Alexandria Stapleton

So, you know, even though 50's name is attached to this, you should still, like, it'll be authentic.

You know, if you participate, like, we'll print it.

He didn't know that at the time.

But, yeah, that would have been the Holy Grail.

It was the Holy Grail for me.

It didn't happen, but...

There were a lot of people that I talked to off camera.

There were a lot of people, you know, a lot of people were really afraid for their lives, their livelihoods, you know, to be on camera and to participate.

We started this before there was even an indictment.

So it was like the dark ages of the story, you know?

So it wasn't like he was in jail and people could be like, okay, you know, I can talk now.

He was still out in the streets of New York.

I am in New York again.

No, I... Yeah, of course.

People were sharing with me really...

like very disturbing things about, you know, what this guy allegedly is capable of.

And so by default, you know, taking all of that in was nerve wracking.

And, you know, for myself, you know, for my crew, when we would come to New York to shoot, you know, it was always the, you could cut the tension in the air because people would come and sit.

I had people stand me up, you know, for interviews because they were like, oh, I got a phone call.

And I think, you know, no, it's not gonna happen today.