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https://ghostarchive.org/archive/H55Gr
The case was closely watched not only because it involved a Hollywood star on trial in the #MeToo era but also because two of the women had accused the Church of Scientology, to which they also belonged, of discouraging them from reporting the rapes to the authorities. The church denied that it pressured the victims.
It feels like this may be the larger story. I wonder if it'll embolden other Scientologists to come forward.
Court documents also said that Masterson had raped another woman, identified as Jen B., in April 2003 after he gave her a drink. Jen B., who sought the church’s permission to report the rape, later received a written response from the church’s international chief justice that cited a 1965 policy letter, which for her raised concerns she could be ousted from her family and friends if she reported a fellow Scientologist to the police.
Imagine demanding that someone give up that much control over their own life and autonomy.
However, she should be commended for overcoming her fear:
Still, she reported the rape in 2004.
However, she should be commended for overcoming her fear
Reporting a rape and seeing it through court is especially hard at the best of times - in a high profile case, while battling against the will of.your Church adds whole new levels of difficulty to it.
When he was accused, and then when his lawyers delayed everything, people told me to withhold judgement... Well, fuck rapists, and fuck them too.
Why has a Hollywood celeb gotta be out there raping? Why? I just don't understand.
It's fucking gross.
I've no idea how they convince themselves they're going to get away with this sort of shit.
If that is their thing, I'm sure they could find any number of people willing to play around with consensual non consent instead of destroying someone.
I've no idea how they convince themselves they're going to get away with this sort of shit.
A lot of them do, and many of them never even get formally prosecuted.
instead of destroying someone.
That's the part these monsters get off to.
In the early 2000s and before it without the social media as it is now you were very disconnected. This means that perpetrators could easily hide and you couldn't contact other victims. Also feminism wasn't as integrated into society as it is now.
Something seems to be happen to people sufficiently drunk with money and power where they get bored and many of them can only get off to greater and greater acts of cruelty.
Into the grave next to the Cosby show; I'm no longer certain that living in an age rapid information exchange is a good thing. Lol
Don't rapists usually get about 7 years in prison? Does anyone know why he was sentenced to up to life in prison when more brutal rapists who aren't rich and famous have received much shorter punishments?
