NEVADA
KTVN
By Paul Nelson
The Assembly Judiciary Committee heard testimony, in favor of of a bill that would double the length of the statute of limitations for child victims of sexual abuse. Nobody testified against the initiative, but more than a dozen people testified in favor of the change, including attorney Gloria Allred.
“It would help to empower victims and will assist victims to become survivors,” Allred said. “It will also teach the wrongdoers that they must bear the cost of the wrong and be accountable for what they have forced the victims to suffer.”
Allred testified on a similar bill, two years ago. The bill passed, changing the statute of limitations for criminal cases of sexual assault from 10 years to 20 years. The case was helped by the testimony of women who allege sexual allegations by Bill Cosby. Linda Kirkpatrick says she was sexually assaulted by Cosby in Las Vegas when she was 24 years old. She testified, Wednesday, for sexual abuse she endured as a child.
“When my sister-mama, Gloria, said ‘where are the children?’, my hand goes up,” Kirkpatrick said. “Six. I was six years old the first time I was sexually abused by a grown man, who was my brother.”
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