:30:01
as to what Arnold
and/or Jesse did to them.
:30:05
And Judge Boklan,
she's you know,
:30:06
a pretty strong-willed judge.
:30:08
And she's pretty unmovable
when she makes her decision.
:30:12
There was never a doubt in
my mind as to their guilt.
:30:17
And remember, I'd been
around for a while.
:30:19
This wasn't, you know, the first
sex case that I had ever seen.
:30:22
In fact, my previous law
secretary used to tease me
:30:24
that we were the pervert part.
:30:26
And having been, you know, head
of the Sex Crimes Unit myself,
:30:31
where, you know, I had young
boys who were sodomized,
:30:33
in fact, one who
killed himself
:30:35
you know, after the sentence
of the abuser.
:30:38
I mean, some horrible
experiences.
:30:40
So for me to be so outraged,
:30:43
I mean, this was really
very, very bad
:30:46
what was going on there.
:30:47
It was like someone's
worst nightmare.
:30:49
Who would even think
of doing these things?
:30:52
And to do them in a group
and with so many witnesses.
:30:56
The scenario, as posted by
the media and the police
:31:00
was so incredibly way out,
:31:04
it was hard for me to
believe that it was true.
:31:07
We now welcome, also in
Los Angeles, Debbie Nathan.
:31:10
Debbie is an investigative
freelance journalist,
:31:12
who has been covering
the McMartin and other
:31:14
abuse trials around the country.
:31:16
All these parents
are bizarro, huh?
:31:18
They're all whacked?
:31:19
Well, it's not really fair,
I don't think
:31:22
to deal simply with
these parents
:31:23
or with this particular case.
:31:25
You have to understand that
all over the country
:31:27
there is a hysteria.
:31:28
And I don't think that
it's a question
:31:30
with most of these
kids of lying.
:31:31
I think that they have been
brainwashed, if you will.
:31:36
I was one of the first writers
for the mass media
:31:38
to look at those cases
critically and question them.
:31:41
So as a result of that, having
done a lot of that work,
:31:44
I got a lot of letters
from people.
:31:46
And my father wrote to Debbie
and said, I don't know,
:31:50
said, "Help me. "
:31:51
And she has been the only
person outside the family
:31:53
that said, "I believe you. "
:31:58
In the Friedman case,
:31:59
the basic charges were
completely implausible.