108 1 I'm sure it's probably -- 2 THE WITNESS: It's all right. 3 MR. SIMPSON: That's okay with you? 4 THE WITNESS: Sure. 5 BY MR. SIMPSON: 6 Q. Would you agree with me that accusing a 7 person of -- an adult of engaging in sex with a minor is 8 a serious accusation? 9 A. Sure. 10 Q. And would you agree with me that the cause of 11 victims' rights is harmed and not furthered by false 12 allegations of sexual abuse? 13 A. Sure. 14 Q. I want to go back. I'm going to follow up on 15 some aspects of your answer. 16 A. Sure. 17 Q. Kind of work my way through some of those. 18 A. Sure. 19 Q. But first let me -- let me ask this: You 20 drew in your answer a lot of inferences based on the 21 facts or information you -- you recited, inferences that 22 Professor Dershowitz had engaged in the conduct alleged; 23 is that fair to say? 24 A. I think part of it was -- was inference, part 25 of were the facts. I mean, you say a lot of inferences. ROUGH DRAFT ONLY HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021931