Khadija Safdar
Appearances
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
How did you feel about that at the time?
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
So do you regret working with Gloria Allred's law firm?
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
Yeah, like Caroline said this to me at one point, that I just feel like everywhere I go, it's like you're being bullied over and over and over again and being beat down and beat down. And that's how some of them described it to me, just feeling like victimized and then victimized again and then again and again.
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
This law firm is a business and they look to maximize the settlements and they try to do them quickly and efficiently. And that is sometimes at odds with the image of an advocate that's a justice seeker that is being portrayed publicly.
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
What was your state of mind at the time you were approaching the firm?
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
The thing that makes it interesting for Gloria, she has spoken out publicly against forced arbitration clauses.
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
And there's like even some language on her website where she talks about these private arbitrations. She say they, quote, deprive survivors an opportunity to be heard and seek justice in a system of checks and balances. So she's criticized these agreements, but then she employs them in her own retainer agreements.
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
From public scrutiny. So you can still seek recourse against her in an arbitration, but the public wouldn't know about it. She said, when I asked her about it, that she does it because she's trying to protect women who have NDAs from opening themselves up to financial penalties.
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
Did you have time to read the NDA?
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
How did the podcast make you feel?
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
How did you feel after that call?
The Journal.
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
We're going to go back to when you first approached Gorya Alred to help you. Why did you approach her?