It’s well within the established repertoire for sports rivalry. After all, sports are just moderated warfare; the ultimate goal is to make the opposition powerless: No matter how fast you run, you can’t run faster than me. No matter how strong you are, we’ll still push you down the field. No matter how much you…

He was released more than 10 years ago. He took a plea on Sexual Battery, which, in Louisiana, would have had a mandatory life sentence for a conviction.

Yeah well, Avon brought those Hot Shots in to the prison. I now suspect this model of being the Perp. Not asking for money from Hart is the brilliant piece. Her career went from “completely unknown” to “expecting a few thousand more instagram followers”.

If “people will talk about you” is close to life-ruining, you might want to adjust your perspective. This sounds like it came out of the mouth of a girl who didn’t get the right new car as her sweet 16 present.

Rhetorical question: Why?

Weed definitely helped me get to sleep - but the quality of my sleep was terrible.

Nothing about this story feels true at all.

That’s an unworkable definition for a “ruined” life. People whisper about your ex?

How many weed smokers do you know in your life? People who have cheated? People who have shoplifted? Drive after mayyyybe one beer too many?

Did he ruin her life? Is she in jail? Impoverished?

What is McLaughlin’s claim for damages? She’s not a molested kid. She doesn’t have a right to knowledge of legal claims against her husband - he has a right to share the information with her without legal repercussion, not Vice versa

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Her accusation is that Payne offered career help in exchange for sex. She agreed. That’s basically the definition of attempting to sleep your way to the top.

Cash. A ton of cash.

She traded sex for favors and is upset the favors never came to pass. I guess on one hand I guess that’s fair to sue - Payne could have simply delivered on his promises. But I don’t see this as rape in any meaningful way - Hughes seemed to have full agency to engage in the affair or not.

When they do, how will you feel about the fact that you accepted the story uncritically and believed it without or despite all available evidence?

Um. I’ve read a little bit more. Payne offered career favors in exchange for sex. That’s not rape.

This comment is unreasonably rude and hurtful. Why would you say something like that?

I think the disconnect is in assuming one type of criticism is more legitimate than the other.

This is a terrible comment but...