Shari Karney

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About Shari Karney

Survivor/Activists/Attorney Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault. As an attorney pundit for high profile cases, legal analyst and victims rights advocate, Ms. Karney has been invited to appear on 60 Minutes, Australia, CNN, MSNBC, Oprah, The Today Show, ABC Primetime, CBS, NBC, Lifetime, Bravo, TrueTV as well as hundreds of other shows. Ms. Karney shares her legal expertise and commentary on cases ranging from Harvey Weinstein to Jeffrey Epstein to institutional cases of child sexual abuse. Karney says,"We tell survivors,'see something, say something' and then we do nothing.""The law is the 'floor', and culture is the 'ceiling.' The "floor" needs to be stronger for sexual assault survivors to support cultural changes." CI is currently running a 30-minute show called Twisted Fate about Ms.Karney’s life and work. Shari uses her legal expertise to champion the rights of women and children; as a survivor of rape, incest, sexual assault, she is a dedicated fighter for the rights of all victims of sexual assault. Shari has the guts to get laws passed and uses her experience in and out of the courthouse to help pioneer laws for survivors of sexual harassment, sexual assault and gender violence. Ms. Karney set the foundations for landmark legislation that started the movement for sexual assault justice. For her, it is an honor to speak as a victim of child sexual abuse, an attorney for survivors of child sexual abuse and sexual assault and give voice to survivors around the world, many of whom accomplished so much through conquering their adversity. Ms. Karney says “If I can protect just one woman or child from going through what I went through, it will all have been worth it.” Shari had the privilege of meeting Rosa Parks on a television show titled The Five Most Heroic Women in America. Meeting Rosa Parks was a life-changing experience for Karney. At one point, Ms. Parks turned to Ms. Karney and said: “Survivors of sexual assault deserve civil rights too.” It inspired Karney and was the seed that planted a new Civil Rights movement for survivors.