Photo by Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images Harvey Weinstein had a little bit of a luck and a lot of White privilege on his side Thursday morning when a New York judge dismissed one of the six sex assault charges against him. BBC reports: Prosecutors said actress Lucia Evans had given a witness a different version of the alleged sex assault from the one she had given them. Ms. Evans has told US media that Mr Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex on him in 2004. Five charges involving alleged sex assaults on two women remain. Mr Weinstein has denied all the charges. Mr Weinstein’s lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said he would seek to have the remaining charges dismissed as well. The Hollywood producer is having a much different outcome than fellow sexual assaulter Bill Cosby . Prosecutor drops some criminal charges against Harvey Weinstein https://t.co/5c6NCNwPj4 pic.twitter.com/rLSZ4tsObx — The Hill (@thehill) October 11, 2018 Wonder why that could be?
Forced Sex Victim Says She Was Blamed For Suffering Sex Assault Victim-blaming in cases of sex assault has been widespread, controversial issue for a while now and the discussion doesn’t seem to be dying down at all, especially since forced-sex victims are still being blamed for “their part” in the attack. HuffPost Live recently hosted a discussion on the topic along with sex assault survivors on how those who speak out about being assaulted can ensure that they won’t be blamed, and one of the women made a disturbing revelation about how she was treated by her college officials when she reported the sex assault incident. via Huffington Post One in four women will [suffer sex assault] before graduating from college — a sobering statistic that all women in American universities face. While more students are coming forward with their stories, many have found that demanding justice from their college administrators is easier said than done. HuffPost Live hosted a discussion on how we can ensure that sexual assault victims who seek help aren’t stifled. During the segment, sexual assault survivor Annie Clark shared her own experience dealing with the aftermath of assault on campus. “When I reported my [sex assault], I was told that “forced sex” is like a football game, and if I looked back on it, what would I have done differently in that situation,” she told host Ahmed Shihab-Eldin. “So I was basically being really blamed for something that had happened to me.” It’s a shame that this is the type of treatment women get after making the tough decision to speak out about what happened to them. Do you think the instances of women who claimed to have been assaulted only to later be caught in a lie should dictate how authorities deal with women who aren’t lying also? Shutterstock
