Originally posted by stripes
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Something to that effect. It wasn't a prolonged assault or something she fended off. After that she stayed for over an hour at his house and kissed him goodnight (whereas she didn't kiss him before going to his house).
I don't want to downplay it but its relatively minimal compared other crazy things in the world and she never says she told him to stop, she didn't leave, she kept seeing him, she kept in contact with him. Its hard to not imply those later actions are not a form of proof to say that nothing that disturbed you in your relationship with the guy...
There were emails where she alludes to wanting to destroy him but for half the trial before that she talks about how she wants what is best for him.
The fact she waived publication ban, her twitter exploded from 1000 folllowers to 25000 followers etc.... look bad.
I believe there is sexual assault abuse but at the same time people are into weird things and I don't know statistically what % of ppl are into bdsm or how that gets started. I am think of 50 shades of grey and how it is demonized on one hand but consumed by women everywhere.
Even if I feel like he is abusive (personal sleaze meter) I would never feel comfortable of seeing him convicted with this level of poor evidence. So far, it would be a travesty if he was convicted based on what I have read.
I have the dubious pleasure of having been a couple of degrees of separation from Ghomeshi in my student days (friends of friends), and he had a reputation as a sleazoid even way back. Women warned each other to stay away from him, but there were always new women who hadn't heard the stories, and he was so popular and charismatic that no one wanted to tell the world what he had done, because they feared they wouldn't be believed and that he'd be vengeful. He made all the right feminist noises, even took women's studies courses, so he must be one of the good guys. He's a grade-A violent predator and I'll be happy if he gets put away for a long time.
I don't like how you have him convicted him in your mind, that's not fair.
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