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Clips from The Handmaid's Tale - Testimony (S04E04)

"But we must set a good example, mustn't we?"
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"[Aunt] Of course, Aunt Lydia."
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"Kylie! You missed a spot."
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"I'm sorry, Aunt Lydia."
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"It's still there!"
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"I think it's a stain, Aunt Lydia."
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"-You're impertinent, girl! -[screams]"
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"Aunt Lydia! Stop!"
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"[screams]"
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"[groaning in pain]"
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"[both groaning]"
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"[breathing heavily]"
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"[indistinct chatter]"
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"[footsteps approaching]"
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"It's time."
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"[heels clicking]"
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"[door unlatching]"
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"[Judge] Next we will hear the victim statement"
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"of June Osborn."
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"Please raise your right hand."
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"Is there a Bible?"
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"No, Ma'am. Not in this court."
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"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth,"
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"and nothing but the truth?"
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"I do."
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"[door opens]"
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"[door closes]"
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"Ms. Osborn, please take the stand."
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"In your own time."
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"My name is June Osborn."
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"Fred Waterford and Serena Joy Waterford"
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"imprisoned me, beat me, and raped me."
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"I came to the Waterfords' house in 2017."
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"It was my second posting."
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"A few days after my arrival,"
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"I was summoned to the drawing room,"
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"where I was asked to kneel in front of the Waterfords,"
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"as witnessed by their housekeeper Rita Blue"
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"and their... driver Nick Blaine."
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"Mr. Waterford read a story from the Bible"
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"about Rachel and Bilhah."
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"After that, I was taken upstairs to her bedroom."
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"There, Mr. Waterford raped me while his wife held me down."
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"This happened for three successive nights"
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"every month when I was ovulating."
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"These were the legally sanctioned rapes."
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"There were others."
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"Mrs. Waterford was desperate for me to get pregnant"
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"and questioned her husband's fertility."
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"She ordered me to have sex with their driver."
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"Another violation of Gilead law that I could not refuse."
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"Mr. Blaine and I had intercourse,"
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"while Mrs. Waterford was in the room,"
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"watching us the entire time."
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"I did become pregnant with my daughter Nichole."
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"My daughter."
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"During a visit to a doctor's office,"
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"the underground resistance movement in Gilead"
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"provided the means for me to escape,"
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"and I stayed in hiding for two months."
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"Eventually, I found my way to an ally's small plane"
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"leaving for Canada,"
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"but just before takeoff, I was captured,"
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"and I was brought back to the Waterfords',"
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"where the mistreatment and abuse continued."
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"At nine months pregnant, I went into false labor."
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"For this, Mrs. Waterford was very angry with me"
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"and felt embarrassed in front of her friends"
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"who had gathered to witness the birth."
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"As punishment,"
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"Mr. Waterford raped me again..."
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"while she held me down."
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"I struggled"
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"and pleaded for them to stop."
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"They did not."
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"After I gave birth, the Waterfords forbid"
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"any contact with my daughter Nichole,"
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"although I was still expected to provide breast milk for her."
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"Eventually, I managed to convince them"
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"to let me to spend some time with her."
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"Mrs. Waterford did make one attempt"
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"to improve conditions for the women"
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"and young girls of Gilead."
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"She appeared in front of the Commanders' Council"
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"and read out loud from the Bible."
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"For this crime of reading, they cut off her finger."
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"Mr. Waterford, her husband, did not object."
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"When I confronted Mr. Waterford about his brutality,"
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"he struck me and threatened to cut out my tongue."
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"I hit him back,"
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"even though it could mean execution for me."
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"I suppose I was past caring by then."
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"Later, with the help of Rita Blue"
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"and other housekeepers in the neighborhood,"
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"I had a second opportunity to escape Gilead,"
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"this time with my daughter Nichole."
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"But I couldn't leave my other daughter Hannah behind."
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"So I stayed, to try to save her."
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"To bring her back"
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"to her father,"
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"my husband."
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"I failed."
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"This time, when I was captured, I was sent to a new household,"
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"where Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lawrence"
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"did not subject me to any rapes,"
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"at great risk to their own lives."
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"But Mr. Waterford"
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"later arranged for me to be raped by Mr. Lawrence"
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"as a test of loyalty."
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"The Waterfords drank coffee"
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"while upstairs I had sex with Mr. Lawrence"
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"against both of our wishes in front of his wife."
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"Mrs. Lawrence..."
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"Eleanor..."
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"was a kind and fragile woman,"
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"and this experience"
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"devastated her."
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"That was the last time I saw Mr. Waterford..."
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"until now."
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"I am grateful to be speaking to you today."
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