was an illegal relationship. a horrible crime to b accused of, but she insisted h wasn t the victim, she was i was petrified of him, petrified. she says he forced himsel on her did you ever have consensua sex with him never prosecutor said she was lying. she was insulted that you didn t believer? i was insulted that she thought someone would. but tutor and her pupil breaking all the rules but who was telling the truth? we both knew that what we are doing was wrong. he owned me i never have had such evidence against someone as had in this case hello and welcome t dateline, it started with racy photo found on a teenag boys phone and ended in courtroom with a jury forced t decide, was the 33 old femal tutor in the picture a victi or a predator? here s keith morrison with teacher s message. you two were in cahoots - it didn t have to and hear. he keeps stating things tha he has no evidence for a though it is facts with a turning to war you
Candidate South Carolina governor and un ambassador nikki haley. She is speaking live, right now for the very First Time Since you dropped out of the race and march, she Just Announced that she will be voting for Presumptive Republican president ial nominee donald trump in november. As soon as jeff zeleny joins me now lives in studio. Jeff, did we expect this or is this a surprise . Jake had somewhat of a surprise. She did not mention Donald Trumps name at all in his speech that she just finished giving, but it came up in the questionandanswer session at a think tank, the hudson institute, which she now is leading here. She was asked and near the end of that q a, who would she vote for . Her speech was very critical of joe biden and his policies again, she did not mention donald trump by name until she was asked who her ballot would be four as of voter i put my priorities on a president whos going to have the backs of our allies and hold our enemies to account who would secure the bord
it rose to t wheorse level other while sea level has rise over the past few decades. now back to dateline as the sunshine faded, an western michigan settled int the late fall of 2014, i appeared that the case against abigail simon was headed to courtroom. so a veteran prosecutor name helen was assigned the case. it was to be her last before retirement she had made a career out of prosecuting sex crimes you go after rapists, and abusers on behalf of victims and you have a situation where as a person, they re prosecuting, they claim they the victim yes, what a way to end th 25-year long career. to have someone who was prayin on a 15 year old boy for her own gratification, turn around
happening? we re calling the fbi. we re calling the prosecutor s office. we want to know where the case stands. nobody is calling us back. wow. alan dershowitz and ken starr appear to have done a pretty good job for their client in this case. julie brown, thanks for being with me tonight. thank you for having me. i want to turn to a former federal prosecutor who has extensive experience prosecuting sex crimes. also senator claire mccaskill, former democratic senator from missouri, now an msnbc political analyst. and senator, let me start with you. you were in the senate when acosta was brought before the senate. you were one of eight democrats to vote yes along with 52 republicans. there was some concern at the time about this case, but it wasn t front and center. what s your feeling now watching all this develop? well, it s one i d like to take back. i m embarrassed about that vote. there is subcontext. the guy who had been nominated before him was from st. louis. and accuse
attorney. you should be still advocating for these girls. these were, you know, young 13, 14, 15-year-old girls here. you know, that s who you should be protecting, not a child molester. and just to be clear, these girls, these teenaged girls, they and their parents wanted to go forward, right? yes. they wanted oftentimes in these cases you have extremely reluctant witnesses, for good reasons, ambivalent about it. in these cases the individuals wanted the charges to be pursued. there were several women that were very strong about it, and in fact they were calling the prosecutor s office repeatedly, and they weren t getting any callbacks. and so what they did was they hired an attorney, fred edwards to help them communicate with the prosecutors office because they weren t getting any calls back. and the police chief too was getting calls from the girls and their parents saying what s happening? nobody is calling us back. wow. alan dershowitz and ken starr appear to have done