Former President Donald Trump, actor Bill Cosby, and gynecologist Robert Hadden are forever linked by a one-time law that allowed sexual assault survivors to get justice against some of the world’s most powerful men.
The New York Adult Survivors Act (ASA), which expires at midnight on Thursday, is unique. It has provided survivors a one-year window to pursue civil litigation regardless of when the abuse occurred, meaning incidents from decades ago finally came to light.
