54 1 The question that you posed before just now 2 was: What was the reason for your including 3 those allegations in this pleading? Now you have 4 asked: What is the factual basis? And that's 5 going back to questions that we have already 6 covered and we have, I think, exhausted the 7 ability to respond to that question outside of 8 privileged information. 9 Do you want to go back to the question about 10 what was your reason for including those 11 allegations? 12 MR. SIMPSON: I'11 ask the question a 13 different way. 14 MR. SCAROLA: Thank you. 15 BY MR. SIMPSON: 16 Q. Mr. Cassell, I'm going to ask you if you're 17 in court and Judge Marra said to you, counsel, what is 18 the factual basis for your allegation that Professor 19 Dershowitz abused other minors, what would you say? And 20 if you wouldn't say something because it's privileged, 21 then don't include it. What would you tell the judge 22 was your basis for this? 23 A. All right. So the initial basis for it 24 was -- 25 MR. SCAROLA: First of all, let me object ROUGH DRAFT ONLY HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021877