The following is an edited transcript of an interview with Daily Wire culture reporter Megan Basham and Daily Mail columnist Maureen Callahan on the growing, public PR battle between actress Blake Lively and film director Justin Baldoni. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-s-epic-hollywood-battle-2-8-25" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catch the full interview on Morning Wire</a>.
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Actress Blake Lively and director Justin Baldoni are continuing their public feud over their hit film, &#8220;It Ends With Us,&#8221; with both sides filing lawsuits. But even more than a legal battle, this has become an all-out PR war with leaked texts, calls, and film footage, as well as allegations of sexual harassment and spousal jealousy. The first trial date is set for March. Daily Wire culture reporter Megan Basham speaks with award-winning journalist, author and Daily Mail columnist Maureen Callahan to get insight into a drama only Hollywood could produce.
MEGAN: Thanks for being here, Maureen. So, especially for those of us who are kind of catching up with this story, I&#8217;m wondering if you can give us the 10,000 foot summary of this scandal?
MAUREEN: Sure. So about a month ago, the New York Times ran a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/business/media/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us.html?searchResultPosition=9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blockbuster</a>, I think 4,000 word piece, in which Blake Lively was alleging her director and co-star Justin Baldoni, on their film “It Ends With Us,” had subjected her to almost ritualistic sexual harassment — and that she suffered so greatly, it was a concerted effort in which he involved multiple people to not only harass her while filming, but then once the movie was about to be released, orchestrated an online smear campaign against her. A couple of weeks later, Baldoni&#8217;s lawyer, Bryan Freedman filed a countersuit in which he alleged that the text messages obtained by the New York Times had been selectively edited. They sort of threw open their document dump, which seemed to absolve Justin of many of the things that Lively has been claiming. Nonetheless, these two are now locked in a bitter, bitter, expensive lawsuit. Baldoni is countersuing Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds for $400 million, which is, I believe, what he thinks their estimated net worth is. And the trial is tentatively set for March 2026.
MEGAN: So, before we get to some of the legal ramifications, there have obviously been a lot of leaks, a lot of shifting in public loyalties back and forth. At least that&#8217;s been my experience. At the outset, I was kind of on Team Justin. And then I thought, “Well, wait a minute. That New York Times piece was really persuasive.” But then Justin Baldoni&#8217;s team released some new audio leaks and they sort of shifted the game a little bit. What&#8217;s your sense right now of who&#8217;s on top in the PR war?
MAUREEN: I think Blake Lively is suffering mightily right now and the collateral fallout is affecting not just her husband, Ryan Reynolds, but her so called “Dragon,” her BFF Taylor Swift, who it&#8217;s reported has been taking a step back from her friendship with Blake because she doesn&#8217;t want any of this runoff affecting her career. Justin&#8217;s team has been very smart in what they&#8217;re leaking and when. They leaked footage of the two of them while filming a scene, rehearsing a scene, in which they were dancing very closely and Justin had his mic on. And so they&#8217;re working out how they&#8217;re going to do this scene. Justin is saying, “I think we should be kissing.” And Blake says, “No, I think we should be talking. I think that&#8217;s even more intimate.” And Justin says, “Okay.” So that sort of takes some wind out of her sails. They also released another lengthy voice memo that Justin had sent to Blake in which he&#8217;s praising her to the high heavens and saying he has let her down by not taking all of her notes, and she&#8217;s so brilliant and so smart, and he&#8217;s going to do everything he can to make her happy. Again, a counter narrative to Lively&#8217;s claims that he was doing everything possible to sabotage her and make her feel unsafe on that set. So I think right now Baldoni&#8217;s team is in the power position, but that of course could shift in another few days.
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MEGAN: Well, you know, it seems like there was a moment where Lively could have disengaged and, and just moved on. And this would have been something of a blip on Hollywood&#8217;s gossip radar. Why do you think she escalated to a lawsuit that opened up so much more of these internal communications?
MAUREEN: This is such a great question, Megan, because if you think about it the damage has already been done to her. Think about it, there are like five female directors working in Hollywood today. What male director is going to put himself and his career and reputation at risk by working with Blake Lively, who launched this all out assault on a guy who is not as well capitalized as she and Ryan are, who doesn&#8217;t have the reputation, the lengthy career — who on earth would risk it? And I have to wonder why she did it, because like you said, it could have just been, you know, a thing where they butted heads, they didn&#8217;t see eye-to-eye, but they each walked away clean to do their next project. I have a theory — and it is just my own theory and supposition — that something went on between these two. Perhaps it was an unrequited crush on Blake&#8217;s part and Justin didn&#8217;t respond in kind; perhaps they did in some way have a physical relationship outside of the filming and that went south. There&#8217;s something about this that just feels way too intense, way too personal. I think the real undergirding, the real story is why she did this.
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MEGAN: Well, I&#8217;m glad that you bring that up, because I do want to talk a little bit about those messages between Baldoni and Lively. And I know some media outlets characterize them as “flirty,” I don&#8217;t know that I necessarily saw them that way, but I at least saw them as very familiar, let&#8217;s put it that way.
MAUREEN: I kind of read them as flirty — even the text messages between Justin and Ryan Reynolds. Look, if anybody listening wants to get a taste of what it&#8217;s like to deal with Hollywood people, this is it. And it&#8217;s really quite vile because they&#8217;re just mooning over each other. I mean, they&#8217;ve just met and Ryan hasn&#8217;t responded to Justin&#8217;s text for two weeks and then he replies and says, “I happen to adore you, Justin.” It&#8217;s like, buy me dinner first before you start talking to me like this. It&#8217;s disgusting. And, you know, Justin and Blake are having a very familiar texting relationship that, whether they were that familiar, whether it was this sort of hastened intimacy because they were working so closely together so quickly, who knows? But now we&#8217;re going to see. I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s any slight that&#8217;s not going to be weaponized. I just read an item yesterday that Blake Lively blew a good chunk of the movie&#8217;s budget on her wardrobe. I mean, this is how petty we&#8217;re going to get. I love it, but it is the strangest Hollywood war. I&#8217;m going to say it&#8217;s maybe the biggest one since Brad versus Angie.
MEGAN: Do you think Lively and Reynolds, at least as a couple, their image — like maybe Reynolds individually, Lively individually — do kind of come back from this? Because, you know, Brad and Angelina eventually did. But does their image as this blissful “It” couple bounce back?
MAUREEN: Well, Megan, first of all, when I said Brad versus Angie, I meant like when they divorced, when they separated, and it was like the bombshells were going off: “He was abusive. She was out of her mind.” This will be the thing that shows the strength of their marriage. I&#8217;m very cynical, so I really do believe that if this blowback against Blake gets to be too much, Ryan&#8217;s going to cut her loose. I think Ryan Reynolds has his eyes firmly set on becoming a billionaire, and I believe he&#8217;ll get there. And I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s going to stand for his reputation getting muddied in all of this, even though he&#8217;s already in it with these lawsuits and all of these text messages and these documents. And he was famously brought in by Blake to write a whole scene in the movie and be some sort of unpaid advisor. So I think that&#8217;s really where you&#8217;re going to see the strength of this countersuit against Justin, if it really does sort of crater their marriage.
MEGAN: Well, maybe just a couple more questions, Maureen. One of them is that The New York Times has come under a lot of scrutiny for the role it played in sort of rehabilitating Lively&#8217;s claims when she was on the outs in terms of public affection. I have seen some claims that they handled the coverage in a biased way, clearly working hand in glove with Blake Lively&#8217;s team. What do you think? Is there any validity to that claim?
MAUREEN: Yes, I think there is. It seems as though, perhaps, they didn&#8217;t do their full due diligence. I think it was probably seen, initially, as a strength, but is now a liability. I forget how many bylines were on that piece, but one, Megan Twohey, was one half of the team at the Times that broke the Harvey Weinstein story and became synonymous with MeToo. They wrote a book. They made a lot of money off of it. And I think the Times is already struggling in many ways reputationaly and this does not help. If I recall correctly, I could be mistaken so forgive me, but if I recall correctly I think they went to Baldoni&#8217;s team and gave them two hours to respond to that laundry list of accusations. So if that&#8217;s true, it&#8217;s not a great look. [NOTE: <a href="https://variety.com/2025/film/news/justin-baldoni-lawsuit-blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-nicepool-new-york-times-metadata-1236293856/">Some outlets</a> report The New York Times gave Baldoni approximately 12 hours to respond.]
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MEGAN: Well, you kind of intuited where I was going to go next. And that was the role that MeToo has played in this, with these claims, that it was a sexual harassment issue. So, do you think on a broader level, the tide has turned? And maybe this is because of Johnny Depp. Because before, I think there was a period of time when even the public was willing to say, “Hey, I don&#8217;t know that that&#8217;s a MeToo allegation.” I&#8217;m thinking of something like Aziz Ansari where there was a lot of back and forth debate about that. In this case, it seems like some of these men in Hollywood who don&#8217;t even possess the power of some of these women are now willing to challenge these MeToo allegations. So, do you think this sort of shifts the balance on where we are with MeToo?
MAUREEN: Yes, I think this case is very important in terms of where we are and where we&#8217;re going. I agree with you. The Aziz Ansari thing was ridiculous. If that allegation had come out maybe a year later, his career would not have been destroyed. I think we are now seeing a pendulum swing back towards sanity where just because a woman says a man did something to her, it&#8217;s not automatically received as gospel, that the man does get a chance to tell his side of the story and back it up with documents, receipts, screenshots, texts, voicemail, and it certainly helps when you have movie footage. So I think this is going to be an interesting case in terms of the cultural corrective that is underway.
MEGAN: Okay. Well, last question: Any predictions for the March trial?
MAUREEN: You know, I&#8217;ll be amazed if it gets there. Because I would think saner heads would prevail, and both sides should really just drop it and walk away. Justin Baldoni&#8217;s lawyer has already said he&#8217;s pretty much bankrupted by this, financially and emotionally. I don&#8217;t know what good it does for Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds to have this be the headline of their careers for the next calendar year, and that&#8217;s just to start. So, I think it&#8217;ll be interesting to see if it ever really comes to fruition, and if there is some sort of settlement reached, who pays who? This is really just Hollywood writ large, right? The egotism, the narcissism, the ridiculous sums of money, the victimization, the weaponization perhaps, we don&#8217;t know yet, but perhaps of MeToo, it&#8217;s such a great, weird stew of stuff.
MEGAN: Well, thank you Maureen. That was enlightening. I kind of can&#8217;t wait to see where this goes next.
MAUREEN: I know, it&#8217;s like every day we get another tidbit. Yes, thanks for having me.
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Country singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/garth-brooks">Garth Brooks</a> has been accused of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sexual-abuse">sexual assault</a> by a former hair and makeup artist who worked for his family.
The 27-page lawsuit was filed on Thursday on behalf of &#8220;Jane Roe,&#8221; who claims the incidents occurred over several years. Roe said one of the alleged incidents included Brooks forcing her to touch his erect penis while she was styling his hair.  The suit also includes details of Brooks allegedly raping her in a Los Angeles hotel room in 2019 while she was helping him get ready for a Grammy tribute, per <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/10/04/nx-s1-5139950/garth-brooks-sexual-assault-accusation-lawsuit">NPR</a>.
Roe accused Brooks of repeatedly exposing his genitals and buttocks to her, talking about sex, sharing sexual fantasies, and sending sexually explicit text messages, per <a href="https://www.today.com/popculture/news/garth-brooks-accused-sexual-assault-battery-former-hair-makeup-artist-rcna173966">Today</a>. The country singer also stands <a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/garth-brooks-breaks-silence-on-sexual-assault-battery-allegations/">accused of</a> “repeated remarks” about “having a threesome” with his wife, singer Tricia Yearwood.
The plaintiff said she had initially worked for Yearwood beginning in 1999 and started working for Brooks beginning in 2017.
Roe’s legal team noted that the “Friends in Low Places” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-music">singer</a> filed a preemptive lawsuit anonymously in September, saying he was being extorted for money from a former employee because he had refused to give her a raise or pay for health insurance.
Brooks has denied the allegations. A statement from his legal team said, &#8220;(Roe&#8217;s) false allegations and her threats to wrongfully assassinate (Brooks&#8217;) character through the public airing of such revulsive and untrue allegations have caused (Brooks) emotional distress including anxiety and fear for himself and his family.&#8221; 
It continues, &#8220;(Roe&#8217;s) attempted extortion of (Brooks) for millions of dollars through such untrue, lewd allegations constitutes intentional, outrageous conduct that was intended to and did in fact cause (Brooks) serious mental injury, amounting to an intentional infliction of emotional distress.&#8221;
&#8220;For the last two months, I have been hassled to no end with threats, lies, and tragic tales of what my future would be if I did not write a check for many millions of dollars,” Brooks said in the statement. “ It has been like having a loaded gun waved in my face. Hush money, no matter how much or how little, is still hush money. In my mind, that means I am admitting to behavior I am incapable of — ugly acts no human should ever do to another.&#8221;
&#8220;We filed suit against this person nearly a month ago to speak out against extortion and defamation of character. We filed it anonymously for the sake of families on both sides, &#8221; he added.
&#8220;I want to play music tonight. I want to continue our good deeds going forward. It breaks my heart these wonderful things are in question now,&#8221; the country singer&#8217;s statement concludes. &#8220;I trust the system, I do not fear the truth, and I am not the man they have painted me to be.&#8221;
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Roe announced her intention to move forward with a jury trial. She is seeking monetary and punitive damages plus attorney’s fees.
&#8220;We applaud our client’s courage in moving forward with her complaint against Garth Brooks,&#8221; Roe&#8217;s legal team wrote in a statement. &#8220;The complaint filed today demonstrates that sexual predators exist not only in corporate America, Hollywood and in the rap and rock and roll industries but also in the world of country music.&#8221;
&#8220;We are confident that Brooks will be held accountable for his actions and his efforts to silence our client through the filing of a preemptive complaint in Mississippi was nothing other than an act of desperation and attempted intimidation,&#8221; the statement says. &#8220;We encourage others who may have been victimized to contact us as no survivor should suffer in silence.&#8221;
Brooks performed in Las Vegas on Thursday night just after the news broke. He addressed the drama with an Instagram post, writing in the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DAsLedVx1sN/?hl=en">caption</a>, &#8220;If there was ever a night that I really needed this, TONIGHT was that night! Thank you for my life!!!!!&#8221;

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A spokesman for second gentleman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/doug-emhoff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Doug Emhoff</a> reportedly denied Thursday that he assaulted his ex-girlfriend or any other woman.
Semafor reported in its Thursday newsletter that an unnamed spokesman denied the Daily Mail&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doug-emhoff-accused-of-hitting-ex-girlfriend-in-the-face-at-high-profile-event-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explosive report</a> that Emhoff had drunkenly and &#8220;forcefully slapped&#8221; his ex-girlfriend in 2012 at the Cannes Film Festival in France because he thought she was flirting with another man.
The spokesman <a href="https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/10/03/2024/family-feud?utm_source=nowshare&amp;utm_medium=principals&amp;utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Semafor</a> that the Daily Mail&#8217;s report is &#8220;untrue&#8221; and that &#8220;any suggestion that he would or has ever hit a woman is false.&#8221;
Neither the Harris campaign nor the White House has responded to The Daily Wire&#8217;s press inquiries on the matter. Emhoff is scheduled to speak at multiple campaign events on Friday and Saturday, according to Thursday press releases from the Harris campaign.
The Daily Mail based its reporting on the stories of three different friends who said that Emhoff&#8217;s ex-girlfriend, whom the publication identified only as &#8220;Jane,&#8221; told them about the alleged incident shortly afterward.
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&#8220;Jane&#8221; is a &#8220;successful New York attorney&#8221; who asked to remain anonymous out of fear of Emhoff, the publication reported. She reportedly met Emhoff on a dating website and had been going out with him about three months before the alleged assault took place.
The Daily Mail also included documentation showing that Emhoff and the woman were a couple: a photo of the couple, with the woman&#8217;s face blurred out, as well as their travel itinerary and email showing details about their 2012 stay in Nice, France.
The publication <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13703933/Kamala-Harris-Doug-Emhoff-cheated-nanny-Najen-Nayler.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">also first reported in early August</a> that Emhoff&#8217;s first marriage ended because he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-harris-husband-admits-to-impregnating-babysitter-while-cheating-on-first-wife" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cheated</a> on his ex-wife, Kerstin Emhoff, with his children&#8217;s nanny — whom he impregnated. In their Wednesday story on the assault allegation against Emhoff, the Daily Mail also cited a source claiming that Emhoff allegedly settled with the nanny for about $80,000, and had her sign an NDA.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sharon-stone">Sharon Stone</a> and Liam Neeson are upset that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-spacey">Kevin Spacey</a> was canceled in the Hollywood community.
After multiple men came forward and accused the actor of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sexual-abuse">sexual abuse</a> at the height of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/metoo">#MeToo</a> movement in 2017, Spacey was removed from projects and hasn’t been cast in many roles since. Spacey has claimed his innocence all along. Actor Anthony Rapp accused Spacey of sexually assaulting him as a minor but ultimately lost his lawsuit in 2022. Spacey was acquitted of further sexual abuse charges in 2023.
Stone and Neeson both spoke to <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/15/kevin-spacey-return-to-acting-sharon-stone-liam-neeson/">The Telegraph</a> and said winning those court cases meant he should be offered major roles again.
“I can’t wait to see Kevin back at work,” Stone told the outlet. “He is a genius. He is so elegant and fun, generous to a fault and knows more about our craft than most of us ever will.”
Stone also suggested that some of Spacey’s accusers may have “secret agendas.”
“Taken” star Neeson agreed with Stone’s assessment, saying Hollywood “needs” and “misses” Spacey.
“I was deeply saddened to learn of these accusations against him. Kevin is a good man and a man of character. He’s sensitive, articulate and non-judgmental, with a terrific sense of humor,” the actor said. “He is also one of our finest artists in the theater and on camera. Personally speaking, our industry needs him and misses him greatly.”
Most recently, Spacey spoke out against an upcoming British documentary called “Spacey Unmasked,” which is expected to detail past and additional sexual misconduct allegations.
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“I take full responsibility for my past behavior and my actions. But I cannot and will not take responsibility or apologize to anyone who&#8217;s made up stuff about me or exaggerated stories about me,&#8221; the two-time Academy Award winner said in an interview with former GB News presenter Dan Wootton.
&#8220;That may not have been the best decision and it&#8217;s not one that I would do today. But it happened,&#8221; Spacey said. &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t illegal, and nor has it ever been alleged to have been illegal.&#8221;
The &#8220;House of Cards&#8221; star said during the Wootten interview that he was suspicious of the timing of the documentary, noting how it’s coming at a time when he’s just starting to be offered roles in small, independent projects. 
“Despite the challenges and the difficulties and the pain and the bad days, I’ve also witnessed the most beautiful demonstrations of friendship and love and family,” the actor said.

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Oscar winner Mira Sorvino and other Hollywood stars reacted to a decision by the New York Court of Appeals to overturn <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-appeals-court-tosses-harvey-weinstein-rape-conviction">Harvey Weinstein</a>’s 2020 rape verdict.
In a post on <a href="https://x.com/MiraSorvino/status/1783518840984584428">X</a> on Thursday, Sorvino wrote that she was “horrified” by the court&#8217;s decision to overturn the 2020 rape conviction of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/25/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-appeal?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur#weinsteins-accusers-express-fury-and-disappointment-over-the-courts-ruling">Weinstein</a> due to the court’s failure to give the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harvey-weinstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disgraced movie mogul</a> a fair trial by allowing allegations from accusers not connected to the charges against him to testify.
“Day after #DenimDay honoring sexual violence survivors, Harvey Weinstein’s conviction overturned, due partly to ‘Molineux witnesses’ testifying to prior bad acts, like lioness Annabella Sciorra,” Sorvino’s post read, referring to a term meaning “witnesses in a trial who are allowed to testify about criminal acts that the defendant has not been charged with committing,” The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/25/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-appeal?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur#weinsteins-accusers-express-fury-and-disappointment-over-the-courts-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.
“Since when don’t courts allow evidence of pattern of prior bad acts to be admitted?” she added. “He’s a prolific serial predator who raped/harmed 200+women! Disgusted w/justice system skew [to] predators not victims.”
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Horrified!Day after <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DenimDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DenimDay</a> honoring sexual violence survivors,Harvey Weinstein’s conviction overturned,due partly to molyneux witnesses testifying to prior bad acts,like lioness Annabella Sciorra.Since when don’t courts allow evidence of pattern of prior bad acts to be… <a href="https://t.co/yIoF6u76da">pic.twitter.com/yIoF6u76da</a>
— Mira Sorvino (@MiraSorvino) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiraSorvino/status/1783518840984584428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
In a second post, the actress wrote, “Harvey Weinstein&#8217;s 2020 rape conviction overturned by New York court of appeals, retrial ordered, dissenting opinions speak volumes,” and included an <a href="https://ew.com/harvey-weinstein-rape-conviction-overturned-new-york-8638799?utm_source=social2&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=shareurlbuttons">Entertainment Weekly</a> article with the voice of one of the dissenting judges, who claimed in her dissent that &#8220;fundamental misunderstandings of sexual violence perpetrated by men known to, and with significant power over, the women they victimize are on full display in the majority’s opinion.&#8221;
“By whitewashing the facts to conform to a he-said/she-said narrative, by ignoring evidence of defendant’s manipulation and premeditation, which clouded issues of intent, and by failing to recognize that the jury was entitled to consider defendant’s previous assaults, this Court has continued a disturbing trend of overturning juries’ guilty verdicts in cases involving sexual violence,” she added.
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Following the appeals court announcement, the Silence Breakers, a group of Harvey Weinstein survivors, released a statement about the “unjust” decision.
“The news today is not only disheartening, but it’s profoundly unjust,” the <a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/news/harvey-weinstein-accusers-react-conviction-overturned-1235981941/">statemen</a>t read. “But this ruling does not diminish the validity of our experiences or our truth; it’s merely a setback. The man found guilty continues to serve time in a California prison. When survivors everywhere broke their silence in 2017, the world changed. We continue to stand strong and advocate for that change&#8230;&#8221;
Actress Ashley Judd, who was the first to make allegations against Weinstein in 2017, called the news “unfair to survivors,&#8221; the Times noted. “We still live in our truth,” Judd said. “And we know what happened.”
It’s “a terrible reminder that victims of sexual assault just don’t get justice,” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/us/gwyneth-paltrow-angelina-jolie-harvey-weinstein.html">Katherine Kendall</a>, an actress who made allegations against Weinstein, said. “I’m completely let down by the justice system right now. I’m sort of flabbergasted. But the important thing is that we do not stop speaking out. Our culture needs to keep supporting silence breakers.”
Actress Amber Tamblyn, who also spoke out during the #MeToo movement, called the decision “a loss to the entire community of women who put their lives and careers on the line to speak out.”

28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Arrivals

‘Horrified’: Oscar Winner And Other Hollywood Stars React To Overturned Weinstein Rape Verdict

'Horrified': Oscar Winner And Other Hollywood Stars React To Overturned Weinstein Rape Verdict

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A New York appeals court moved on Thursday to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/weinstein-metoo-appeal-ed29faeec862abf0c071e8bd3574c4a3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overturn</a> the 2020 rape conviction of former Miramax producer Harvey Weinstein, citing “egregious” rulings that allowed allegations unrelated to the charges to be introduced in testimony.
The court’s 4-3 ruling came down in Weinstein’s favor, leaving it up to prosecutors whether or not they will try him again.
“We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes,” the decision read in part. “The remedy for these egregious errors is a new trial.”
“It is an abuse of judicial discretion to permit untested allegations of nothing more than bad behavior that destroys a defendant’s character but sheds no light on their credibility as related to the criminal charges lodged against them,” the decision continued.
The virtual flood of accusations against Weinstein — whose accusers included “Charmed” star Rose McGowan and others — cascaded in 2017 following a New Yorker exposé written by Ronan Farrow. What followed was a slew of additional accusations against Weinstein, which sparked the #MeToo movement.
Judge Madeline Singas penned a dissent on behalf of the minority, saying that the decision meant the court was “whitewashing the facts to conform to a he-said/she-said narrative,” following a “disturbing trend of overturning juries’ guilty verdicts in cases involving sexual violence.”
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“The majority’s determination perpetuates outdated notions of sexual violence and allows predators to escape accountability,” she wrote.
Weinstein will remain in prison — despite the New York conviction being overturned — because his 2022 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disgraced-film-producer-harvey-weinstein-sentenced-to-16-more-years-for-sex-crimes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conviction</a> in Los Angeles still stands.

Harvey Weinstein Court Hearing – Los Angeles, CA

New York Appeals Court Tosses Harvey Weinstein Rape Conviction

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kevin-spacey-says-he-was-rushed-to-hospital-fearing-heart-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin Spacey</a> announced that he will appear at his first ever comic book fan event after being acquitted in his sexual assault trial last year.
The 64-year-old actor said, in a video posted on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C2h02YuMzGl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>, that he&#8217;s looking forward to meeting fans at the <a href="https://madmonster.com/c24/">Mad Monster</a> comic book convention in North Carolina next month — the first comic book convention ever for &#8220;The Usual Suspects&#8221; star.
The actor also took a moment to thank his fans for &#8220;all your support through all these years. It&#8217;s meant so much to me. And I hope you can make it because it would be nice to meet in person.&#8221;
The &#8220;House of Cards&#8221; and &#8220;American Beauty&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kevin-spacey-acquitted-in-uk-sex-assault-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">star&#8217;s</a> photo appeared in promotional material about the event and he&#8217;s listed as being among the stars who will be on hand throughout the three-day event to take pictures with fans and be available for signing autographs, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/kevin-spacey-books-first-comic-con-appearance-1235806007/">Hollywood Reporter</a> noted.
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&#8220;Kevin Spacey is one of the most sought after actors in the celebrity appearance space,&#8221; the Mad Monster event told THR. &#8220;We couldn&#8217;t be more excited to be the first to bring him to a show.&#8221;
Other than appearing in a few strange <a href="https://x.com/KevinSpacey/status/1077263549326651392?s=20">videos</a> posted via <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/24/entertainment/kevin-spacey-christmas/index.html">social media</a>, Spacey has largely avoided being in the spotlight over the last several years following sexual misconduct and assault allegations. In October, he received a standing <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/oct/17/kevin-spacey-receives-standing-ovation-in-first-stage-appearance-since-court-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ovation</a> when he performed a Shakespearean scene in Oxford — his first stage appearance following the sexual assault trial last year. Earlier that month, he also made an appearance at a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kevin-spacey-says-he-was-rushed-to-hospital-fearing-heart-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">film festival</a> in Uzbekistan. 
In July, the &#8220;Superman Returns&#8221; star was acquitted on all nine of the sexual assault charges against him in the United Kingdom. In the courtroom, Spacey reportedly wept after Justice Mark Wall said he was cleared of all charges and concluded that the &#8220;defendant may be discharged,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/kevin-spacey-uk-trial-verdict-not-guilty-1235543727/">Hollywood Reporter</a> noted.
Spacey previously pleaded not guilty to nine counts stemming from allegations that he had sexually assaulted four men between 2004 and 2013 in London, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/actor-kevin-spacey-acquitted-all-nine-sexual-offence-charges-london-trial-2023-07-26/?taid=64c1317bbbd95200010df6dc&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter">Reuters</a> noted. The allegations ranged from unwanted touching to aggressive fondling — and, in one case, performing oral sex on an unconscious actor.
The actor was one of the most prominent figures accused of sexual misconduct during the start of the #<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pamela-anderson-doubles-down-on-metoo-comments-its-just-common-sense" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MeToo</a> era. In November of 2017, Spacey was fired from the hugely popular Netflix series &#8220;House of Cards&#8221; following a string of sexual misconduct allegations against him.
One such accusation came from &#8220;Star Trek: Discovery&#8221; star Anthony Rapp, who accused Spacey of making a sexual advance toward him at a party in 1986 — when Rapp was just 14. Spacey denied the allegations. Rapp brought a civil lawsuit against Spacey but lost the case in 2022 when the actor was found not liable for battery, the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/20/arts/kevin-spacey-trial-verdict#:~:text=The%20jury%20found%20that%20Mr,Rapp%20to%20bring%20his%20claim." target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times</a> noted.

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Kevin Spacey Attending First Ever Comic Book Fan Event Following Sexual Assault Trial

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Former &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Doctor Who</a>&#8221; actor Christopher Eccleston revealed in a recent interview that he was once falsely accused of &#8220;copping a feel&#8221; while filming a sex scene with someone he described only as an &#8220;A-list actress&#8221; who was &#8220;not Nicole Kidman.&#8221;
Eccleston, who played the 9th Doctor in the popular British sci-fi series, gave no other hints as to who the actress might be, telling <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/christopher-eccleston-true-detective-sex-scene-jodie-foster-b2480975.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Independent</a> only that he was relieved it had happened prior to the #MeToo movement and the fallout surrounding disgraced film executive Harvey Weinstein.
&#8220;I did a sex scene with an A-list actress – not Nicole Kidman, who was brilliant – and she implied, in front of the crew, that I was copping a feel. Because she didn’t like me,&#8221; he said, explaining that he knew he was &#8220;fortunate that happened to me before the Harvey Weinstein stuff came to light, so I wasn’t put in the stocks for it. But I’ve never felt more betrayed by a fellow actor than I did that day.&#8221;
&#8220;I have to say to you that I would sooner have put my hands in a food blender than copped a feel of that person,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It was an abuse of power, what she did. I don’t think that would have happened with an intimacy coordinator on set. I could have been accused of all manner of things.&#8221;
Part of the reason Eccleston felt so betrayed was that he had always felt it was part of his responsibility — both as an actor and as a man — to make sure that the actress was comfortable in any sex scene they did together.
&#8220;As a bloke, as a young man, you walk onto the set and see the majority of people in the crew are male,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Then there’s a beautiful woman who’s naked. So unless you are a complete a***hole, you just continually ask her: are you comfortable? Is there anything I can do?&#8221;
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That experience coupled with the #MeToo movement, he said, has made him appreciate the addition of an intimacy coordinator on set. &#8220;I’m here to protect you too, Chris,&#8221; he quoted one intimacy coordinator as saying.
&#8220;I’d not thought about that. You don’t think that maybe somebody’s copping a look at you. You just don’t, not from a working-class northern British background,&#8221; the actor continued. &#8220;I was born in ’64, when men were really not the objects of desire as far as I knew.&#8221;
Eccleston&#8217;s interview comes along with the recent season four premiere of HBO&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2356777/episodes/?season=4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">True Detective: Night Country</a>&#8221; — in which Eccleston stars alongside Oscar-winning actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jodie-foster-roasts-gen-z-over-really-annoying-workplace-habits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jodie Foster</a>.

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‘Abuse Of Power’: Former ‘Doctor Who’ Says A-Lister Once Falsely Accused Him Of ‘Copping A Feel’

'Abuse Of Power': Former 'Doctor Who' Says A-Lister Once Falsely Accused Him Of 'Copping A Feel'

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Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles-dodgers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> pitcher Trevor Bauer is looking for a second chance in the MLB, explaining that he&#8217;s learned a lot over the past few years and has made major changes in his personal life.
Bauer was initially <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/01/07/1147689888/la-dodgers-cut-trevor-bauer#:~:text=MLB%20Commissioner%20Rob%20Manfred%20suspended,sexually%20abused%20her%20in%202021." target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspended</a> for a stunning 324 games from the league after a San Diego woman named Lindsey Hill accused him of beating and sexually assaulting her twice in 2021. Notably, Bauer was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/next-victim-star-pitcher-for-the-dodgers-trevor-bauer-reveals-texts-from-his-accuser-following-settlement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">never charged</a> with a crime and was placed on administrative leave by his then-team before any investigation was ever conducted.
&#8220;I know I’ve made mistakes,&#8221; the athlete <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/trevor-bauer-says-hes-grown-mistakes-past-hopes-second-opportunity-in-mlb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News&#8217; Bill Hemmer on Thursday. &#8220;That’s kinda what I’m trying to focus on &#8212; how do I get better from the experiences that I’ve had.&#8221;
&#8220;I’ve made mistakes in my personal life,&#8221; Bauer explained. &#8220;I’m really detail-oriented when it comes to baseball and my training, but I didn’t apply the same level of scrutiny to my personal life. I made mistakes. I agreed to do things I shouldn’t have done. I was reckless. It hurt a lot of people along the way. I made things very difficult for Major League Baseball, for the Dodgers, my teammates, my friends, family, people close to me.&#8221;
&#8220;I’ve done a lot of reflecting on that and made a lot of changes in my life to address that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I’m not having casual sexual relationships anymore, for example.&#8221;
Bauer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/next-victim-star-pitcher-for-the-dodgers-trevor-bauer-reveals-texts-from-his-accuser-following-settlement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">settled his legal dispute</a> with Hill last year and released a video revealing some of the text messages Hill sent to her friends prior to meeting Bauer and after one of their encounters that suggests she was always focused on getting money from him.
&#8220;&#8216;Next victim. Star pitcher for the Dodgers,'&#8221; Bauer begins in the video with a picture of Hill’s text. “A text Lindsey Hill sent to a friend before she ever even met me. ‘What should I steal?’ she asked another, in reference to visiting my house for the first time. The answer? ‘Take his money.’ So how might that work? ‘I’m going to his house Wednesday,’ she said. ‘I already have my hooks in. You know how I roll.’ Then, after the first time we met, &#8216;Net worth is 51 mil.&#8217; she said. ‘b****, you better secure the bag,’ was the response.”
“But how was she going to do that?” Bauer continued. “‘Need daddy to choke me out,’ she said. ‘being an absolute w**** to try to get in on his 51 million,’ read another text. Then, after the second time we met, former [San Diego] Padres pitcher Jacob Nix told her ‘you gotta get this bag.’ ‘I’ll give you 50,000,’ Lindsey replied. Her AA sponsor asked her at one point, ‘do you feel a tiny bit guilty?’ ‘Not really,’ she replied.”
Bauer said these messages were “deliberately and unlawfully concealed from me and my legal team” until he filed his lawsuit against Hill and the case entered discovery.
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A motion from Bauer to dismiss Hill’s lawsuit accusing the athlete of sexual assault includes a video of Hill and Bauer in bed. Hill appears in the 10-second video and slowly moves the camera toward a sleeping Bauer. She then moves the camera back on herself and smiles coyly.
“Hi. Just a friendly reminder that [Trevor Bauer] is 100% innocent,” one person captioned the now-viral video.
“This was taken hours after I supposedly brutally assaulted this woman, when she claims she was terrified and desperate to get out of my house and in tremendous pain,” Bauer reacted to the post.
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This was taken hours after I supposedly brutally assaulted this woman, when she claims she was terrified and desperate to get out of my house and in tremendous pain. <a href="https://t.co/k0jma3eqLP">https://t.co/k0jma3eqLP</a>
&mdash; Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) <a href="https://twitter.com/BauerOutage/status/1570097489100808195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Trevor went on to tell Hemmer that he handled things with a lot of people, including the media, poorly in the past.
&#8220;I also made a lot of people in the media mad,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I was very immature with how I handled things when people would write things about me I didn’t agree with. I should’ve just had a private, adult conversation with someone. I was bullied a lot as a kid. I don’t really want to get into that, but at the time I viewed a lot of my responses on social media as standing up for myself and having a voice. And I think I was just immature.&#8221;
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&#8220;I’ve grown up a lot, for sure,&#8221; the athlete continued. &#8220;My viewpoints now are drastically different than they were five years ago, 10 years ago. Different things are important to me.&#8221;
&#8220;I’d love to play baseball,&#8221; Bauer added. &#8220;That’s my goal — to play baseball here in the United States. Still one of the best pitchers in the world. I’d like to compete at the highest level. I’m also really passionate about helping people, being good for the game. I think I’ve done a lot of damage, unfortunately, in the first half of my career, and I’d love a second opportunity to do things better.&#8221;
Ashe Schow contributed to this report 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/next-victim-star-pitcher-for-the-dodgers-trevor-bauer-reveals-texts-from-his-accuser-following-settlement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘Next Victim. Star Pitcher For The Dodgers’: Trevor Bauer Reveals Texts From His Accuser Following Settlement</a>

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‘Not Having Casual Sexual Relationships Anymore’: Trevor Bauer Speaks Out After Apparent #MeToo Fraud

Former MLB Player Trevor Bauer Speaks Out After Apparent #MeToo Fraud

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Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Vin Diesel</a> has responded to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sexual-assault">sexual battery</a> lawsuit filed Thursday by his former assistant.
Diesel’s lawyer Bryan Freedman said in a statement that his client &#8220;categorically denies this claim in its entirety.&#8221;
&#8220;This is the first he has ever heard about this more than 13-year-old claim made by a purportedly 9-day employee,&#8221; Freedman said in the statement, per <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/12/21/vin-diesel-sexual-battery-lawsuit-former-assistant-fast-and-furious/72001942007/">USA Today</a>. &#8220;There is clear evidence which completely refutes these outlandish allegations.”
In the lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles and obtained by the outlet, Asta Jonasson alleged that the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Fast and the Furious</a>” actor sexually assaulted her in the fall of 2010 while filming “Fast Five” in Atlanta.
The lawsuit says Jonasson was hired by the actor&#8217;s production company, One Race, to work for him as an assistant, where her role included organizing and attending parties with him and making sure photos included his longtime girlfriend, Paloma Jimenez.
Jonasson alleges that one night in September 2010, she was asked to wait for Diesel in his suite at the St. Regis hotel while he entertained hostesses from a club. She claims that after the other women left, Diesel grabbed her wrists and forced her onto the bed. 
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She pulled away and allegedly told Diesel she wanted to leave, but she claims he then began groping her and placing his hands all over her body. Jonasson said she was scared to &#8220;forcibly refuse her superior.&#8221; She claims when Diesel moved to pull down her underwear, she screamed and ran away.
The lawsuit says that Diesel subsequently pinned her against the wall and masturbated, while &#8220;terrified, Ms. Jonasson closed her eyes, trying to dissociate from the sexual assault and avoid angering him,&#8221; per USA Today. She claims to have been fired several hours later after just two weeks on the job.
Greenberg Gross, the firm representing Jonasson, said in a statement: &#8220;We are proud to represent Ms. Jonasson and hold accountable Vin Diesel and those who allowed and covered up his sexual assault. The law exists to protect those who have been wronged, no matter how powerful or famous the defendant is. Sexual harassment in the workplace will never stop if powerful men are protected from accountability.&#8221;
Jonasson also said that the #MeToo and Time&#8217;s Up movements empowered her to file the lawsuit in an attempt to &#8220;reclaim her agency and justice for the suffering she endured at the hands of Vin Diesel and One Race.&#8221;

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October is upon us, which means it is time to think about Halloween costumes. This year, I’m thinking I’m going to be a special kind of witch: a modern #MeToo witch. With all that has transpired from the lawsuit that former MLB pitcher Trevor Bauer won, reflecting on the #MeToo movement’s toxicity fits with the season. 
Contemplating my Halloween costume got me thinking about the Salem Witch Trials, a moment in American history which is still shocking. Most of us learned about the Salem Witch Trials in school, but the story never ceases to amaze me. The trials included a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of being witches in colonial Massachusetts starting around February 1692 and running until May 1693. In the tiny town of Salem, Massachusetts, 200 people were accused, 30 were found guilty, and 19 were hanged. Those were actual occurrences, actual deaths. The majority were women, but five men and two dogs were also executed. At least one man died while being tortured, and five died in jail.
Accusations started out with someone claiming that an illness or a death was caused by witchcraft, and that’s all it took to get hysteria to spread. So someone who got the flu or became ill could claim a witch gave them that sickness, and if the local magistrate deemed the claim credible, the accused would be arrested and brought in for public examination, which was essentially a series of interrogations where the accused were pressed to confess. They were then put on trial and <a href="https://www.history.com/news/7-bizarre-witch-trial-tests">witch trial tests</a> ensued. It is incredible to consider that any of this actually took place in American history.
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One of the witch trial tests was a swim test. A swim test required the accused witch to be taken to a body of water, and once there, stripped of their clothes (save their undergarments), and bound. Then, they were dropped in the water to see if they would float — or sink. The belief was that an innocent person would sink, while a witch, on the other hand, would remain on the surface of the water. Of course, this did not end well because if they were “innocent” and sank, many accidentally drowned.
Accused witches also underwent a prayer test. According to teachings from Medieval times, it was impossible for a witch to read Scripture aloud; they simply couldn’t do it. So this test required the accused to recite selections from the Bible, often being the Lord’s prayer. They could not, however, make any mistakes. A mistake could be fumbling a word, even if that was just because they were nervous — which, no doubt, they were. Having a lisp, being illiterate, and being nervous were all proof of witchcraft. And sometimes, even if the accused read without error, they were still hanged.
The touch test denoted that if the victim of witchcraft had a unique reaction to physical contact with the accused, then the sorcerer’s evil was proven. For example, if I was suddenly seized with fits of some sort, an accused witch would be forced to touch me. Had I been magically healed from their touch, my “healing” would have been evidence they had put me under some sort of spell in the first place. If I did not react to their touch, they could be considered innocent.
For the witch cake test, witch hunters would take some of the victim’s urine — that’s correct: urine — and mix it with rye meal, ashes, and ingredients for a cake. Obviously this isn’t the kind of treat you’d want to pick up while trick-or-treating at the house next door.
Then, the cake would be given to a dog, with the goal being that the dog would be put under a spell (from eating the cake) and reveal the witch.
One of my personal favorites is the witch’s marks test. Witch suspects often underwent being publicly examined for blemishes, birthmarks, or imperfections, as those were thought to be received when making a covenant with the devil. These blemishes were called the “Devil’s Mark,” and the accused were automatically believed to be working with the devil.  Since this was an easy test to fail, some of the accused attempted to get rid of these marks by burning or even cutting them off. But then a wound ended up serving as proof of a pact with the devil.
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These tests and trials seem completely bizarre, especially considering the fact that they took place in our fairly recent American history. Even so, these witch hunts don’t really feel like a relic of the past when we stop to consider today’s political landscape. Though they look different, we have our own form of these modern witch trials in today’s society. We all remember the black square test on Instagram when BLM was trending. If you were white and did not post a black square, you were immediately labeled a racist. It meant you didn’t stand with black people, and it meant you had been a racist your entire life. And if you were a celebrity and didn’t post a black square? You absolutely did not pass the black square test. You were guilty. You are a racist.
The one I have been reflecting on most recently is the #MeToo witch hunt. When that hashtag started trending, I almost lost my job as a conservative speaker because I refused to kowtow to the blanket rule that everything every woman said using #MeToo should be believed, even when the stories they were sharing kept getting more and more ridiculous. Women started crying that they had been hit on at work, that someone asked them on a date, or that they were uncomfortable next to the coffee machine. #MeToo. The big reckoning. No men in the workplace! Men are monsters! Ridiculous.
My stance on the movement never referred to rape victims. I only talked about the #MeToo  trend just like the BLM trend. It was trendy to perceive everything as racism, and with #MeToo, it was trendy to perceive everything as aggression by men. It was trendy to call everything assault, even if it was just a bad date. But none of that mattered; I was under fire.
I was working at TurningPoint USA, and young women were asking, “How can she still be the communications director if she doesn’t support the #MeToo movement?” They wanted me ousted because I did not understand the importance of this trending hashtag.
Except I did understand it. I understood exactly what was happening. I was watching men lose their jobs and be forced to step down from their careers based on accusations. All it took was one woman who used a hashtag without any further examination — women who were not actual victims. Some women wanted revenge on certain men, and they were all suddenly “empowered” to make up allegations. And for a while, those allegations went unchecked. But, I believe in due process. I do not believe that a tweet or a hashtag should condemn someone. Some men started standing up for this too, men who are fighting women in court and scoring some big wins.
Former MLB pitcher Trevor Bauer is one of those men. A woman named Lindsey Hill accused him of a violent assault in 2021, and this accusation instantly changed his entire life. It only takes an accusation to get a fire blazing. After two years in court, Bauer won against his accuser, and he has finally been able <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWf4vceSpXs&amp;t=320s">to share his side of what happened</a>. What we’ve all learned is that Lindsey Hill, his accuser, was a liar who was after money. Evidence in the form of text messages, Snapchat videos, and Google searches prove beyond reasonable doubt that Hill plotted this because she wanted a piece of his net worth.
Now, Hill has been making the rounds, apparently trying to clear her name, claiming various messages have been taken out of context — but she really doesn’t appear to be clarifying much. Her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py1WwdNlMMQ">interview with Alex Stein</a> just confirms that if “my dog ate my homework” was an actual person, it would be Lindsey Hill. It’s hard to even keep up with the nonsense while she says absolutely nothing throughout the whole interview.
The #MeToo movement was a movement led by women who pretended to be weak but were, in fact, conniving. These women understood that in a movement with power and without checks and balances, they could make up allegations as they accused any and everyone.
Whether these women wanted fame or money or power or community with the other #MeToo witches to rally around them, it was toxic. It always has been toxic, and it always will be toxic.
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