One of New Zealand's most singular crimes, the abducting in 1984 of University of Auckland drama lecturer Mervyn Thompso | dG1fZE5yeW9YWWlHNFU
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00:00Since I started this story, there's been a lot of pushback.
00:09Nobody wants it revisited.
00:11We've questioned why you would want to make a documentary about feminism and spin it around
00:17to Mervyn Thompson.
00:18The police in Auckland have warned against people taking the law into their own hands,
00:24which follows a group of women allegedly attacking a man last night after luring him to a meeting.
00:29The story was so strange, but certainly off the planet.
00:40They were going to kill me, what the heck, what had he done?
00:45There's been a 30% increase in the number of rapes reported.
00:48She was raped several times.
00:50It was a particularly violent assault.
00:54Sexual violence was rife.
00:56For me, it was something that had to be dealt with.
01:02What did women hear that provoked this?
01:04That he was a rapist.
01:06Mr Thompson, is that true?
01:07Have you raped anyone?
01:08No, I haven't committed any rapes.
01:14The chances of convicting a white middle class rapist are pretty low.
01:19There's not one piece of evidence.
01:22It was no one came in and said he raped me.
01:25Who were they?
01:26And why are they hidden behind their little mask of secrecy for so long?
01:31Girls know it, Mum.
01:33Two people said that they'd heard you say that you were involved.
01:37Absolutely no way.
01:40There are people now who still believe that I did it.
01:44Were you involved?
01:45No.
01:46I think it was incredibly brave.
01:47I really don't know.
01:48Not hiding.
01:49We're all actors, all giving Oscar performances, and how the hell do you judge who's telling
02:01you the truth or not?
02:04So what's made you decide to talk about this after all these years?