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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
So, hundreds of people working on that show just lost their jobs because of an unproven accusation against a leading actor. This is getting insane. Shouldn't these public accusations be declared unlawful? Anyone unhappy about anything in their life can nowadays freely make an accusation against anyone they've encountered privately and face no meaningful legal consequences. In Gomeshi case, it's been proven that the two women conspired to bring him down for selfish and spiteful reasons; yet, his career and finances have been ruined, while the accusers are portrayed as heroes in the media. In Weinstein case, what prevents any woman that had a private encounter with him under any circumstances to put forward an accusation and look for monetary settlement without any fear of legal repercussions/costs? In both cases, the unpleasant and unlikable male characters make the public believe the accusers easily and savour the revenge. Absolutely, if the assault happened, victims should have no hesitations in suing and predators should be punished. But sentencing the accused to a public opinion court before the real court of law finds them guilty is wrong on every level.
Are people purposely ignoring the openly frivolous attitude towards sexual behaviour in the entertainment world? How long until groupies start coming forward with "I didn't really want to have sex with that guy when I came to the orgy party in his hotel room at 3 am"?
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False accusations happen only very rarely. I'm willing to risk that in favour of an environment where more people come forward than less. Gomeshi isn't totally innocent and frankly got about exactly what he deserved. If you can find a truly innocent person who's life was ruined by a false accusation I'll show you a few 100k victims who never got their chance at justice.