Did you read that article? It's both disturbing and bizarre on several levels.
I don't know what to make of this at the outset: "Trigger Warning: This article contains information and details about sexual assault and/or violence, which may be upsetting to survivors." Part of me is compassionate, and understands the benefit of that, but part of me wonders where this ends? Isn't part of coping learning to incorporate that into your life in a healthy way, so that these triggers are of less impact?
Well, that's probably true but it doesn't negate the benefit of a quick heads up. I'm not a fan of them, myself. I hear them all the time on NPR and some of them seem pretty silly to me, but honestly, why should I care?
We're in the same place; I'm not losing even a second of sleep over this. I'm just fascinated by the mindset that goes into something like this.
And this is the sort of thing that is oddly specific and makes me think there is fire with the smoke: "Later that month, the lawsuit says, while they were streaming religious programming on a tablet at his South Florida home, Brown started masturbating behind Taylor and ejaculated on her back. The lawsuit contains images of profane messages that Taylor says Brown sent to her about the incident." The first and third instances are sort of the same "he said/she said" events that make this so complicated (and he seems to acknowledge some sexual contact, calling it "consensual") but that middle event has elements that are eminently provable. Now, whether the proof shows the crime or not I cannot tell, but there ought to be a timeline there and a set of electronic records that prove the context of the assault in a way that many of these accusations cannot.
Well, the first part of her allegation was "he tried to kiss me," and that always bugs me. That probably makes us all attempted rapists. I had the same thought bout the surprise pearl necklace as you, should be easy enough to prove or disprove. And in the end I take my customary stance of let Johnny look into it and see what the evidence portrays.
However, any speculation we make here is a waste of time. She said he did it and he's a douchbag. He's guilty and that's that. End of story.
Unfortunately you're right here, too. This one I do lose sleep over, though.
I might have written about this before, but I got some news recently. I have a friend; I wouldn't say "bosom buddies", but I would say close. His daughter and my daughter played together, and my daughter would sometimes go to the day care he ran if we needed coverage. He has been in my house many times, I've been in his, and he has had my child in his direct, unsupervised care more than once. About two years ago, he was arrested for the rape (I think the actual charge was "unlawful sexual intercourse") with two five-year children. His business - a daycare - was summarily shut down. His marriage - being repaired after a little mutual trouble - tested beyond endurance. He maintained his innocence, and even passed a polygraph. But his name and likeness was all over the news, on line, on television... if you think the comment section is reserved for celebrities, you are sadly mistaken. People had no qualms calling for his castration, torture, and death.
Quietly, with little fanfare, the charges were dropped earlier this year, almost 20 months after the arrest. Business is still closed, he's still known as "that guy", even though the supposed "DNA evidence" was inconclusive, and it turns out the woman who accused him - the mom of the two children - did so out of vindictiveness because he wouldn't give her a refund of services because one child scraped the arm of her precious daughter. His life is basically ruined; he's I think 54, and a British immigrant; what is he going to do now? He doesn't have Brown's money to resurrect himself.
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