Yet.
Comment on The Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules.
doingthestuff@lemmy.world 8 months ago
He’s unquestionably a rapist, but he is not a convicted rapist.
db2@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Daft_ish@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Semantics. Some might classify the secual assault he preformed as rape.
Natanael@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
No, it’s because the finding was made in civil court, not criminal court, therefore not convicted.
Daft_ish@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Huh? You can be convicted in civile court…
gingernate@lemmy.world 8 months ago
A conviction leads to sentencing (normally) in a criminal matter. A cival court is settling a cival matter, not a criminal one. Criminal courts convict you of a crime and sentence you to some kind of punishment. Cival courts can make you pay a fine, but not convict you of a crime.
Cruxifux@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Nope, just of sexual abuse. Which is, like…. Come on New York what’s the fucking difference here? Especially when you hear the story of what happened. I don’t understand how they talked the court down from rape to sexual abuse.
Aggravationstation@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Money
nomous@lemmy.world 8 months ago
My understanding is that she wasn’t able to say with 100% certainty that he put his penis inside her; that it could have been his finger. Which is a pretty sick burn to have on-record but actually lines up with what his other victims say.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Money and power