently.

-No, no, we don't answer that. -Okay.

I just wanted to ask if you wanted to respond at all

about whether any of that was true.

There's no response.

And I think you need to get on the phone with his...

-I will, yeah. -...person immediately.

Okay.

Back here in Colorado,

Bill Cosby performed and received two standing ovations

during his run in Denver this weekend,

but outside the venue

Gloria Allred was leading the biggest protest to date

against the comedian.

Rape is not a joke!

Rape is not a joke!

It's important that there be consequences.

Rape is not a joke!

And sometimes making someone accountable is a form of justice...

Rape is not a joke!

...even if they can't have justice in the conventional setting

of a court of law.

This is not a free speech area!

Is this personal?

Is it personal? I...

I don't know. Excuse me. All right.

Today, three new women

who alleged that they were victims of Bill Cosby

are here with me to describe what they allege

that Mr. Cosby did to them

when they were young and extremely vulnerable.

And for those who will choose not to believe

that I am speaking the truth of what happened to me,

please know that I wish it were not true.

It's always personal to me

if a woman has been a victim of injustice and has been hurt.

...alone with this secret.

It's always personal.

My commitment to women comes from my own life experience.

I thought that what happened to me was just my bad luck.

I didn't realize that some of what happened to me