Mira Sorvino Reveals She is a Survivor of Date Rape

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"I'm also a survivor of date rape. And I've never said that in public." Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino is speaking out for the first time about date rape in a push to pass stronger sexual assault laws.

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00:00I'm also a sexual assault victim and I'm also a survivor of date rape.

00:05So, and I've never said that in public and I do not want to go into detail,

00:09but I have never said that last part ever in public

00:14because it is impossible sometimes to share these sort of things

00:17and I'm doing it here to try and help.

00:19There are all these survivors out there right now who need justice,

00:32who need to feel that they can take the time they need to sort through the trauma,

00:37to sort through the shame, because I can tell you,

00:40in situations of second degree rape, which is what mine would constitute,

00:48you feel shame.

00:50You feel like somehow it was your fault, that you should have been smarter,

00:53you should have protected yourself better,

00:56you should have not taken that drink, who knows what was in it,

00:59but like that you somehow got yourself into this situation.

01:17So if you impose this five-year limit, which is one of the shortest in the country,

01:28the worst is North Dakota, but we're one of the shortest in the country

01:31and for a liberal state such as New York, that's a kind of a shame,

01:35a progressive state I should say,

01:38then you are cutting off the time in which a person could finally have the courage

01:44and the wherewithal to come forward and name his or her attacker

01:47and try and get justice for that, and then that person gets put away hopefully.

01:53It is extremely important for all the past victims, present survivors,

01:59and future would-be victims, let's prevent this, let's stop the triage

02:05and start changing the landscape now to say that time is up for sexual assault,

02:11sexual battery, sexual harassment and rape.

02:15Time is truly up. Thank you.

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