Trisha meili oprah interview

Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in Donate today. Trisha Meili , the woman who was brutally attacked and raped while jogging in Central Park in , is no fan of Oprah Winfrey's line of questioning. First, here is an excerpt of the interview Meili who did not disclose her name at that time gave to Oprah:. Central Park Jogger: You're not the first person to say that.

For me, running was a release at the end of the day, and I had this feeling that, hey, I have every right to run where I want, when I want. I'd been running in the park for two years. It was not a smart thing to do. Yet that is absolutely no justification for what happened to me. O: And believe me, I'm not sitting here trying to justify it.

But the idea of running alone in Central Park is a foreign concept to me. You had to be the kind of person who either thought you were invincible or who was just nuts.

Note: This interview originally appeared in

And what about all those young men who were out there at that time? I think that's still one of the most difficult battles that sexual assault survivors and those who support them need to fight. Meili felt this way about her interview with Ms. Oprah Winfrey is and has always been an advocate for victims of sexual abuse of any kind.