High-Profile Sexual Abuse Epidemic

[RichKlit]

Big boys don’t cry! That and don’t be a tattletale are the first 2 lessons I remember learning.

[Demzy84]

Originally Posted by Cowboy89

Guilty until proven innocent but . . . . Balfour Der handling the case . . . .hmmmm

Wow, guess we need to judge the guilt of someone based on who they hire....

If I was innocent and my life was in the hands of a judge/jury, you damn right I would hire the best of the best to defend me in court. Wouldn't want to take any chances on ruining my life

[Smartcar]

Looks like there’s a civil claim too. With detailed allegations. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...ault-1.4659872

[Johnny Makarov]

Morgan Freeman. You are up next. I wonder how many more hollywood actors are nervous just waiting for the news to hit.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/enter...ons/index.html

[Jiri Hrdina]

I swear to god that if Tom Hanks gets accused of anything we can safely assume that the entire population of the world are all terrible people.

[direwolf]

For f--- sakes, not Morgan Freeman. Guess I'm gonna have to find someone else to narrate my life story now.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/enter...ons/index.html

In all, 16 people spoke to CNN about Freeman as part of this investigation, eight of whom said they were victims of what some called harassment and others called inappropriate behavior by Freeman. Eight said they witnessed Freeman's alleged conduct. These 16 people together described a pattern of inappropriate behavior by Freeman on set, while promoting his movies and at his production company Revelations Entertainment.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

I swear to god that if Tom Hanks gets accused of anything we can safely assume that the entire population of the world are all terrible people.

It would guarantee him to be the President of the USA in 2020 though.

I'm surprised there aren't more athletes being outed

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by direwolf

For f--- sakes, not Morgan Freeman. Guess I'm gonna have to find someone else to narrate my life story now.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/enter...ons/index.html

It's going to make those Skytrain trips next month a bit awkward.

[Oling_Roachinen]

Freeman also, allegedly, had an affair with his step-granddaughter. The rumours were originally from 2009, but she was murdered in 2015 by her boyfriend. Just last month some texts have come out during the trial, and (given the allegations) seem to confirm that the rumours were true. The boyfriend testified that Morgan had a sexual inappropriate relationship with her as well.

Davenport texted: ‘When it comes to . . . your grandfather, there’s a submissive love that will always be there.’ And messages from Hines, in which she alluded to trouble with another man, read: ‘I dont ask him for advice. He was calling to ask me . . . I blocked him for myself not for you because men who equal grandpa feelings dont need to be in my life at all [sic].’

https://metro.co.uk/2018/04/24/morga...urder-7493422/


To make it that much worse, Freeman raised her as a small child and the original rumours suggested the affair started as she was a teen. Possibility she got Woody-Allened

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

I'm surprised there aren't more athletes being outed

It's the relative silence around musicians and pop stars that leaves me scratching my head. Probably half the men enshrined in the rock and roll hall of fame are guilty of statutory rape, at the very least.

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

It would guarantee him to be the President of the USA in 2020 though.

I'm surprised there aren't more athletes being outed

I wonder if the primary difference is that athletes are generally segregated at work, meaning they essentially go to work, perform, and compete against the same sex.

Not that it completely eliminates that opportunity, but I would think a larger issue resonating through the athletic world would be infidelity.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

It's the relative silence around musicians and pop stars that leaves me scratching my head. Probably half the men enshrined in the rock and roll hall of fame are guilty of statutory rape, at the very least.

I'd say on average there's a big difference in the types of personalities of musicians and actors or Hollywood execs. The later seems to attract a lot of people with psychopathic attributes (large egos, superficial charm, adept liers, etc) which explains the high number of predators. Whereas in music you have a lot more introverted artists, not guys who would normally seek power over others. Even the most bombastic personalities on-stage were often recluse and shy when the lights weren't on (https://www.ranker.com/list/introver...s/ranker-music). Plus that group had women throwing themselves at them daily, why go out of your way to creep on women when there's a buffet right in front of you?

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

I'd say on average there's a big difference in the types of personalities of musicians and actors or Hollywood execs. The later seems to attract a lot of people with psychopathic attributes (large egos, superficial charm, adept liers, etc) which explains the high number of predators. Whereas in music you have a lot more introverted artists, not guys who would normally seek power over others. Even the most bombastic personalities on-stage were often recluse and shy when the lights weren't on (https://www.ranker.com/list/introver...s/ranker-music). Plus that group had women throwing themselves at them daily, why go out of your way to creep on women when there's a buffet right in front of you?

There were plenty of animals in rock and roll when it came to women. Don Henley, Jimmy Paige, and John Bonham all immediately spring to mind.

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Plus that group had women throwing themselves at them daily, why go out of your way to creep on women when there's a buffet right in front of you?

When you get something easily and frequently, you don't want it anymore...

[GirlySports]

that's really bad timing for Vancouver as they were going to roll out Morgan Freeman voiceovers for transit.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

that's really bad timing for Vancouver as they were going to roll out Morgan Freeman voiceovers for transit.

Seth Rogan has volunteered to replace Freeman.

[Fuzz]

I'd prefer Jeff Bridges did mine. "The Fuzz abides."

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by WhiteTiger

When you get something easily and frequently, you don't want it anymore...

And on the other hand, when that’s your “normal,” how well-adjusted are you when it comes to dealing with situations where it’s not “easy”?

[Textcritic]

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...abuse-of-women

The President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Paige Patterson, has been "removed" from his position over a recent flood of reports of misogynistic comments and questionable views regarding women (See here, and here). He will be retired to a new position as President Emeritus and Theologian in Residence; he and his wife will be provided with permanent residency on the Seminary Grounds at the newly opened Baptist Heritage Center, which will also house the Pattersons' collections.

In another twist, Patterson before his dismissal retaliated against an outspoken Ph.D. student at his University—having him fired from his job, and revoking his scholarship.

This one is of particular interest to me, since Patterson was instrumental in the purchase of purported Dead Sea Scrolls fragments by SWBTS directly from a well known family of antiquities dealers—with whom he maintains a long-time close friendship. These fragments are unprovenanced, as of yet unpublished, and some of which are suspected forgeries. There are other weird links between misogyny, sexual harassment and trafficking in unprovenanced textual artefacts, and I have a colleague who has been rebuked within the guild for raising questions.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

I just watched Shawshank last night after reading about the Vancouver Skytrain thing and getting a hankering to get some Freeman fix.



SOB.