![]() In a Medium post in which she deftly avoided taking any personal responsibility for Broadwater’s incarceration, Sebold wrote that she had “chose to put my faith in the American legal system” as an 18-year-old rape victim, and that she would “forever be sorry” for what came next. In her statement Tuesday, she said it had taken her eight days since his conviction was overturned to “comprehend how this could have happened.” ![]() ![]() ![]() Sebold had remained silent throughout Broadwater’s exoneration process. He has struggled to hold down a job and maintain relationships in the two decades since his release. Broadwater spent 16 years in prison after Sebold identified him as her attacker. The man Sebold accused of raping her, Anthony Broadwater, was exonerated last week after a judge ruled that the prosecution had been deeply flawed. Alice Sebold, the best-selling author whose popular memoir, Lucky, revolved around her 1981 rape outside Syracuse University, apologized Tuesday to the man she had accused in that case, saying she “deeply regret” what he had been through. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |