you tell me, why would you forgive mr. cosby?have something to do with my mother and how we were raised. we were raised not to harbor anger and bitterness and i believe she also taught me to move on. in order to move on, you have to forgive, and that's what i'm doing. the overall message of this conversation we're having about violence on women is so needed because cosby is just a lightning rod for this conversation because we all know as women this goes on in every aspect of life regarding women. >> in fact, i think people who read the book should know -- i'm a survivor and i did not realize how prominent sexual assault was in your story from adolescence, 12 years old, all the way tlou through to the cosby story. because of that, i was somewhat surprised when i get to the end of the text and you're talking about your friend, mike tyson. >> yes. >> and tyson, who goes -- who is convicted in part of a sexual assault against desiree washington. and as you write about it, even though i love mike to pieces, i wasn't in the room that