It’s like being publicly accused of murder and OJ Simpson, Kate McCann & Carol Baskin coming out to support you.
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A list UK celeb in trouble
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tommye
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Oh, look, he's removed it.
tsubaki
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Not sure that is true tbh.
Cases that I can recall that have been helped, rather than hindered, by investigative media
Harvey Weinstein
In October 2017, The New York Times[60] and The New Yorker[61] reported that more than a dozen women accused Weinstein of sexually harassing, assaulting, or raping them. Many other women in the film industry subsequently reported similar experiences with Weinstein,[62][63][64] who denied "any nonconsensual sex". As a result of these allegations, Weinstein was dismissed from his production company,[65] suspended from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts,[66] and expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[67] He also resigned from the Directors Guild of America[68] and was denounced by leading figures in politics whom he had supported.[69] The Los Angeles Police Department opened a criminal investigation for alleged rape,[70] and New York and London police began investigating other sexual assault allegations.[71] On October 10, 2017, Weinstein's wife, Georgina Chapman, announced that she was leaving him;[72] their divorce was finalized in July 2021.[73]
The sexual abuse allegations precipitated a wave of "national reckoning" against sexual harassment and assault in the United States[74] known as the Weinstein effect. Compounded by other sexual harassment cases earlier in the year, the Weinstein reports and subsequent #MeToo hashtag campaign, which encouraged individuals to share their suppressed stories of sexual misconduct, created a cavalcade of allegations across multiple industries that brought about the swift ouster of many men in positions of power both in the United States and, as it spread, around the world.[75][76] In 2019, the documentary Untouchable was released with interviews from several of his accusers.[77]
Weinstein was charged by the New York County District Attorney's Office with "rape, criminal sex act, sex abuse and sexual misconduct for incidents involving two separate women" on May 25, 2018. He was arrested the same day after surrendering to the New York City Police Department (NYPD).[3]
R Kelly
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Julis Brown’s reporting on Epstein and the sweetheart initial deal he got was a significant reason why investigations i to him were reopened.
Brown received a second George Polk Award in the category of Justice Reporting in 2018 for her investigative journalism on "Perversion of Justice."[3] Her series covered the extensive number of accusers in the Epstein case and the role of federal prosecutor Alex Acosta who permitted a non-prosecution agreement that protected four named conspirators and "granted immunity to any possible co-conspirators, a proviso that seemed to protect the powerful men Epstein partied with."[1][3][2]
In April 2019, Alan Dershowitz (an associate of Epstein who was one of his attorneys during his criminal investigation in 2006-2008) tried to pressure the Pulitzer prize committee to shut out Brown and the Miami Herald for her investigative reporting that reopened the Epstein case.[18][unreliable source?] In an open letter Dershowitz wrote that Brown should not be rewarded for her work. She was not.[19][20] At the start of her investigative reporting on Epstein, Brown had been warned by former Police Chief Michael Reiter to expect pushback as other members of the media who attempted to report on Epstein had been reassigned following a phone call to their publisher.[13] Reiter stated “Somebody’s going to call your publisher and the next thing you know you are going to be assigned to the obituaries department.”[13]
TBF Weinstein should have been dealt with years before, after Ambra Gutierrez went to the NYPD with her complaint and they got a very strong case against him.
For all its great he was finally dealt with, the people who helped him then (Cyrus Vance, the people who blacklisted her in the modelling industry, the hacks who attacked her in the press) ever faced any reckoning legally or in the media for what they’d done.
Le Tissier may be a whopper, but he’s not wrong in pointing out the partiality of the media when it comes to wrongdoing. I mean, contrast this scandal (which is front page news and widely discussed) with the one around Dan Wootton (which is still mostly confined to Byline Times).
tommye
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Rita_Poon
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May I consider le tissier's timing of his tweet rather crass?
Christ, they’re coming out of the woodwork now.
tommye
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Watch it and get back to me.
Rita_Poon
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It's not a laughing matter but, lol
Women the world over it seems lack faith in the justice system when it comes to matters like this especially when concerning rich, powerful men.
widnesblue
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To be fair, wasn’t this investigated between 2007 til 2013 or something along those time lines. Me personally, I don’t think documentaries like last night should be allowed to air til after a trail. I believe the allegations against him are true but it also creates a lot of damage to the victims which is unfair. You’ll have people who will support Brands who will go to great depths of supporting him and will make life hell for the victims, because although they was portrayed by actors, these victims will be found and will get a lot more of unjustified abuse.
When cases come out like this, it’s always reported that the higher ups knew or suspected these allegations against said suspect. It makes Brands and his supporters points valid, when they shouldn’t.
It’s like the R. Kelly case, it was well known in the hip-hop community that he was guilty. The was songs dating back from 2003 with lines from rappers about him. The problem was, he was still making people in power huge amounts of money. Once that money dried up, they rightfully threw him under the bus.
…I reckon it’s somebody called Russell Brands.
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