• Chetzemoka@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    WOW the number of people in this thread immediately jumping to the accusers being “false” and deserving jail. Because no actual sexual predator ever got away with it in court…

    (Sex crimes are extraordinarily difficult to prove beyond a reasonable doubt because the actions are taken in private without a lot of physical evidence. Which sexual predators rely on to get away with their crimes, by the way.)

    Perhaps we should review the sheer volume of young men from all over the US & UK reporting that Spacey was at best inappropriate with them. One of the youngest being 14 years old:

    https://people.com/tv/kevin-spacey-controversy-timeline/

    And just in case some of us need a refresher course, the rate of false rape accusations is low:

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21164210/

    And the rate of sexual assault is high:

    https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/sexualviolence/fastfact.html

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      1 year ago

      Yeah this whole thing isn’t simple. Even if he’s cleared of charges, these allegations are old and that makes them hard to prove or disprove.

      Further, the quantity is concerning. Maybe he’s just prolifically sexual but my gut can’t really get passed how many accusations there are over such a long span of time. Even if innocent, still creepy is my opinion.

      • Zippy@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Yet suggest Pee-wee Herman is creepy and you get downvoted. Even though without question he was caught with illegal material.