Effie
Appearances
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
And then she kept, you know, saying that I have to make a decision and like badgering me about, you have to make all these decisions. And then she gives you two days. And so it's like, You know, making major decisions about speaking out about your rape and your abuse and your trauma, like, those are major decisions.
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
You shouldn't be making them in a span of, like, immediately or two days, you know?
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
Well, I'll think about it, and as soon as I think about it, I'll let you know.
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
He abused me mentally, emotionally, and sexually.
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
So it was very scary for me. It was very, like, she steered me into that direction, and then it just felt like the whole time it was basically her guiding me to do it. And, you know, I would have never thought of doing such a thing myself.
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
So I said to Gloria, I do not want my trauma or any parts of it to be exploited, to be used to endlessly re-traumatize me in some documentary for people's entertainment against my consent. And I wrote to her in an email, I feel very strongly about this.
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
I was devastated. My family was devastated. My parents. It was shocking to me because she knew how much against the making of the docuseries I was. And I was very outspoken about that on my social media and to her. And so she was very aware that I was against it, that it was traumatizing for me, that I did not want it to be made.
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
And so for her to then, behind my back, go and participate in it, while, in my opinion, very deliberately not telling me that she was doing this. How did that change your relationship with Gloria Allred? It just completely destroyed it. It didn't change it. It ended it. I was like, I'm done with her.
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
Now, I never refer people to her. And if somebody tells me that they're looking for a lawyer, I give them other recommendations. I never refer her to them because I know what she's like. So I cannot risk putting someone else through something like that.
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
I was speaking out about my rape and a lot of people were recommending that I get a lawyer. And a lot of those people were recommending Gloria specifically because, you know, she's known as this like feminist icon that like helps victims and protects victims and fights for victims' rights. So she has a reputation.
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
And so Gloria telling me to not talk, and she actually had me take down the screenshots from my Instagram of the messages that went viral, which felt very silencing because I had just finally started finding my voice. So it was not good. It was very strange.