In this case, and the case with Andy Rubin, I immediately thought "these people are guilty" - without evidence, without even knowing them or having spoken to them or otherwise having any sort of real judgement about their character. I had to step back and realize that I was jumping to a conclusion prematurely. In case you are not familiar with how the law works (outside of the court of social media), an accusation, n…
There is nothing wrong with suspecting that they are guilty when there are multiple accusers, because you are a person in the court of social media, and not a judge. It's okay to form an opinion without believing that your opinion should be adopted as a legal conclusion!
There's an idea that someone would never accuse another of sexual misconduct because there is nothing to gain. Victims are unfortunately still stigmatized. At the same time, there are those who would lie about sexual misconduct for various reasons including attention, revenge and notoriety. The chance of this happening to a public figure increases exponentially.
