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Laws with lookback windows gave Cassie Ventura and others the chance to fight back
While the laws and temporary lookback windows were a huge step forward, advocates say they weren't a panacea for survivors seeking justice.
It's not really a thing that we need to be changing the laws about,' when you couldn't open the paper or see a movie without this being a central topic," said Michael Polenberg, vice president of government affairs at Safe Horizon, a national non-profit that offers services to victims of sexual assault and other forms of abuse. She could accept an eight-figure settlement offer and move on with her life and sign non-disclosure agreements, or she could file a civil lawsuit and hold Sean Combs responsible for what he did to her and shine a light on his behavior," Ventura's lawyer, Doug Wigdor, told CNN after the verdict. She could accept an eight-figure settlement offer and move on with her life and sign non-disclosure agreements, or she could file a civil lawsuit and hold Sean Combs responsible for what he did to her and shine a light on his behavior," Ventura's lawyer, Doug Wigdor, told CNN after the verdict.
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