Celebrities continue with MeToo stories

[Anonymous]

Alyssa Milano and now Padma Lakshmi have recently been added to the MeToo list of former rape or sexual assault survivors.

What is your opinion of celebrities making their stories public now, decades later with no proof or evidence?

[Anonymous]

You forgot Salky Firlds.

It's fine if people want to tell their story.

Their is never evidence of a rape.

[Anonymous]

I think it helps others feel like they aren’t alone and makes it clear just how prevalent this problem is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You forgot Salky Firlds.

It's fine if people want to tell their story.

Their is never evidence of a rape.

Sally Fields?

DNA and other evidence if the rape was reported in time could be collected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Alyssa Milano and now Padma Lakshmi have recently been added to the MeToo list of former rape or sexual assault survivors.

What is your opinion of celebrities making their stories public now, decades later with no proof or evidence?

What’s your opinion, OP? That women should just keep quiet about assaults forever?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You forgot Salky Firlds.

It's fine if people want to tell their story.

Their is never evidence of a rape.

Sally Fields?

DNA and other evidence if the rape was reported in time could be collected.

Men just say it was consensual.

In the past 5 years, Montgomery county has literally only prosecuted one rape where the two know each other unless it was child abuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You forgot Salky Firlds.

It's fine if people want to tell their story.

Their is never evidence of a rape.

Sally Fields?

DNA and other evidence if the rape was reported in time could be collected.

Her father.

[Anonymous]

I assume actresses know what they’re gonna have to do when they enter the profession.

[Anonymous]

My impression is that it's too easy to fling mud and almost impossible so many decades after the fact to tell who is telling the truth and who is getting even. There are so many of these stories out now that I think people are starting to tune them out, tbh.

I think that some are telling the absolute truth, some are twisting facts/memories to fit this agenda and some are flat outright lying in order to jump onto this sympathetic bandwagon.

It only underlines how very important it is to file a complaint when an incident happens so that a proper investigation can take place. At the same time, I totally get why a woman would not want to put herself through a process like that.

In this country, you are innocent until proven guilty, though. Simply making an accusation is not enough to prove that it happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My impression is that it's too easy to fling mud and almost impossible so many decades after the fact to tell who is telling the truth and who is getting even. There are so many of these stories out now that I think people are starting to tune them out, tbh.

I think that some are telling the absolute truth, some are twisting facts/memories to fit this agenda and some are flat outright lying in order to jump onto this sympathetic bandwagon.

It only underlines how very important it is to file a complaint when an incident happens so that a proper investigation can take place. At the same time, I totally get why a woman would not want to put herself through a process like that.

In this country, you are innocent until proven guilty, though. Simply making an accusation is not enough to prove that it happened.

Does the same apply to all the kids molested by Catholic priests?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You forgot Salky Firlds.

It's fine if people want to tell their story.

Their is never evidence of a rape.

Sally Fields?

DNA and other evidence if the rape was reported in time could be collected.

Her father.

Her stepfather.

[Anonymous]

I think better late that never.

I'm pretty sure that as many women victims there are there are also a couple dozen teen boys who have been violated as well and never spoke up for being labeled as weak or gay.

https://variety.com/2014/film/news/x-men-director-accused-of-sexually-abusing-teenage-boy-1201158645/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My impression is that it's too easy to fling mud and almost impossible so many decades after the fact to tell who is telling the truth and who is getting even. There are so many of these stories out now that I think people are starting to tune them out, tbh.

I think that some are telling the absolute truth, some are twisting facts/memories to fit this agenda and some are flat outright lying in order to jump onto this sympathetic bandwagon.

It only underlines how very important it is to file a complaint when an incident happens so that a proper investigation can take place. At the same time, I totally get why a woman would not want to put herself through a process like that.

In this country, you are innocent until proven guilty, though. Simply making an accusation is not enough to prove that it happened.

Does the same apply to all the kids molested by Catholic priests?

To a degree, yes. If decades have gone by it will be a lot harder to prove that an assault happened. Just pointing a finger at someone and saying "That guy did it" is not enough to win a conviction. You need proof. Without any evidence it's not going to be an easy thing to prove.

You can't just accuse somebody of a crime and expect the person to be automatically found guilty. It never works that way. Nor should it work that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I assume actresses know what they’re gonna have to do when they enter the profession.

Wow, you're really comfortable letting your misogyny flag fly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think better late that never.

I'm pretty sure that as many women victims there are there are also a couple dozen teen boys who have been violated as well and never spoke up for being labeled as weak or gay.

https://variety.com/2014/film/news/x-men-director-accused-of-sexually-abusing-teenage-boy-1201158645/

I think just the sheer volume of complaints indicate that this was a well known and for whatever reason - tolerated - problem in Hollywood. Somehow people were just accepting that this crap happened.

I don't begin to understand how agents and other prominent people in the industry (including other actresses) were continually introducing young actors/actresses to these perverts. But they apparently were doing just that. It boggles the mind. But Hollywood really needs to look inward to figure out why this was ever deemed in anyway o.k. and why they were giving these known predators such great power.