Sec. Acosta: ‘The Message to Victims Is Come Forward’

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ACOSTA: “And as to a message to the victims, the message is you need to come forward. I heard this morning that another victim came forward and made horrendous, horrendous allegations, allegations that should never happen to any woman, much less a young girl. And as victims come forward, these cases can be brought and they can be brought by the federal government, they can be brought by state attorneys, and they will be brought. We have seen, in the last few years, cases brought against individuals that got away with things for well over a decade. And you know, it’s important to realize that people were getting away with these. People were not going to jail at all. And we’re aware of those high profile cases and we have seen, as victims come forward, how the justice system deals with them. And so the message to victims is, come forward."