ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoKevin Spacey calls for the release of the 'Epstein files'www.standard.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square193linkfedilinkarrow-up1839arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1826arrow-down1external-linkKevin Spacey calls for the release of the 'Epstein files'www.standard.co.ukByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square193linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up99·7 months ago Its easy if you have nothing to fear because you are already convicted He wasn’t though, except in the court of public opinion. He’s been acquitted or found not liable in all of the cases which have gone to trial.
minus-squareflamingo_pinyatalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down3·7 months agoOh, I didn’t follow it closely but I was convinced he was convicted of sexual abuse. I guess it just speaks about the power of public opinion even if you don’t get formally convicted. For better or worse.
minus-squareAlaknárlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 months ago he was convicted of sexual abuse Only by the people who were nowhere near the court cases. E.g. at least half of the Internet.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoAnd all the suspiciously dead accusers.
minus-squareSoulg@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoUnless there’s evidence connecting him to the deaths then yes just a coincidence
minus-squareAlaknárlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoYou mean one dead accuser? The second one never did anything other than press runs. The third one was a convicted stalker.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoThat fits with his preference for the truth to come out. But will Epstein make a difference here any more than winning court cases did to restore Spacey’s image?
He wasn’t though, except in the court of public opinion. He’s been acquitted or found not liable in all of the cases which have gone to trial.
Oh, I didn’t follow it closely but I was convinced he was convicted of sexual abuse. I guess it just speaks about the power of public opinion even if you don’t get formally convicted. For better or worse.
Only by the people who were nowhere near the court cases. E.g. at least half of the Internet.
And all the suspiciously dead accusers.
Unless there’s evidence connecting him to the deaths then yes just a coincidence
You mean one dead accuser?
The second one never did anything other than press runs.
The third one was a convicted stalker.
I didn’t know it either
That fits with his preference for the truth to come out.
But will Epstein make a difference here any more than winning court cases did to restore Spacey’s image?