1:12:03
and try to build a defense.
1:12:05
While I was out on bail
1:12:07
I put all the charges
into a database
1:12:09
so that they could be
sorted by complainant
1:12:11
by time period,
by nature of charge.
1:12:16
For example,
there was one complainant
1:12:18
10-year-old boy
1:12:19
says he came to class
in the spring of 1986
1:12:22
and during
this 10-week session
1:12:23
where he was
only over my house
1:12:25
for an hour and a half
once a week
1:12:27
he says that there were
31 instances of sexual contact.
1:12:32
That's 3 times a week
1:12:35
every single week...
1:12:36
for 10 straight weeks
1:12:38
and then the course ends.
1:12:40
In the fall, he re-enrolled
for the advanced course
1:12:45
and says that he was subjected
to 41 more instances
1:12:49
of anal and oral sodomy
in the next 10-week session
1:12:52
and nobody said anything.
1:12:54
Week after week,
month after month
1:12:56
year after year
1:12:57
until after the police
came knocking on doors
1:12:59
and asking questions.
1:13:18
I went to the doorbell.
1:13:19
There were two
Nassau County detectives
1:13:21
and they said they'd like to
speak to our son
1:13:23
with regard to
the Friedman matter.
1:13:26
They came in and said, "We know
something happened to him. "
1:13:30
They didn't say, "We believe. "
1:13:31
They said, "We know. "
1:13:34
And they wanted
to speak to him.
1:13:36
I remember it was actually kind
of a frightening experience
1:13:38
because I remember
they're talking
1:13:39
to my parents about this
within earshot of me.
1:13:43
I remember actually
eavesdropping
1:13:45
on what they said
1:13:47
and what they said
made my heart race
1:13:50
because they were saying
1:13:51
that actually quite
a few horrible things
1:13:54
had happened to
a lot of children
1:13:55
and I was one of them.
1:13:57
And quite honestly,
I didn't believe it