'It has taken me these past eight days to comprehend how this could have happened. Unfortunately, this was not a debate, or a conversation, or even a whisper when I reported my rape in 1981. 'Today, American society is starting to acknowledge and address the systemic issues in our judicial system that too often means that justice for some comes at the expense of others. I will forever be sorry for what was done to him. Broadwater has finally been vindicated, but the fact remains that 40 years ago, he became another young Black man brutalized by our flawed legal system. And certainly not to forever, and irreparably, alter a young man’s life by the very crime that had altered mine.
My goal in 1982 was justice - not to perpetuate injustice. '40 years ago, as a traumatized 18-year-old rape victim, I chose to put my faith in the American legal system. Of the many things I wish for you, I hope most of all that you and your family will be granted the time and privacy to heal. 'I am sorry most of all for the fact that the life you could have led was unjustly robbed from you, and I know that no apology can change what happened to you and never will. 'First, I want to say that I am truly sorry to Anthony Broadwater and I deeply regret what you have been through. In a statement posted to, author Alice Sebold formally apologized to Anthony Broadwater, 61, who was wrongly convicted in her rape in 1982.
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The movie adaptation of Sebold's memoir had also reportedly been dropped after losing all of its financing months ago, a source close to production told Variety, which also reported that You star Victoria Pedretti is 'no longer involved' with the project. 'Following the recent exoneration of Anthony Broadwater, and in consultation with the author, Scribner and Simon & Schuster will cease distribution of all formats of Alice Sebold’s 1999 memoir Lucky while Sebold and Scribner together consider how the work might be revised,' it said. The private investigator who helped prove Broadwater's innocence has since told he has learned the name of a man who may be the real rapist – and is calling for the criminal case to now be reopened.įollowing her apology on Tuesday, Sebold's publisher, Scribner under Simon & Schuster, issued a statement said it would no longer distribute Lucky. grapple with the fact that my rapist will, in all likelihood, never be known, may have gone on to rape other women, and certainly will never serve the time in prison that Mr. In her statement, Sebold added that she 'will. I accept her apology,' before bursting into tears. He told the outlet, 'It comes sincerely from her heart. reported that Sebold's representatives sent Broadwater a copy of her statement before it was publicly released so he could read it first. It's still painful to me because I was wrongfully convicted, but this will help me in my process to come to peace with what happened.' It must have taken a lot of courage for her to do that. 'Of the many things I wish for you, I hope most of all that you and your family will be granted the time and privacy to heal.'īroadwater released a statement following the author's apology Tuesday, telling : 'I'm relieved that she has apologized. Published: 19:23 BST, 30 November 2021 | Updated: 22:51 BST, 30 November 2021Īnthony Broadwater's, center, conviction was overturned on November 22 after he served 16 years in prison.
Sebold detailed the rape in her memoir Luckyīy Melissa Koenig and Shawn Cohen For and Associated Press.
Sebold also said she will 'continue to struggle with the role that I unwittingly played within a system that sent an innocent man to jail'.She said she put her faith in a flawed legal system after she spotted him several months after her rape and accused of him of being the perpetrator.In her apology, Sebold said she was a 'traumatized 18-year-old rape victim' in 1982 and wrongly accused Broadwater.Broadwater, 61, served 16 years in prison and was released in 1998, but remained on New York's sex offender registry.Author Alice Sebold apologized on Tuesday to Anthony Broadwater, who was convicted in 1982 of raping her when she was a student at Syracuse University.Lovely Bones author Alice Sebold FINALLY apologizes to man she accused of rape in 1981 in a Medium post - seven DAYS after he was exonerated - and years after she made MILLIONS off back of the story
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