1:01:00
And I would have been really,
really proud of him
1:01:01
if he had just
stood up and said
1:01:03
"Elaine,
I'm not pleading guilty.
1:01:04
We're going to trial. "
1:01:08
But that's not what happened.
1:01:12
Former New York City
schoolteacher Arnold Friedman
1:01:14
had nothing to say
when he left
1:01:16
the Nassau County Courthouse
in Mineola
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but inside he pleaded guilty to
more then 40 counts of sodomy
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sexual abuse, and endangering
the welfare of a child.
1:01:26
Attempted sexual abuse
in the first degree
1:01:27
an "E" felony, two counts
1:01:30
and endangering the welfare
of a child
1:01:32
a class "A" misdemeanor,
one count
1:01:34
in full satisfaction
of this indictment?
1:01:36
Yes.
1:01:37
My mother manipulated him.
1:01:38
My mother is crazy
1:01:39
and my mother has control
over my father.
1:01:41
Some relationships have that
1:01:42
where the woman
controls the man.
1:01:44
It's called being pussy whipped.
1:01:46
My father and my mother
1:01:47
are not the only
two people in the world
1:01:48
who have that relationship.
1:01:49
My father and mother
had that relationship.
1:01:51
My mother and the lawyers said,
"Take the plea. "
1:01:53
They took the plea.
1:01:55
I sat there in disbelief.
1:01:57
Is this my brother?
1:01:59
My brother?
1:02:01
This isn't my brother,
he's not a monster.
1:02:04
He's a good loving brother
1:02:05
and husband, and son,
and citizen, and teacher
1:02:08
and this isn't happening.
1:02:10
This is a mistake.
1:02:12
Something as horrendous
as child molestation
1:02:16
you have to live with yourself.
1:02:18
If you didn't do it,
you don't plead guilty.
1:02:21
I never understood it.