The stars of the 'Judge Judy' spinoff talk about Hollywood's biggest legal dramas of the year.
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Over the past year, we’ve seen a series of lawsuits filed against high-profile individuals — Sean Combs, Jamie Foxx, Axl Rose — from plaintiffs taking advantage of New York’s Adult Survivors Act and suing over sexual misconduct that, in some alleged instances, took place decades ago. What are some of the indicators you like see in cases like this to substantiate the allegations?
Tewolde: Evidence documenting the physical injuries, medical records. Of course, not having those things doesn’t mean that a crime didn’t occur, but those are some of the pieces of evidence I’d want to see. When you talk about accusations that were made a long time ago, 10 or 20 years, it would be helpful to have an outcry witness come forward — the person that heard these allegations from the victim [at the time] is most certainly helpful.
Juarez: Everybody understands that memory fades, but juries are going to have to be very carefully instructed and someone is going to need to explain to them that there was no social media and people didn’t carry cameras around. There was not prolific DNA analysis 20, 25 years ago. The type of evidence that juries might want to see because they follow cases today or because they watch
Law & Order or
CSI, not only is it not going to exist, but it couldn’t have existed 20 years ago because people didn’t have a video camera in their pocket.