This could very well be indicative of a mini-stroke, and a warning that something much more severe could possibly be on the horizon, health-wise.

She lied to him and said the kid was full of shit and just trying to extort money but then he saw that picture and realized he had been paying off a rape victim and that sent him over the edge.

I mean - why does he even need to be touching her????!!!???

Every single woman alive watching that had a flashback to their dad’s friend/boss/teacher/supervisor doing that exact same move.

I want it to become the default reaction for women to pry away a man’s fingers and scream. I want it to be the safe default reaction because we know we will be believed and people will be aghast at the creep for creeping and not at the young woman for being “disruptive”. I am disgusted. He did this at a funeral. Of…

To add another layer of filth, let’s not forget Vance was thiiiis close to indicting Ivanka and Uday, which he made magically disappear at the 11th hour, screwing over his own prosecutors, after Trump’s personal attorney, Marc Kasowitz, made a well-timed campaign contribution. Apparently dirty lawyers grow like…

Lol of course Beto was the bassist. That means he'll be a good politician who just wants everyone to get along and will stop fights and provide a strong foundation for everybody to be at their best.

I was also watching with a partner who hadn’t read it, waiting for the big reveal, only to find myself disappointed while he was baffled. Then I had to explain how it unfolded in the book.

I’ve been thinking a lot about that point. On the one hand, it sounds so obvious from our perspective - HOW COULD SHE NOT KNOW that this person wasn’t of age if she worked with him when he was a kid? Then I think about the people I worked with ten years ago, even ones I shared a cube with for 5+ years, and I would…

This is a good point. I initially felt like there was some potential for it being a shame how this is portrayed (if she didn’t know he was 17), but...yeah, she worked with the kid before, and there’s no reason for her to not be aware how young he was. And even if he were legal, their past history (“my son”) makes the…

Did your boss know you since you were a little boy? I agree that Asia’s rape of Bennett doesn’t invalidate her own rape, but this wasn’t just a hook up with someone who happened to be a little under age. Bennett played Asia’s 7 year old son in a movie she wrote and directed (a movie about child rape, btw), and the two…

Yes she really wasted no time in injecting him into the narrative. 

She’s absolutely disgusting and no different from any man who’s been accused of the same. There was a clear power imbalance and she took full advantage. There’s also something to be said about a person who would inculpate a deceased person (Bourdain) who cannot defend himself. She’s trash and I hope she faces charges.

A groaner, but LOL

You’re right to an extent, but MeToo isn’t just the accusers and victims who have given voice to their abuse and it isn’t just the accused and abusers. It’s the internet mob and the coverage they eventually birthed in mainstream publications. What this does for that group is demand that “victims” not go unvetted as…

Tooth isn’t tooth.

This doesn’t surprise me. Cycles of abuse are self-perpetuating. I’m surprised more people aren’t pointing out how distressingly similar the details of this assault are to her allegation against Weinstein: the grooming and isolating of the victim, providing alcohol before attacking etc. It’s infuriating to think…

I’m a bit afraid to express this opinion, but upon reading the story, the first thing that came to mind was to wonder if Bourdain found out about this? He had been a very vocal supporter of her case. While we might be disappointed to learn about the allegations, a partner might feel lied to or betrayed. If there are…

That was my take on this. Any questioning of 45 under oath is, in Rudy’s eyes, a “perjury trap” because he knows that bloated orange bag of shit can’t open his mouth under ANY circumstances without lying. Lying is like breathing for him. He’s lied so much he isn’t even aware he’s lying and when confronted will lie…