Hillary Clinton, in a court affidavit in 1975, swore that she had been "informed" that a 12-year-old girl, who had been brutally raped by a 42-year-old man, had "fantasized" about "older men," and said that the child had made false accusations in the past. It has come to light, from archived audiotapes of Clinton, parts of which have been broadcast on CNN, that Clinton knew the man to be guilty. The victim, now 53, has gone public, stoutly denying that she had been attracted to "older men," nor that she had ever made any false accusations.

The victim spent five days in a coma after the attack and was told she would probably never be able to have children. The victim is childless.

The woman stepped forward after hearing her case discussed in the media. Prior to the national coverage, the victim says she didn't even know it was Hillary Clinton who represented her attacker.

Of Clinton's contention in the sworn affidavit that she had been "informed" that "the complainant is emotionally unstable with a tendency to seek out older men and engage in fantasizing," and that she "has in the past made false accusations about persons, claiming they had attacked her body" the woman, speaking to the Daily Beast in 2014, said:

“I’ve never said that about anyone. I don’t know why she said that. I have never made false allegations. I know she was lying...I definitely didn’t see older men. I don’t know why Hillary put that in there and it makes me plumb mad.”

It has been pointed out that Clinton's statements in the affidavit amount to "blaming the victim," and impugn the credibility of the victim. The victim says that she was a virgin at the time of the attack.

In a 2008 New York Newsday article by Glenn Thrush, Thrush wrote that the lead police investigator in the case, Dale Gibson, did not know of any evidence that the girl had ever made any false accusations, writing:

"Dale Gibson, the investigator, doesn’t recall seeing evidence that the girl had fabricated previous attacks."

At the time, Clinton was a young attorney in Arkansas, and had not yet married Bill Clinton. When the story broke, after researchers had listened to audiotapes in which she discusses the case with Arkansas reporter Roy Reed, Clinton responded that "I had a professional duty to represent my client to the best of my ability." Critics, however, point out that a defendant's right to a vigorous defense does not include their attorney filing false affidavits.

In the affidavit signed by Clinton, Clinton wrote, without citing a source:

“I have been informed that the complainant is emotionally unstable with a tendency to seek out older men and engage in fantasizing. I have also been informed that she has in the past made false accusations about persons, claiming they had attacked her body. Also that she exhibits an unusual stubbornness and temper when she does not get her way.”

Upon seeing the affidavit for the first time in 2008, handed to her by a reporter, the victim said:

“It kind of shocks me – it’s not true...I never said anybody attacked my body before, never in my life.”

Clinton can be heard admitting that she knew her client was guilty in an archived Arkansas audiotape, saying:

“He took a lie detector test. I had him take a polygraph, which he passed, which forever destroyed my faith in polygraphs,”

Clinton can be heard chuckling at the memory.

The woman says Hillary "lied like a dog," and that she didn't care "if those guys did it or not." There was another attacker in the case who was never charged.

In interviews with New York Newsday and the Daily Beast, the publications agreed to withhold the victim's name. Part of a tape recording of one of the interviews has been run on CNN.