As awful as it will be for him and his partner?

“[Bashford] grilled her about Berlusconi and her personal sexual history with UNUSUAL HOSTILITY, according to TWO law-enforcement sources.”

Having a woman in a powerful position grants you nothing unless her heart is in the right place. I’ve experienced this first hand. There’s usually a bigger picture (problem), and not a single person is all powerful. As I’ve said before, Justice will not equal fairness in any of these cases.

Really? Where are you getting this story?

Predators treat plenty of women other than their victims well. What you are advocating is like ignoring the victims of a robbery, who properly identified the criminal, in favor of the countless co-workers that were never robbed. Sorry, but no.

Plenty of people get fired from their jobs for inappropriate behavior without being convicted of any crimes.

Snopes debunked it days ago.

Snopes debunked that last week.

To quote Terry Crews, “no one gets a pass”. These are grown ass men that know the shit that they’re pulling is wrong. I’m not going to play the “whose molestation is worst” game. Act like a damn adult, or expect to be cancelled.

Here’s some justification:

I think he deserves to be lumped in with the group “powerful men who committed acts of sexual misconduct.” I think everyone is pretty capable of understanding that encompasses a varying degree of behavior.

Al did this in the last 10-15 years. It would be one thing if he did it as a coked up comedy writer in the late 70's then grew to realize how shitty is was with age. He knew better in 2010, but used his status as a public figure to get away with it. In a sick way dumpo was right, if a white man has any amount of…

55 year old men who do that are not neophytes. That pose spoke to his worldview, and you bet your ass it was a power trip. That photo was meant to humiliate her. Did you not read the original article and her account?

I’m sorry you’re even in this predicament. I don’t know much, but what about talking to a lawyer? Or someone who could give you more information that might help you decide?

I’m so sorry for what happened and glad you are in a better place. Is there a middle way? When I worked with sexual assault issues, victims could file “informational” reports that are not prosecuted, but the information is retained. It’s been a long time and procedures vary from state to state, so call your local…

I’m sorry for what he did to you. I don’t have an advice, just here to say I’m glad you’re in a better place and figuring out the next step in your healing.

Also a tangentially related quote from another article I was just reading:

I don’t think that would make you an awful person. The responsibility is on him, and the crappy justice system, and the victim blaming culture that props it up. Not you.

I’m so sorry he did that to you.

This is going to be a bummer, sorry, but I need help.