Analysis: Juanita Broaddrick Re: Clinton

Did Juanita Broaddrick Lie about Allegation of Bill Clinton Rape?

Juanita Broaddrick says Bill Clinton raped her at a hotel when she was a nursing home administrator volunteering for then-Arkansas Attorney General Bill Clinton’s 1978 gubernatorial bid.

Below is an excerpt from a 1999 interview that Broaddrick gave to NBC’s Dateline her alleged rape.

Below that you will see my analysis of her statement. Statement Analysis® is the most accurate way to determine truth and credibility. This method requires no interpretation. People mean exactly what they say and their words can betray them.

Juanita Broaddrick in 1999:

“Then he tries to kiss me again. And the second time he tries to kiss me he starts biting my lip … He starts to, um, bite on my top lip and I tried to pull away from him. And then he forces me down on the bed. And I just was very frightened, and I tried to get away from him and I told him ‘No,’ that I didn’t want this to happen but he wouldn’t listen to me. … It was a real panicky, panicky situation. I was even to the point where I was getting very noisy, you know, yelling to ‘Please stop.’ And that’s when he pressed down on my right shoulder and he would bite my lip. … When everything was over with, he got up and straightened himself, and I was crying at the moment and he walks to the door, and calmly puts on his sunglasses. And before he goes out the door he says ‘You better get some ice on that.’ And he turned and went out the door.”

My analysis:

Then he tries to kiss me again. And the second time he tries to kiss me he starts biting my lip … He starts to, um, bite on my top lip and I tried to pull away from him. And then he forces me down on the bed.

There are a couple issues I have with Juanita’s statement. One is the verb tense she uses. Examining the verb tenses can help in determining if a person’s statement is coming from memory or from their imagination. Most statements should be written in the past tense because the incident has already taken place. In a deceptive statement, we may find some present tense language.

In her statement, Juanita should be telling us what happened or what she witnessed. Therefore, she should be speaking in the past tense. It does not matter if she is talking about something that happened twenty minutes ago or twenty years ago. She should be using past tense verbs as she tells his story.

Juanita tells us, He tries; he starts; he forces. Those are all in present tense.

Another problem I have with her statement is the word “tried.” The word “tried” means a person attempted but failed to do it. Juanita is telling us that Clinton tried but failed to kiss her. She also says that she tried to pull away from him. She is telling us he failed to kiss, bite or force her.

And I just was very frightened, and I tried to get away from him and I told him ‘No,’ that I didn’t want this to happen but he wouldn’t listen to me. … It was a real panicky, panicky situation. I was even to the point where I was getting very noisy, you know, yelling to ‘Please stop.’ And that’s when he pressed down on my right shoulder and he would bite my lip.

In analyzing statements the shortest sentence is the best sentence. If there are words you can remove from a sentence and the sentence is still grammatically correct, these extra words provide extra information. Sometimes these extra words will be qualifying words that show us the person is being deceptive.

The word “just” is often used to minimize things. When the word “just” is used to minimize a person’s actions it is an indication more things transpired than what the person is telling us. The word “just” is not needed in her sentence. She used the word “just” to minimize her actions. The use of the word “just” indicates she may have done or felt some other things than she is stating.

“Even” is another qualifying word and is not needed in the sentence.  

Again the verb tense is an issue when she states “and he would bite my lip”. If this statement was coming from memory it would be “and he bit my lip.”

… When everything was over with, he got up and straightened himself, and I was crying at the moment and he walks to the door, and calmly puts on his sunglasses. And before he goes out the door he says ‘You better get some ice on that.’ And he turned and went out the door.”

The word “everything” is out of the norm when she was just previously giving specific detail about what took place. “Straightened” himself is also out of norm. She is alleging rape which would require some level of disrobing.

“Walks to the door”,” goes out the door”,” he says” are all in present tense.  Most statements should be written in the past tense because the incident has already taken place. In a deceptive statement, we may find some present tense language.