Moore Accuser Breaks Silence; Trump on NFL's Lynch
CUOMO: One of the first women to accuse Alabama Senate Nominee Roy Moore of inappropriately touching her when she was only 14 just spoke out in her first TV interview. Her name is Leigh Corfman. And she describes in detail what she says happened when she met with Moore, accusing him of preying on her. CNN's Kaitlan Collins is live in Gadsden, Alabama, with more. What are we learning?</s>KAITLAN COLLINS, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Well, Chris, Leigh Corfman is really the woman who opened the floodgates of these accusations against Roy Moore when she came out with her story about him in an interview with "The Washington Post." Now, she was only 14 years old when she was at a courthouse here in Gadsden, Alabama, where Roy Moore is from, when a man who was in his 30s approached her and her mother and offered to watch her while her mother went inside for a custody hearing. Now, of course, that man was Roy Moore, and he got Corfman's number and later took her to his house and here's what she said happened from there, Chris.</s>LEIGH CORFMAN, ACCUSED ROY MOORE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT: On the second occasion that I went with him, he basically laid out some blankets on the floor of his living room and proceeded to seduce me I guess you would say. And during the course of that, he removed my clothing. He left the room and came back in wearing his white underwear. And he touched me over my clothing, what was left of it. And he tried to get me to touch him, as well. And at that point, I pulled back and said that I was not comfortable, and I got dressed, and he took me home. But I was a 14-year-old child trying to play in an adult's world. And he was 32 years old. It took years for me to regain a sense of confidence in myself. And I felt guilty. You know, I felt like I was the one that was to blame. And it was decades before I was able to let that go.</s>COLLINS: Now, Roy Moore has denied these allegations and said it's all part of a conspiracy between the media and the Republican establishment to derail his campaign. But Leigh Corfman said this morning she was not paid to make these accusations against Moore. And, in fact, she's voted Republican for years. But, for her, this isn't political, she said, it's personal. Chris and Alisyn.</s>CAMEROTA: Kaitlan, thank you very much. So, listen, it's always more powerful to hear from the person. We've read her accounts. We know the story. But to hear from her herself and what happened, that does feel different. I does -- I didn't -- I mean to hear those details, suddenly, I don't know, it does feel really more intense and graphic.</s>CUOMO: And it matters more than usual because ordinarily if there's going to be a trial, if we hear from one side, all right, that's good, or both sides, that's good, but it's not about just us and them, it's about a jury, it's about a judge, it's about a prosecution and a defense. Not here. For people saying, well, he's guilty -- he's innocent until proven guilty, that's true, but only in that context. This is the court of public opinion. This is only going to be about what you think about what she said, how it is offset by what he's able to offer up, like that he was assigned to her divorce case, it didn't come up sooner, those kinds of things, his denials. And then you get to make a decision. The lawmakers make a decision. The Alabama voters make a decision. This is the only process we'll have.</s>CAMEROTA: Yes, it's really interesting to hear the rest of her interview, as well. She says that she did consider many times going more public in a more national way, but she did tell friends and family at the time.</s>CUOMO: There is corroboration with most of these accounts. You have to read "The Washington Post" reporting and the reporting that's come afterwards. Too many people are having opinions without doing that.</s>CAMEROTA: There you go. Meanwhile, President Trump calls on the NFL to suspend raiders star Marshawn Lynch for sitting during the national anthem. Coy Wire has more in the "Bleacher Report." What do you know, Coy?</s>COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Alisyn. President Trump was up easily blasting yet another figure from the sports world. First, LaVar Ball. This time, beast mode, Marshawn Lynch. The Raiders' running back has been sitting during the national anthem all season long and he said it's not a protest, just something he's always done. Well, yesterday, before the Raiders/Patriots game in Mexico City, Lynch sat for the anthem, but then stood for Mexico's anthem. President Trump tweeted saying, quote, Marshawn Lynch of the NFL's Oakland Raiders stance for the Mexican anthem and sits down to boos for our national anthem. Great disrespect. Next time NFL should suspend him for remainder of season. Attendance and ratings way down. Now, Marshawn Lynch has not said much about the ongoing anthem protests, but he did wear a shirt last month before a game that said "everybody versus Trump." Chris.</s>CUOMO: All right, Coy, we see the president doing what he does very well here, picking an issue that he knows divides people that may play to his base and doubling down. President Trump also reshaping the late night landscape. Everybody's got a take. The biggest names in comedy boldly taking him on. Why? Brian Stelter is going to be here with a preview of his late night in the age of Trump special, next.