While I spoke in favor of the victims when I first heard this story, (because, historically, it's much harder for victims to come out, than for abusers to get off scot free), at the same time I don't think we should jump to any conclusions - either in believing or disbelieving the allegations.
In actuality, we know nothing. I really feel the problem lies, as ever, with people's gullibility - without knowing all the facts, the crowd is always so quick to judge, (whether they immediately denounce the accusers as "greedy or unstable", or they denounce the accused as a "scheming devil incarnate").
We just don't know. All we know is spin - by the accused and his advocates; by the alleged victims; by everyone's lawyers.
The right thing to do would be to investigate and establish facts - in order to determine what happened, if anything, and what should be changed policy-wise, if anything.
In actuality, we know nothing. I really feel the problem lies, as ever, with people's gullibility - without knowing all the facts, the crowd is always so quick to judge, (whether they immediately denounce the accusers as "greedy or unstable", or they denounce the accused as a "scheming devil incarnate").
We just don't know. All we know is spin - by the accused and his advocates; by the alleged victims; by everyone's lawyers.
The right thing to do would be to investigate and establish facts - in order to determine what happened, if anything, and what should be changed policy-wise, if anything.