After he was accused of sexual harassment by Anthony Rapp in an incident that occurred in 1986, when Rapp was 14, a string
of other accusers came forward, accusing the actor of groping and other inappropriate behavior towards young men.
Two
of the other accusers, Bridget Harris, a former adviser to Clegg, and Alison Smith, a politics lecturer, have already left the Lib Dems» party.
Not exact matches
Unlike the public trashing that
other women have gotten when accusing powerful men in the past — think Anita Hill, called «nutty» and «slutty» in 1991 or the long line
of Bill Cosby
accusers who, until very recently, were dismissed as gold diggers — Carlson's claims that Ailes ogled her and forced her out when she rebuffed him were taken seriously, listened to, and investigated.
And that's why Stormy Daniels, more than investigators or any
of Trump's
other accusers, is just the person who can take him down.
Her
other main
accuser, the owner
of the field in which she worked, Mohamed Imran, was not present at the time
of the quarrel either.
So what sets the
accusers of priests apart from
other victims?
False
accusers will be ashamed on Judgment Day along with
other kind
of villains.
Those who in the face
of violence, oppression, abuse and neglect continue to turn the
other cheek, go the second mile and share possessions even with
accusers are not really victims.
He was picked up because he was accused
of it, quite possibly without any physical or visual evidence
other than his
accuser's verbal statement and finger pointing.
Memory
of events 10 or more years ago — where were you, who were you with, what were you doing that particular day, what are the details, what did
others see or hear or do — is difficult for both the accused and the
accuser to recall with accuracy.
One
of Lord Rennard's
accusers, Alison Smith, phoned the Scotland Yard hotline set up by police so alleged victims can come forward, she has encouraged
other women to do the same.
The President's
accusers are certainly not unaware
of the fact that the famous Millennium Park in Abuja was donated to the city by a construction company, but we do not recall that anyone was ever accused
of receiving the park or
other similar communal projects as a bribe.
But Ronan the
Accuser (
of Guardians
of the Galaxy) is confirmed to appear in the upcoming Captain Marvel, and several
other villains remain at large.
But as with so many
other women, the stories
of Weinstein's
accusers have triggered «a sickening shock
of recognition» for Ringwald.
Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual
Accusers for Decades, Harvey Weinstein's
Accusers Tell Their Stories, and many
others — Possibly the most socially consequential stories
of the year, Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, and Ronan Farrow broke the story on Harvey Weinstein's years
of sexual assaults, and helped create a movement whose impact is still being felt today.
Last week, actress Rose McGowan, one
of Harvey Weinstein's
accusers, slammed Meryl Streep — who is nominated at the Globes this year and has been actively outspoken against both Weinstein and
other men in Hollywood since allegations against them came to light this fall — saying that she and her ilk are engaging in an empty gesture.
While our silver screen Guardians first defended Xandar from the Kree Ronan the
Accuser, their comic counterparts first assembled with a host
of other heroes to save the Kree.
As part
of the plan to stop Ronan the
Accuser, Star - Lord shot Ronan with the Hadron Enforcer after he and the
other Guardians boarded Ronan's ship.
In a 5,300 - word report for the magazine, titled «Harvey Weinstein's Army
of Spies,» he described a shadowy and elaborate intelligence operation commissioned by Weinstein to silence his
accusers and suppress stories about his alleged serial abuse
of actresses and
other women.
For example, The
Accusers is probably best described as a courtroom thriller but
other books in the series have been written in the style
of police procedurals, classic whodunnits and thriller - style adventures.
Since that PR campaign does not resemble any sort
of sinister plot to manufacture doubt out
of thin air, it is little wonder why neither Gore nor any
other accuser who quotes from its leaked memos has ever had the courage to directly show those to the public as «smoking gun» proof
of skeptic climate scientists» guilt.
Pt 7, «Cancerous Greenpeace / Desmogblog / Gelbspan Stuff»: What's detailed in this post is how Dave Rado's Ofcom complaint is first and foremost pushing absolutely nothing more than guilt - by - association «evidence» to indict skeptic climate scientists
of industry - funded corruption, and secondly, how Rado, much like any
other prominent
accuser, is enslaved to an accusation narrative which ultimately relies on sources who repeat material which inevitably traces back to Ross Gelbspan and the clique
of enviro - activists surrounding him when he and they got the first real media traction for the accusation.
She instead inferred that money influence had tainted what he said so badly that none
of it was worthy
of consideration, which crumbles to dust when she and
other accusers fail to prove that industry money was given to skeptic scientists in exchange for laughably and demonstratively false fabricated papers, reports or assessments.
Steig has now presented his version
of the events and now it is up to O'Donnell and
other accusers to show where the explanation is not true or to try to make amends for being wrong about what is a very serious charge.
Naomi Oreskes accuses them as being «Merchants
of Doubt» in her book
of the same name, but neither she nor any
other prominent
accuser ranging from Al Gore to Ross Gelbspan ever offers a scintilla
of evidence proving skeptic climate scientists are in any such conspiracy.
Essentially, Niose is saddled with the same «three degrees
of separation from Gelbspan» problem that every
other prominent public
accuser has.
The police, prosecutor, and district attorney have already spent quite a bit
of time lining up a case against you including fine tuning police reports, locating witnesses, coaching the
accuser, and developing
other evidence.
You might have a different scenario if, say, a teacher were accused
of abusing a student — though in that case, I think the experience is that the likelihood
of the teacher being fired, as opposed to transferred to
other duties or suspended with pay pending the resolution
of criminal or disciplinary hearings (in which the accused or his or her lawyer is typically allowed to confront his or her
accuser) is practically nil
Stadlen J was unequivocal at para 84
of his judgment: «[I] n the absence
of a problem in the witness giving evidence in person or by video link, or some
other exceptional circumstance, fairness requires that in disciplinary proceedings a person facing serious charges, especially if they amount to criminal offences which if proved are likely to have grave adverse effects on his or her reputation and career, should in principle be entitled by cross-examination to test the evidence
of his
accuser (s) where that evidence is the sole or decisive evidence relied on against him.»
In all criminal prosecutions, every person charged with crime has the right to be informed
of the accusation and to confront the
accusers and witnesses with
other testimony, and to have counsel for defense, and not be compelled to give self - incriminating evidence, or to pay costs, jail fees, or necessary witness fees
of the defense, unless found guilty.