In many circumstances you can be punished for negligence, failing to notice a problem you should have known about. Didn’t notice your rental property wasn’t structurally sound? If it collapses and kills people, you can’t just say you didn’t know - you’ll be found negligent. Your dog escapes and bites someone?…

Make no mistake. This is not a genuine apology from Simon. It is her covering her ass. Her silence and behavior around this matter, her failure to do anything although she clearly was aware from 2014 (thus allowing Nassar to continue abusing girls through 2016) is sickening. Just no. Do you think we are dumb?

I don’t like her statement. It’s a whole not my fault. Probably because of the impending lawsuits. But yes lady you were complicit and to blame.

I assume MSU is about to be sued to hell and back over this. This is damage control.

She knew what he was up to years in advance and did absolutely nothing. Despicable, cowardly, and disgraceful sounds like an apt inscription for her headstone in the future.

Well for one thing, do these guys really deserve to have seconds for the coup de grâce?

I am always and forever here for Ann Curry dragging the shit out of everyone. She is incredible.

I’m blanking on what it was, but he was fired as Barney for a sex scandal.

Yeah, I don’t see how it’s victim-blaming to say, “That guy is GUILTY, but also somewhat separate issue, where was everyone that you’d assume would be watching a 12-year-old at an adult party?”

And by blaming the guardian, you’re unconsciously casting blame on victims and their parents because it implies that the child is victimized because of a failure on the parent’s part.

All the daughters of the world have fathers. Help protect all of them jimmy.

2 more women just came forward against him:

Hollywood doesn’t give a single fuck about the safety of anyone. Look at all the young men and boys who’ve been victims of assault and nothing was done to help them.

On Saturday, director James Cameron also denied any knowledge of the alleged assault, saying directors are “oblivious” to “inter-personal things that are happening on the set,”

This just further confirms what a fucking asshole James Cameron is...

Oh, totally. 12-year-old Eliza probably stretched the truth to be able to go - I would’ve too, at 12, if I thought I was going to an actual pool party with my cool older friends. It’s what 12 year olds DO. But it’s a grown-up’s responsibility to be SKEPTICAL AS FUCK of everything that comes out of their mouths.

12 year olds are stupid and don’t question things that sound fun! Adults are the ones who failed her from start to finish on this.

Yes. Yes. AND YES! Exactly. Predators like this all have enablers that allow this to continue.

It was posted on the sister blog, The AV.

The fucking ‘90s, man. Also: