five witnesses that had a chance to face bill cosby in this case to tell the jury, to tell all of you what he did to them. so heidi thomas, shalan lasha. janice dickerson, janice baker kinney, and elise lublin. the public here thank all of them. i call each of them after the verdict. i was not able to talk to all of them, but they know what they have done. and they know what their courage helped all of us do. so supporting all of these women have been the victim advocates, the victims groups, the women's groups, the anti-rape groups. and so many others. and each of these groups play