go get it! this is "nightline." >> tonight, harassed at home. men with the power to evict exposed. >> he pulls me in the back room and he stands in front of me. he blocks me. and he shows himself. >> when you say shows himself? >> he pulled out his penis. >> the one woman leading a movement to speak out against alleged sexual harassment. and the secret recordings that helped her make her case. plus her royal likeness. her style, her grace, and her face. the women having cosmetic surgery to mimic meghan markle's famous features. the month-long transformation and the big reveal. but first, the "nightline" 5.

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good evening. thank you for joining us. tonight how the me too movement is hitting home. vulnerable tenants fighting against alleged sexual abusers. here is my "nightline" co-anchor juju chang. >> you know, ms. seller, you need to be careful of who you're

talking to. >> you're getting tired of me asking you and everything? >> what, who, who? >> kristen sellers says she was fed up with being sexually harassed by her housing inspector, so she took things into her own hands, secretly recording their conversation. >> all righty. well. >> we're almost straight. you take care of me later on. >> he had the power to evict her if she didn't give in, she says, to his commands for sex. >> his first time coming to the house to do the inspection approval. >> what kind of vibe are you picking up? >> he felt like i was weak. he pulls me in the bathroom. he stands in front of me. he blocks me and he shows himself. >> when you say shows himself, what do you mean? >> he pulled out his penis. >> a single mom desperate to stay in her home, sellers decided she wasn't going to be a victim. >> he basically let me know i'm powerful. >> i'm powerful and you're not. >> not. i had to stand up to him.

>> demanding justice, empowering others to come forward. sellers' case exposing just how rampant sexual harassment in the housing industry really is, striking the one place that's supposed to be safe, where you live. >> if we take away the silence, then they don't have any more power. >> sellers' journey here was long and troubled, going to jail on drug-related charges. >> when i came home from prison, i had lost everything. i always battle with myself. and -- >> she moved back to her hometown of laurinburg, north carolina, picking up two jobs. >> i was walking two to three miles a day. >> she had applied for housing in section 8 in 2011. her goal the american dream, a home for her and her three kids. what did that voucher represent to you?

>> it represented a place for my family to stay. i wanted it with everything that was in me. >> how crucial are these vouchers in order to get this kind of housing? >> the waiting list are years. they are almost like gold. >> but sellers got a voucher and was able to rent this home as part of the public housing program a local inspector with check on the house periodically. his name, eric pender. >> he had the power to basically make sure i didn't have a home. >> sellers recalls her very first inspection. >> he was asking me why i didn't have male figures, you know, to help me. why you don't have a boyfriend. >> did you start getting nervous? >> yeah, i definitely did. >> suddenly she says the meeting changed from awkward to aggressive. >> when you're in a situation with a person who can stop you from having a house, listen, i don't want to do this. and he still shows himself. he pulled out his penis. >> she says she left the room shocked, but didn't engage. >> i just couldn't believe he had the audacity, the bravery. it's different because that's

your sanctuary. that's where you supposed to be safest is your home. >> why would your background make him want to target you? >> because it's my word against his, it makes me look like a liar. >> what made you stand up to him? >> at that point, i'd been through so much, and then i believed if i did get something, it's going to be something i have to give him over and over. i just needed some way to prove it. >> sellers told a friend about pender's behavior, who reported it to pender's boss. but she also sought the advice of a private investigator, who suggested she record her conversation. >> my heart was beating really, really fast. my hands were sweaty. i was like literally trembling out of my boots. >> but what she didn't know is that pender's boss had told him about her complaint. >> all i did was try to help her. you know, you getting tired of me asking you for [ bleep ] and everything. >> who?

>> i don't know. they call my boss. >> pender then seems to admit he had approached sellers before. >> and seeing how i came by and asked you for some anyway, and i said well, damn, maybe you know then i start thinking maybe it's because you like women, and maybe i shouldn't have never even approached you. >> in tend it was still you owe me. >> you still owe me. >> sex, basically. >> we almost there. you take care of me later on. >> what made you decide to get a lawyer? >> i basically went to see what i had. because i didn't know. >> after many rejections, she eventually found this man, craig hensel, a greensboro based attorney. >> it was my first year of practice, and she called me with a case, but it struck me as something that was probably actionable and that was definitely wrong and something needed to be done about it. >> and when you heard the audio, what did you think? >> it was damning. it's a big boost to the case's credibility. >> he agreed to take on her

case. >> he was the first person to kind of like say i believe you. >> and with that, the team looked for other victims, and the floodgates opened. so many women came forward that legal aid got involved. >> some had similar allegations but didn't know each other. so that was something that struck me. >> history has shown us that women with that many layers of vulnerability are usually not believed. oh, you're black, oh, you're poor, oh, you're an ex con. even the major cases we've seen in the news, it takes dozens of women to come forward before people start saying oh, well maybe they're telling the truth. >> burk is the adversary who first spearheaded the phrase me too. before this she worked in alabama. >> sexual violence is not a hollywood problem. it's a pervasive problem. there is no group it doesn't touch, no race, no religion, nobody. it doesn't discriminate. >> but in north carolina,

er being believed. their case h many plaintiffs that now the federal justice and housing departments began investigating. >> in this case, we were able to generate a national discussion about a very serious issue. >> when was the moment that you really felt vindicated, like the truth had come out. >> when the other women came out, it was like, okay, now they know, you know, that everybody ain't lying. >> the stories from these women, just a slice of what women experience everywhere. >> we have our ongoing enforcement efforts which in the last two years alone has resulted in $1.2 million in compensation for victims. >> hud and doj are encouraging women to keep coming forward, putting out psas like this. >> i felt like no one would listen to me. he had more power than i di. >> telling the stories of real women who battle harassment at home, like autumn weaver. >> i was a recovering addict.

i was getting my kids back from state's custody. >> what did you having a house mean for you and your kids? >> everything. >> in may of 2012, she was approved for public housing and moved into her own apartment in kansas city. she said she was harassed by her property manager, derek astill, eventually giving in to his demands for sex. >> when it's your home and they're your landlord or your property manager, in the end, you deal with them 365 days out of the year. it's like you're a prisoner in your own home. >> weaver filed a complaint against the housing authority which was eventually settled and award her damages. as test ll always denied the allegations. the kansas city kansas housing authority said it did not become aware of the allegations related to mr. estell until discovery was conducted in the doj lawsuit. the organization also says they've implemented new policies

to prevent harassment moving forward. >> it's made me a stronger woman. it made me value myself more. >> as for kristen sellers, her class action was settled for $2.7 million, the largest of its kind at the time. by the time the investigation ended, 71 additional women had come forward with complaints. eric pender denied all allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination and did not respond to abc news requests for comment. the company that employed pender tells abc news that they take very seriously the right of all individuals to be treated with dignity and respect. added that it has changed its leadership and are committed to taking responsibility any time we fall short. >> we give them power when we be quiet. that's what i've learned. and through this whole ordeal. >> this is her new home, hers and hers alone. she's no longer in the public housing system. what does the phrase "home sweet

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"nightline" continues. here now linsey davis. >> a party fit for a duchess.

even though she is not in attendance, her presence looms large. meghan markle, the former american actress turned royal family member. sochi greer and romita williams have spent months transforming themselves with plastic surgery to look like the duchess of sussex. and today they're revealing their new looks. [ applause ] we first met sochi at her home in houston. >> i think she is a beautiful woman. and as i'm changing the features that i have, i want those features to more resemble meghan. >> i feel like i'm more box right now. so i want to have that little hourglass figure. >> this 36-year-old lawyer and single mother of three is getting plastic surgery in the hopes it will turn her life around. >> my body has changed since having another child. my self-esteem was just lower because the way things went with

the father of my child. i'm hoping that this will give me something that i need to get back out there. >> reporter: ultimately she is hoping a new confidence on the outside will boost her inner sense of self. >> i had a very hard time talking to men in a nonfriendship manner. the plastic surgery just helps to give me more self-confidence on my outward appearance while i'm fixing my inward appearance, you know, privately. through therapy and things. >> reporter: the day before surgery, sochi meets with her plastic surgeon, dr. franklin rose. >> how are you? we're just going to soften the nose. it's a pretty nose. lipo, lipo, lipo. you've got a lot of fat right here. we're going fix that. >> okay. >> do you think that meghan markle is the latest trend? >> she is one of the new it girls. >> do you undergo any kind of psycho analysis or any kind of evaluation when somebody comes in and they say i want to change

my look entirely? >> i've examined maybe 30,000 patients over this surgical career of mine. so you can tell very quickly who is a stable patient or patients who have unrealistic expectations. >> reporter: sochi will undergo three procedure, liposuction, fat grafting to her buttocks and cheeks and rhinoplasty city. the total cost, $30,000 minus a discount from the doctor for appearing on tv. we meet up with sochi just moments before she gets wheeled into the o.r. >> this is the end game, right? this is what we're trying to get as close to as possible. >> she is in surgery seven hours. then quickly starts a recovery. >> i can already see some changes. i'm really, really excited to see the results once the swelling goes down. >> reporter: sochi is not thehee tooo like meghan markle. just across town in the v>> we >> reporter: 33-year-old real

estate agent renita williams is also undergoing a transformation to look like meghan. >> i do side by side with her, and everyone says i look like her. >> do you want to look like her? >>ia. that's the whole point. she is gorgeous. who wouldn't want to look like her. >> you're gorgeous. >> yeah, but there are certain things that i don't like. so i'm just like if i can get that fixed. >> reporter: with her husband anthony, the couple has a blended family of six children, three each. >> i have an infatuation a little bit with meghan markle. i want to look like her. i want to have the body that i've always wanted. i mean, ten years later after having kids and three c-sections, you're just not comfortable anymore. >> reporter: she showed us what she considers her aspirational closet. >> i would never wear anything like this right now because most of my dresses that i wear have pockets on them,s you can see. even the one that i'm wearing now. and i do that to hide the stomach. >> renita's 12-year-old daughter says she loves her mother just the way she is. >> i see beauty. >> don't make me cry.

>> her infection. i see an awesome lady. i wish i could look like her all the time. especially at school when people say that your mom's really pretty. >> can i kiss you? i didn't know you had all those thoughts in you. >> reporter: what is it about her that you -- >> her style. she is graceful. she is intelligent, the way she gives it back to the community. >> reporter: but it's one thing to say this person is my role model, but not i aspire to look just like them to the point i want to have surgery. >> i know that i'm not going to look just like her. but at the same time she has a lot of features that i admire and i would like them on me. >> reporter: like what? >> her jaw. her cheekbones. epter: we're at eon, also dr.rose.u >> dr. rose will a fewments. >> thank you. >> tha >>hat we're going do is start with a little lipo. and then with the breasts we're going lift, lift, lift. and we'll just refine the nose ever so much. she is a little bit angular, a

little bit pointy. >> is she going to look meghan markle like or is she going to look like meghan markle? >> sometimes there is a misconception in plastic surgery that you can take your face, for example, and make it into somebody completely else's face, which you cannot. >> reporter: it's the morning of renita's surgery. >> see you when this new body is banging. >> reporter: renita is getting five procedures, liposuction, fat grafting to her buttocks, breast lift with implant, a rhinoplasty city and tummy tuck. her colt toss, $42,000, minus a discount for appearing on tv. >> 11 hours later, she overnights at the hospital. >> that feels great. i think the pain is starting to kick in everywhere. my butt is hurting like hell. >> reporter: after months of recovery for both women, sochi and renita are getting dolled up to finally debut their transformations. at a party arranged by their

doctor. the women have never met until now. >> wow. you look gorgeous! >> by round of applause who thinks that sochi just looks like the duchess? and over here for renata as well. you see the resemblance? you feel like you look more like meghan markle? >> actually, i do. >> you feel like you're going to be able to save this hourglass figure? >> the goal is for life. i don't want to go back. >> reporter: what are you feeling? >> just happy. i didn't realize how down i was until i realized how happy i am and excited. i get out of bed happy. >> i'm very, very happy with the results. >> reporter: do you look at yourself and see meghan markle? >> there are certain features that resemble meghan now. i look at the mirror and see me, just a better version of me. >> reporter: has it improved your dating life? >> it has helped me confidence wise to feel ready to go out. i used to get ready and look in

the mirror and go why even bother? you don't look good. i was very hard on myself. now i'm wanting to look nice when i go out and present myself to the world. >> where is mommy? >> reporter: whether or not the physical resemblance to meghan markle is actually there, these women say just feeling that they look more like her makes them feel better about themselves. for "nightline," i'm linsey davis in houston, texas. >> and we'll be right back. and we'll be right back. it was always our singular focus, to do whatever it takes, use every possible resource, to fight cancer. and never lose sight of the patients we're fighting for. our cancer treatment specialists share the same vision. experts from all over the world, working closely together to deliver truly personalized cancer care. and these are the specialists we're proud to call our own. expert medicine works here. learn more at cancercenter.com. appointments available now.

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