 According to one account, during the trial the "spectators gasped" when a friend of the alleged victim testified that television show "A Current Affair" had paid her $40,000 for two interviews, that a British tabloid, "Globe", offered her $100,000, and that the "National Enquirer" offered her $450,000 plus 50% royalties for exclusive rights to her story.Another woman who became a witness, and was also paid by "A Current Affair" to be interviewed, admitted later that she really knew almost nothing about the alleged assault as she had only met the claimed victim that evening.Information brokers, celebrity attorneys, and third-party news agencies, have become sub-industries for assembling news stories for distribution to the media.