Tuesday, October 27, 2009

It's Not About You, Lady.

The woman man who was raped (and pretty atrociously raped, at that) as a 13 year-old girl by a sleaze 30 years ago, does not want to be dragged into the limelight. Her lawyer says she wants the legal charges against her assailant to be dropped because "Leave her alone."

This is an understandable impulse, but to actually act on it is moral cowardice on her part.

Fortunately for the cause of Justice, her input is not required. She has already testified in this matter, and it seems to me that the prosecution could proceed without her. The judge should tell her "Ma'am, this is not about you. This is about a monster who should have been in jail instead of fleeing the country and getting famous for making shitty movies."

That said, the media SHOULD leave her alone. She should be pissed off rather than ashamed, but she should be given the respect due to the victim of an horrible crime, and the paparazzi should get off her lawn. Give the poor woman her privacy, for crying out loud!

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