distantsounds@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoThe Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down126
arrow-up1372arrow-down1imageThe Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules.lemmy.worlddistantsounds@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down2·9 months agoHe’s unquestionably a rapist, but he is not a convicted rapist.
minus-squareCruxifux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·9 months agoNope, just of sexual abuse. Which is, like…. Come on New York what’s the fucking difference here? Especially when you hear the story of what happened. I don’t understand how they talked the court down from rape to sexual abuse.
minus-squareAggravationstation@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-29 months ago I don’t understand how they talked the court down from rape to sexual abuse. Money
minus-squarenomous@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-29 months agoMy understanding is that she wasn’t able to say with 100% certainty that he put his penis inside her; that it could have been his finger. Which I’m sure is something his lawyers push but is still a pretty sick burn to have on-record, and actually lines up with what his other victims say.
minus-squareDaft_ish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down7·edit-29 months agoSemantics. Some might classify the sexual assault he preformed as rape.
He’s unquestionably a rapist, but he is not a convicted rapist.
Nope, just of sexual abuse. Which is, like…. Come on New York what’s the fucking difference here? Especially when you hear the story of what happened. I don’t understand how they talked the court down from rape to sexual abuse.
Money
My understanding is that she wasn’t able to say with 100% certainty that he put his penis inside her; that it could have been his finger.
Which I’m sure is something his lawyers push but is still a pretty sick burn to have on-record, and actually lines up with what his other victims say.
Money and power
Yet.
Semantics. Some might classify the sexual assault he preformed as rape.