Huh? I wouldn’t even put Kawhi in the same galaxy as AB. Right or wrong*, I think he honestly believed the Spurs betrayed him, and did what he could to force them to trade him. That’s nowhere close to all the scummy, ignorant shit AB has done, both football-related and off the field stuff.

Come on. You can’t possibly be claiming that you brought up Woody Allen in an innocent attempt to start an interesting new vein of conversation, rather than to try to change the subject from Roman Polanski and his crimes.

Are you sure you know what that phrase means?

Exactly.  The NFL does a lot of things that deserve criticism, but this isn’t one of them.  I’m pretty sure that Tyreek Hill is guilty of abusing/terrorizing his son and girlfriend.  I’m completely sure that he shouldn’t be prosecuted/suspended/fined without some direct evidence that he did.

However, Woody Allen also went through the legal system and that is usually cast aside by his internet accusers as inconvenient.

It’s not whataboutism to point out that Woody Allen also went through the legal system.

Well I sure hope you use that logic to defend Woody Allen as well.

Wahlberg, Broderick, and Landis all had their day in court, and accepted the rulings of those verdicts*. None of them fled the country to avoid the consequences of their crimes. Polanski did.

I’m not saying we shouldn’t listen to and respect Geimer’s opinion. I’m saying that she doesn’t get final say on the matter. That’s why victim impact statements (as she mentions in that interview) aren’t the final word when it comes to sentencing - the victim has input, be we as a society get to determine how the…

I never said that Brown assaulted Mayock, I have no idea if he did. I said that you can assault someone without touching them.

Fortunately the law allowed Polanski to sue Vanity Fair in absentia (and win) for libel.

If this was the AVClub I would make a Leonard Pierce joke.

And that inability to partake in international parties provided just the insight Polanski needed

She says that she has the right to forgive Polanski “for the public” - I don’t think that’s the same thing as her “beseeching the world” to forgive him.

Most jurisdictions clearly spell out that while assault is generally any unwanted or unconsented-to application of force.

Did Tarantino really shit on Bruce Lee, or did he just portray him as kind of a cocky asshole? I mean, so what? Bruce Lee should be cocky.

Please?

whose victim has forgiven him and has beseeched the world to do the same?

because word came down that the judge was going to reneg on HIS word and throw the book at him at the sentencing?

Almost as good as Robert Kraft’s latest video, celebrating his release.