And I felt sorry, and I have felt bad about what happened.

Well, it was actually - I brought the idea of doing a documentary to HBO back in 2000, when there were some press reports sort of were bandied about that there were going to TV movies based on some of the books that were out.

As far as our culture of humiliation goes, what we need is a revolution. Public shaming as a blood sport has to stop.

As painful and destructive as they are, the hateful comments allow us to map the underlying beliefs of many people in a way we've never been able to before. It's almost as if all of the negativity and misogyny needs to come to the surface so we can fully understand what it is, and how deep it goes, before we can begin to shift it. Of course, I wish it weren't there.

I was Patient Zero. The first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet.

I mean, I felt terrible. And in the beginning, I mean, I was completely devastated. I mean, can you imagine the kind of guilt that you would feel, and the responsibility?

And understandably so, that when you're in legal jeopardy, you really cannot put yourself in a position to open yourself up to the media.