'A New Low, Even For Weinstein': Another Woman Says Producer 'Orally Forced Himself On Me'
http://gothamist.com/2017/10/24/wein...allegation.php
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Not that the gender of the person responsible matters, but the story was that a female producer asked for the naked line-up.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41664809
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41668106
'A New Low, Even For Weinstein': Another Woman Says Producer 'Orally Forced Himself On Me'
http://gothamist.com/2017/10/24/wein...allegation.php
Hollywood has always been full of hypocracy.
Producers use casting couch, actresses use casting couch to get what they wanted. Scandals, coverups ahoy. Vast majority in Hollywood complain about the hounding of the great artist Polanski. Ok, so he drugged and raped a 13 yr old girl, fled abroad to avoid being sent to prison.
Gary Glitter reviled, lefty luvvies love Polanski for his great work...
Lefty? -What the actual f*ck has a political standpoint got to do with it?
I know a lot of people who would call themselves 'left' leaning, as well as people who are resolutely centrist and also few who would gladly confirm that they dress to the right.
NOT ONE of any of them would condone paedophilia, nor any kind of abuse. You are a confused individual - get a grip.
Seth MacFarlane ITK?
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/30/en...cey/index.html
Or maybe because they have never been convicted of any crime?
"Why does everyone believe Kevin Spacey’s accuser rather than Kevin Spacey himself? In a civilised society, it would be the other way round. In a civilised society we would doubt the accuser and maintain the innocence of the accused. But increasingly we do not live in a civilised society. As demonstrated by the hysteria of the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the increasingly strange and narcissistic #metoo contagion, we live in a society where accusation is now proof. Where accusation alone can colour someone’s reputation beyond repair. I fear we haven’t yet registered how worrying, and terrifying, this state of affairs is."
http://www.publish.spiked-online.com...innocent/20490
No, but I'm not going to label people of a particular political belief as abuse excusers.
I suspect the phrase you have used : 'Hollywood set' has played a big part in this up until now, at last perhaps, it has started to look at itself, and has begun to turn itself in.
Also, IMO, in these days of worldwide Social Media, it is much harder for someone to have an unsavoury past/present, just get away with incidents ignored like maybe has happened in the past. Word gets out and it gets shared, and the people involved become emboldened.
I think it's more a cultural change in wider society. I don't believe for one second Hollywood has naval gazed and magically become wonderful people. Like I said, Polanski is still revered.
Weinstein has apologised and vaguely hinted at things. He'd not been charged AFAIK and certainly not convicted of anything at this point in time. People seem more willing these days to accept claims as fact without evidence - at the end of the day, until proven they are still allegations.
I'd agree about social media - far easier for people to throw allegations about without having to prove them. They then spread like wildfire - even if pulled they are still out there.
What worries me about that is the numbers going to social media, going to media without reporting to the police.
Spacey's "defence" is plain silly though.
"I don't remember it but apologies anyway I must have been drunk. Oh, did I forget to mention I'm gay? Please focus on the outing part rather than the alleged offence bit".
Maybe it was something to do with Bryan Singer's pool parties, or flying to remote islands with Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein on the Lolita Express? Or it could even be the photos that are floating around? Or as you say he could be innocent, but the word on the street is that a lot more is going to come out regarding him and others like him. As lardy said he hasn't denied it, which is what you would expect an innocent person to do.
Who remembers this yarn?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...ys-Spacey.html
I remember this one:
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/...rs-122181.html
Wouldn’t it be refreshing if they just said “ok you got me, I was just looking for cock”