{"id":2497,"date":"2018-09-27T16:34:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T20:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lovepeacenslander.com\/?p=2497"},"modified":"2018-09-27T16:36:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T20:36:24","slug":"andrea-constands-full-victim-impact-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovepeacenslander.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/27\/andrea-constands-full-victim-impact-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea Constand\u2019s Full Victim Impact Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"css-m89dac e345g291\">\n<figure class=\"sizeMedium layoutHorizontal css-z723vq toneFeature\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-bsn42l\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-11cwn6f\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2018\/09\/26\/arts\/26constand-statement\/merlin_144255096_db59f005-ea43-440d-8660-3912b928edc5-articleLarge.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2018\/09\/26\/arts\/26constand-statement\/merlin_144255096_db59f005-ea43-440d-8660-3912b928edc5-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2018\/09\/26\/arts\/26constand-statement\/merlin_144255096_db59f005-ea43-440d-8660-3912b928edc5-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2018\/09\/26\/arts\/26constand-statement\/merlin_144255096_db59f005-ea43-440d-8660-3912b928edc5-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"css-109u0hy emkp2hg0\"><span class=\"css-1szf6bk e1olku6u0\">Andrea Constand in the Montgomery County Courthouse on Monday, the first day of Bill Cosby\u2019s sentencing hearing.<\/span><span class=\"emkp2hg1 css-znas8p e18m0s9i0\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1afaoz0\">Credit<\/span><span class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">Credit<\/span>Pool photo by David Maialetti<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"css-30n6iy e345g290\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"css-18sbwfn StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-4w7y5l\">\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 ehxkw330\">Following is a victim impact statement that Andrea Constand submitted to the court for\u00a0<\/em><a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/09\/25\/arts\/television\/bill-cosby-sentencing.html\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 ehxkw330\">Bill Cosby\u2019s sentencing<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 ehxkw330\">.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">To truly understand the impact that sexual assault has had on my life, you have to understand the person I was before it happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">At the time of the assault, I was 30 years old, and a fit, confident athlete. I was strong, and skilled, with great reflexes, agility and speed. When I graduated from high school in Toronto, I was one of the top three female high school basketball players in Canada. Dozens of American colleges lined up to offer me basketball scholarships, and I chose the University of Arizona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">For four years, I was a shooting guard on the women\u2019s basketball team, scoring up to 30 points a game. It was an amazing time in my life, and I learned a lot, developed a circle of really good friends, many of them teammates, and traveled around the U.S. to compete.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-14jsv4e\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"story-ad-1-wrapper\" class=\"ResponsiveAd-storyBodyAd--35v2w\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-1-slug\" class=\"ResponsiveAd-adSlug--3H3QM\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad story-ad-1-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-18sbwfn StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-4w7y5l\">\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">The only downside was that I missed my family, and developed severe homesickness when it started to affect my studies and my training, my dad came up with the idea to move his own father and mother to Tucson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">My grandparents were in their late 60s when they gamely agreed to move more than 2,000 miles to help me adjust to life away from home. They were retired after selling their Toronto restaurant business, and figured the warm, dry climate would suit them anyway. I had always enjoyed a special relationship with my grandparents. Not only had I grown up in their home, but I spoke Greek before I spoke English. They got an apartment close to mine, and I was there most days, talking and laughing over my favorite home-cooked meals. The homesickness quickly evaporated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">After I graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in communications, I signed a two-year contract to play professional basketball for Italy. Going pro took my athletic training to a whole new level. Once again, I thrived in the team atmosphere, and enjoyed traveling Europe although we rarely saw more than the basketball venues and the hotel rooms where we slept.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">When my contract ended, my former coach from the University of Arizona encouraged me to apply for a job as director of operations for the women\u2019s basketball team at Temple University in Philadelphia. It was a busy, challenging position that required me to manage a lot of logistical details so that others could focus on training the team for competition. I also made all the travel arrangements and went to tournaments with the team and support staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">It was a great job but after a few years, I knew I wanted to pursue a career in the healing arts, my other passion. I also wanted to work closer to home, where I would be reunited with my large, extended family, and many friends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-18sbwfn StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-4w7y5l\">\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">I knew who I was and I liked who I was. I was at the top of my game, certain that the groundwork provided by my education and athletic training would stand me in good stead whatever challenges lay ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">How wrong I was. In fact, nothing could have prepared me for an evening of January 2004, when life as I knew it came to an abrupt halt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">I had just given my two-month notice at Temple when the man I had come to know as a mentor and friend drugged and sexually assaulted me. Instead of being able to run, jump and pretty much do anything I wanted physically, during the assault, I was paralyzed and completely helpless. I could not move my arms or legs. I couldn\u2019t speak or even remain conscious. I was completely vulnerable, and powerless to protect myself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">After the assault, I wasn\u2019t sure what had actually happened but the pain spoke volumes. The shame was overwhelming. Self-doubt and confusion kept me from turning to my family or friends as I normally did. I felt completely alone, unable to trust anyone, including myself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">I made it through the next few weeks by focusing on work. The women\u2019s basketball team was in the middle of the Atlantic 10 tournament, and was traveling a lot. It was an extremely busy time for me, and the distraction helped take my mind off what had happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">When the team wasn\u2019t on the road, however, I was in the basketball office at Temple, and was required to interact with Mr. Cosby, who was on the board of trustees. The sound of his voice over the phone felt like a knife going through my guts. The sight of the man who drugged and sexually assaulted me coming into the basketball office filled me with dread. I did everything with my job required of me but kept my head down, counting the days until I could return to Canada. I trusted that once I left, things would get back to normal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-14jsv4e\">\n<div class=\"css-9d5a7r ehpkjz40\">\n<div id=\"newsletter-module\" class=\"css-iuj46l ehpkjz41\">\n<div class=\"css-tmqdvj ehpkjz42\">\n<div class=\"css-2sa10p\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"story-ad-3-wrapper\" class=\"ResponsiveAd-storyBodyAd--35v2w\">\n<div class=\"ad story-ad-3-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-3\">Instead, the pain and anguish came with me. At my parent\u2019s house, where I was staying until I got settled, I couldn\u2019t talk, eat, sleep or socialize. Instead of feeling less alone because I was back home with my family, I felt more isolated than ever. Instead of my legendary big appetite and \u201chollow leg\u201d \u2014 a running joke in my family \u2014 I picked at my food, looking more like a scarecrow with each passing week. I was always a sound sleeper but now I couldn\u2019t sleep for more than two or three hours. I felt exhausted all the time.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-18sbwfn StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-4w7y5l\">\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">I used the demands of my new courses to opt out of family gatherings and events, and to avoid going out with friends. As far as anyone could tell, I was preoccupied with my studies. But the terrible truth about what had happened to me \u2014 at the hands of a man my family and friends admired and respected \u2014 was swirling around inside me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">Then the nightmares started. I dreamed that another woman was being assaulted right in front of me and it was all my fault. in the dream, I was consumed with guilt, and pretty soon, that agonizing feeling spilled over into my waking hours too. I became more and more anxious that what had happened to me was going to happen to someone else. I grew terrified that it might already be too late, that the sexual assaults were continuing because I didn\u2019t speak out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">Then one morning I called my mother on the telephone to tell her what had happened to me. She had heard me cry out in my sleep. She wouldn\u2019t let me put her off, and insisted that I tell her what was wrong. She wouldn\u2019t settle for anything less than a complete and truthful explanation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-14jsv4e\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"sizeMedium css-tn2kb2\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-bsn42l\"><span class=\"headline-l-1YyfqTAo headlineDefaults-oYzpCBUp headline-1ay9DQJg cheltenham-1_CZp9RG multiLineTruncation--2fxRo8r\">The Woman Who Brought Down Bill Cosby<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"css-109u0hy emkp2hg0\"><span class=\"css-1szf6bk e1olku6u0\">Andrea Constand is the only woman among more than 50 accusers whose complaint against Mr. Cosby has resulted in a conviction. He was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison on Tuesday.<\/span><span class=\"css-cch8ym\"><span class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">Published On<\/span><time class=\"css-18oazr6 eqalrg90\" datetime=\"2018-04-26\">April 26, 2018<\/time><span class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">Credit<\/span><span class=\"emkp2hg1 css-u9le3o e18m0s9i0\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1afaoz0\">Credit<\/span>Image by Mark Makela\/Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"css-18sbwfn StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-4w7y5l\">\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">Reporting the assault to the Durham Regional police in Toronto only intensified the fear and pain, making me feel more vulnerable and ashamed than ever. When the Montgomery County District Attorney outside Philadelphia decided not to prosecute for lack of evidence, we were left with no sense of validation or justice. After we launched civil claims, the response from Mr. Cosby\u2019s legal team was swift and furious. It was meant to frighten and intimidate and it worked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-18sbwfn StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-4w7y5l\">\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">The psychological, emotional and financial bullying included a slander campaign in the media that left my entire family reeling in shock and disbelief. Instead of being praised as a straight-shooter, I was called a gold-digger, a con artist, and a pathological liar. My hard-working middle-class parents were accused of trying to get money from a rich and famous man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">At the deposition during the civil trial, I had to relive every moment of the sexual assault in horrifying detail in front of Mr. Cosby and his lawyers. I felt traumatized all over again and was often in tears. I had to watch Cosby make jokes and attempt to degrade and diminish me, while his lawyers belittled and sneered at me. It deepened my sense of shame and helplessness, and at the end of each day, I left emotionally drained and exhausted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">When the case closed with a settlement, sealed testimony and a nondisclosure agreement, I thought that finally \u2014\u00a0<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 ehxkw330\">finally \u2014\u00a0<\/em>I could get on with my life, that this awful chapter in my life was over at last. These exact same feelings followed me throughout both criminal trials. The attacks on my character continued, spilling over outside the courtroom steps attempting to discredit me, and cast me in false light. These character assassinations have caused me to suffer insurmountable stress and anxiety, which I still experience today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">I still didn\u2019t know that my sexual assault was just the tip of the iceberg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">Now, more than 60 other women have self-identified as sexual assault victims of Bill Cosby. We may never know the full extent of his double life as a sexual predator but his decades-long reign of terror as a serial rapist is over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">I have often asked myself why the burden of being the sole witness in two criminal trials had to fall to me. The pressure was enormous. I knew that how my testimony was perceived \u2014 that how\u00a0<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 ehxkw330\">I<\/em>\u00a0was perceived \u2014 would have an impact on every member of the jury and on the future mental and emotional well-being of every sexual assault victim who came before me. But I\u00a0<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 ehxkw330\">had<\/em>\u00a0to testify. It was the right thing to do, and I wanted to do the right thing, even if it was the most difficult thing I\u2019ve ever done. When the first trial ended in a mistrial, I didn\u2019t hesitate to step up again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">I know now that I am one of the lucky ones. But still, when the sexual assault happened, I was a young woman brimming with confidence and looking forward to a future bright with possibilities. Now, almost 15 years later, I\u2019m a middle-aged woman who\u2019s been stuck in a holding pattern for most of her adult life, unable to heal fully or to move forward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-18sbwfn StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-4w7y5l\">\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">Bill Cosby took my beautiful, healthy young spirit and crushed it. He robbed me of my health and vitality, my open nature, and my trust in myself and others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">I\u2019ve never married and I have no partner. I live alone. My dogs are my constant companions, and the members of my immediate family are my closest friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">My life revolves around my work as a therapeutic massage practitioner. Many of my clients need help reducing the effects of accumulated stress. But I\u2019ve also trained in medical massage at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, and often help cancer patients manage the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation. I help many others too \u2014 people with Parkinson\u2019s, arthritis, diabetes, and so on. Some of my clients are in their 90s. I help them cope with the ravages of old age, reducing stiffness, aches and pains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">I like my work. I like knowing that I can help relieve pain and suffering in others. I know that it helps heal me too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">I no longer play basketball but I try to stay fit. Mostly, I practice yoga and meditation, and when the weather is warm, I like to pedal my bike up long steep hills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">It all feels like a step in the right direction: away from the dark and lonely place, toward the person I was before all this happened.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-14jsv4e\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"story-ad-6-wrapper\" class=\"ResponsiveAd-storyBodyAd--35v2w\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-6-slug\" class=\"ResponsiveAd-adSlug--3H3QM\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad story-ad-6-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-6\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-18sbwfn StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-4w7y5l\">\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">Instead of looking back, I am looking forward to looking forward. I want to get to the place where the person I was meant to be gets a second chance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">I know that I still have room to grow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">I would like to acknowledge some of the people who have helped me get here today. I will always be grateful for their counsel, friendship and support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">First of all, my lawyers Dolores Troiani and Bebe Kivitz. These two smart, courageous women have been there for me since the beginning. Without them, I would never have been able to navigate this legal and emotional minefield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">I will also be eternally grateful to Kevin Steele, the District Attorney of Montgomery County, who had the guts to believe in me, in the truth, and for trusting the justice system could get things right \u2014 even if the process had to be repeated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">I also want to thank Mr. Steele\u2019s incredible team of professionals, including assistant district attorneys Kristen Feden and Stewart Ryan, detectives Richard Schaffer, Mike Shade, Harry Hall, Jim Reape, Erin Slight, Kiersten McDonald, victims services, and many others, for their passion for justice, their skill, and their hard work and perseverance despite the odds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">Thank you to the jurors for their civic duty and great sacrifices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">Thank you to all of the friends, old and new, who have stood by me. You know who you are, and each and every one of you has made a huge difference. Please know that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xhhu0i e2kc3sl0\">Last but not least, I want to thank my incredible family: my mother, Gianna, and my father, Andrew, my sister Diana, her husband Stuart, and their beautiful daughters \u2014 my nieces Andrea and Melanie. 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