there was no leaving. >> reporter: this morning, jaycee dugard is speaking out, supporting elizabeth trage that one of her kidnappers, wanda barzee, is expected to be released tomorrow, five years earlier than expected, while her husband serves out his life sentence. dugard tells abc news in an exclusive statement that she believes the co-kidnappers are equally guilty. saying, i feel deeply for what elizabeth is going through. believe elizabeth when she says this woman is a threat to society. barzee and her husband kidnapped smart from her bedroom in utah, holding her captive and sexually assaulting her. at one time, barzee was expected to be behind bars until january 2024. a new ruling from the state of utah found she deserved to be given credit for time served. smart railed against her relief thursday asking the board to reconsider. >> do i believe she's dangerous? yes, but not to just me. i believe she's a danger and a threat to any vulnerable person in our community, which is why our community should be worried. >> reporter: the utah board of pardons says barzee cannot legally be

jaycee dugard disappeared in 2001 and elizabeth smart went missing in 2002.oth abducted and held captive for years before breaking free. both are trying to adjust to a normal life. tomorrow one of smart's kidnappers is going to be set free from jail. we're now hearing from dugard, on the left, she's talking only to abc news in support of smart. dugard issued this exclusive statement saying, quote, i feel deeply for what elizabeth is going through knowing this dangerous person is free to walk the street. believe elizabeth when she says this woman is a threat to society. >>> new at 6:00, a federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit against uc-berkeley filed by an oakland resident after she got attacked during a protest last year. she was pepper sprayed during an interview with abc news in february last year. she planned to taenattend a spe that was canceled after protests turned violent. she says her rights were violated when she was subjected to bodily harm because she was expressing a conserative viewpoint. the judge says she is not provided enough evidence to su

hometown girl jaycee dugard, kidnapped years and years earlier, was found. >> the community was just zzing all over the place with joy. and i was happy for jaycee lee. but it triggered a lot of my own personal memories. you know, and how come i didn't get found. and i felt still missing. >> so once again, charged up with determination, she launched a fresh attempt. there's such a thing as adult adoption. find someone to adopt her and even if she couldn't find her parents, at least she could get an official identity and a birth certificate and a passport. a friend offered to adopt her so pepper and friend applied and waited. and something quite amazing happened. someone in that great california bureaucracy did some research. a lot, apparently. asked to pepper, asked her questions, hauled out records not readily available online. all pepper could offer were the names bob and bobbie and the date of her birth. and somehow, buried among all those files in all their hundreds of millions, a match. and there it was, came in the mail, after all these years, a copy of her actual birth certifica

jaycee dugard went missing in 2001 sh 2001, elizabeth smart abducted in 20012. tomorrow smart's kidnapper is set to be released from jail, one of them. we're hearing from dugard, talking to abc only, in support of smart. she issued a statement saying, i feel deeply for what elizabeth is going through, knowing this dangerous person is free to walk the street. believe elizabeth when she says this swwoman is a threat to society. >>> mcdonald's wants to send a message to the company about sexual harassment in the workplace. organizers say the strike will happen around lunchtime. according to forbes, nine employees filed charges against mcdonald's in may alone. according to the ap, they say we have policies, procedures and training in place to specifically prevent sexual harassment and we firmly believe our franchisees share this commitment. >>> new details in the east bay. a uc-berkeley professor has decided to retire instead of serve three years suspension for sexual harassment. he's accused of harassing a graduate student between 2012 and 2014. he repeatedly denie

. >> reporte as for smart, she is now getting support frompi kidnapng survivor jaycee dugard, who was abducted by anothe couple in 1991 and held captive for 18 years. in a stement,ugard says, in part, believe elizabeth when she says this i woman a threat to society. barzee's attorney tells nbc news, i d not believe that miss barzee is a risk to the community and i think it is unfair and counterproductive to make those assertions. she should be allowed to demonstrate compliae with >> which leads us to the question, what are those conditions of her release? >> repor smart's attorney tells us that the conditions of parole include mental hed medication. he must maintain a job and she cannot have any contact with smart.ry you.> a big s this morning. is a truly troubling case out of southern california. a popular surgeon and his girlfriend are accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women and prosecutors say there could be upwards of 1,000 victims. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has the details on this. reporter: goodorning. the district attorney ss there could be countle wh

. >> as for smart, she's getting help from jaycee dugard who was held captive for years. in a statement, she says believe elizabeth when she says this woman is a threat to society. but barzee's attorney says i do not believe miss barzee is a risk to the community and i think it is unfair and counterproductive to make those assertions. she should be allowed to demonstrate compliance with conditions of surfaced federal release. >> which leads up to the questions of what are those conditions of her release? >> smart's attorney tells us that the conditions of barzee's parole include counseling and medication and she cannot have any contact with smart. >> thank you. >>> this is a truly troubling case out of southern california. a popular surgeon and his girlfriend are accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women and prosecutors say there could be upwards of 1,000 victims. miguel al ma gair has more on this. >> the district attorney says there could be countless victims who have yet to come forward. prosecutor says the couple uses ecstasy and date rape drugs to carry out t

. >> reporter: at for smas for sm is getting rep from jaycee dugard who was abducted by another couple woman is a threat to society. but barzee's attorney tells nbc news i do not believe that ms. barzee is a risk to the community and i think that it is unfair and counterproductive to make those assertions. she should be allowed to demonstrate compliance with conditions of supervised federal release. >> so mike, if you listen to elizabeth smart describe what happened, this woman participated in the kidnapping for nine months she stood by while her husband raped elizabeth smart, encouraged him to continue to rape smart. talk about that part of it. the other side of it is i've been so impressed from the moment she was released and became a public figure how poised elizabeth smart always is, the poise with which she's carried herself. she turned it into a life of activism. one of the most impressive women i've seen. >> no doubt about that. and also living with something that will haunt her forever. it will come back with the potential release of wanda barzee. and we have to ask ourselves a