Yeah my bad. The article I read didn't go into explicit detail.
Celebrity Allegations, #MeToo etc
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Yeah my bad. The article I read didn't go into explicit detail.
Indeed. People generally don't splash out 380k in hush money for no reason at all.
I have always thought some celebrities pay money to make problems go away even if it isn't true.
There have been rumours about this for a while, haven't there? That she had done something to an underage boy.
He was 17 at the time? If there's consent it wouldn't be an issue in the UK.
Still looks pretty bad from a #MeToo perspective.
Still looks pretty bad from a #MeToo perspective.
That's probably true mate.
However, in a situation like this? Surely she'd fight it tooth and nail considering what she has accused Weinstein of and the wider implications in the case against him.
It surely sets a precedence doesn't it? I just don't get why she would here. It makes no sense to me in any way, so I was hoping someone with doubt would come up with a reasonable answer.
$380k is a lot of money to pay just to bang a 17 year old.
Reposting....
What's the going rate these days?
130k
Looking through her Twitter account she seemed obsessed with this Jimmy Bennett
I heard of that earlier today, but that detailed description makes it a lot more grim. I had no idea she had been close to the kid for so long and from such an early age.
She must be some piece of work. Those rumours after Bourdain's death didn't paint her in a good light either.
She must be some piece of work. Those rumours after Bourdain's death didn't paint her in a good light either.
Crikey. On first glance I thought what's the biggie, the bloke surely consented. But reading that account, it was pretty creepy given she's known him since he was a young kid when she was an adult at the time.
Thought she was a crazy person after Bourdain's death. Guess she actually is. The level of hypocrisy of this woman. It's hard to comprehend how you can be such a fake fecking cnut.
Kills me to be “that guy” but swap genders and the whole grooming thing would immediately trigger a load of paedophilia accusations.
Agreed, but rightly or wrongly it does seem worse when it's the woman is the victim tbh, given we know how sex mad teenage boys are. Or maybe we're just conditioned to think like that?
Yes, young men can also be emotionally traumatised by exploitative sexual relationships.
Yeah. I don't know how to describe it but I'm pretty sure that I would have been kind of scared, I'm not sure if it's the correct word, boys and men like to put a brave face but when you are 17 a 37 years old women is an other world, even if I fancied her a million of things would have come into my head and I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't have handled it well.
Well given who he married, Woody Allen got away with that one for years!
Is it possible that the truth is somewhere in the middle?
Yes, young men - just like young women - can be emotionally traumatised by exploitative sexual relationships. Which is something we're conditioned to ignore.
Similarly, young women - just like young men - can be enthusiastic participants in sexual relationships where there is a big power/age imbalance and emerge unscathed at the other end? Which is also something that we're being told doesn't happen.
Wow.
Firstly, well played sex pests. Very well played.
Secondly, we need to get this guy his Luckiest Boy in America medal, immediately.
For getting accosted by a creepy, tatted up nutcase. Yeah he really hit the jackpot there.
Didn't these accusations appear just after the Weinstein allegations? Just a coincidence I'm sure.
Also, do you remember being 17? I do. There is no possible scenario I can conceive where I could have been the victim of a sexual assault by an older woman, except perhaps if I had wandered into a women's prison.
I could tell from point one that point two was going to be really, really stupid.
An older woman groomed and statutory raped him. You being a horny teenager has nothing to do with this.
I'd hate to boast but I could tell where this was going from his previous really, really stupid posts.
Given the victims age, their history, and the fact that she was in all likelihood a role model and someone he put a lot of trust in, this definitely seems like a bad one.
If the person's someone who's been around you since you were a kid, and you view as more of a second mom than hot older woman, I think there's a good chance you'd feel creeped out, disgusted and/or violated.
Side note, but I only learned grooming was an actual offense (rightly so) once I joined the Caf. Don't think it has an analogue in the States
Same
He was 17 years and 2 months old and Age of consent was 18.
Going strictly by letter of law, you'd be right...
My brother was in a relationship with a 15-year-old at 24 (this was like 20 years ago). Her family knew and were fine with it, but I still find it skeevy as feck. Then again, he was immature as feck, and I actually think she was better equipped to take advantage of him than he was to take advantage of her.
No reason for sharing, other than the talk about age of consent reminding me of it.
No reason for sharing, other than the talk about age of consent reminding me of it.
Those California hotel rooms sure have lots of secrets to share.
I'm all for due process and maybe she didn't sexually assault the kid even though the accusations are credible and maybe Harvey is innocent too as unlikely as it seems. However her statement reads even worse than the notorious Kevin Spacey one to me. It doesn't seem to make sense given the photographic evidence, texts, relationship and roping in of a guy who commited suicide. It reads like the kind of thing I'd come up with if I was given too long to make up an excuse and was desperate to hold on to my position that I started dipping into youtube conspiracies, she had 4 days to comment prior to the nytimes article apparantly.
The Mcgowan and Arquette comments beggar belief, whereas the non celeb-sociopath figures of the movement I know of have made decent statements.
The Mcgowan and Arquette comments beggar belief, whereas the non celeb-sociopath figures of the movement I know of have made decent statements.
I'm intrigued. I'm sure it wouldn't take long to post a few examples given the implication that there are plenty of them.
I remember in the 1990's a male teacher had sex with a female student and the media went crackers about it . Not saying what he done was right but the headlines were dirty old man etc and peado blah.. blah. About a year later a female teacher had sex with a male student and the headlines were more about her seducing him etc. Not saying either was right but the medias slant was interesting.