They likely made that finding because they were worried that pressing charges would be an admission of the county’s fault in a subsequent civil suit.

“A county district attorney who investigated the case neglected to press charges, arguing that they did not exhibit any “cruel, oppressive or malicious treatment” toward Coltrain.”

And his crew? Who are they? I would be so embarrassed if I were with someone and they pulled something like this. I would just slowly back away.

Rapist Outs Self At Public Gathering For Free Press

The truth is even better: the Queen of England herself directly ordered the performance. No stuffy colonels could get in the way of that. She has been a true fan for decades.

To me, it reads that she was roofied.  Being roofied doesn’t necessarily mean that you physically black out; it’s more that you are complacent and can’t really object to something another person does/asks you to do, even though there is a part of your mind that’s saying “no, don’t do this; stop.”  But it’s perfectly…

Oh to me... it’s the truth not an accusation. I think some people are questioning whether this person truly felt violated. I know I had encounters that felt fine in the moment (not good but not terrible) and years later it occurred to me “that was fucking sexual assault!!!!”. He was (barely) 17 at the time, I can…

When news of his suicide first reached the public, and folks were chomping at the bit to blame her in any possible way, I was like “that is gross and tawdry” but now it’s become awful hard NOT to fill in those blanks with all kind of ridiculous conjecture.

Well, she did know he was 7-ish when she played his mother in a movie, and I assume she can math, so I think her statement about not knowing he was a minor is bull.

I’m bothered she is using Anthony Bourdain, pointing to him as the reason she supposedly gave in to settling a flagrant request. Even if it is actually true, she made the decision. Don’t hide behind the dead

I guess a $380,000 settlement with verified complaints (meaning it’s been sworn under oath under penalty of perjury) isn’t enough evidence either.

To play the devils advocate it’s possible she knew Bourdain would be brought up eventually and tried to get ahead of it and protect his reputation as much as she could by making it look like he was trying to help her and Bennett and felt his financial situation was why he was making these accusations, either way I…

I feel like there should be a way to have a nuanced conversation about abusers also being victims. For example, the priests raping children are part of a multi-century system of abuse. It obviously doesn’t excuse what they’ve done, but it also feels like we can’t address abuse until we also address the system and…

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.

People also mistakenly think that you have to use your will to itemize your possessions and who they will go to. You really can just say “I want each of my four children to inherit 25% of my estate.” Then your kids can appraise the estate and use those values to divide the assets. That can cause its own issues, but if…

My family is almost entirely drama free but I second you on everybody needs a will. Because it is either simple to settle or it isn’t, and putting it off does not make it any easier. My great grandparents died without a will, in the sixties. Their 6 children inherited their farm and other assets and then just never…

This is not meant to be shade on Aretha, since it seems like things will default to how I hope she would have wanted it, so she didn’t see a need for formalize it, but please please please people: have a will and make sure it is in safe hands!