Really damning article about Charlie Rose.

The New York Review of Books

The Open Secret of Charlie Rose

I was a highly educated woman with a strong support network, and I had been privy to the open secret. Rose's lechery didn't sideswipe me; it swallowed me, slowly, and despite my best efforts. For those who carry the scars of having worked for the Charlie Roses of the world, it has become only too apparent how such misconduct can be normalized, even among intelligent and well-intentioned people,...

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The bases for his argument reminds me of the Affluenza defence.

You (Hollywood/movie goers) did not punish me before it is therefore hypocritical to now. 

Well sir, it is no longer ok to look the other way. 

A recap of Polanski and his crime. 

the Guardian

What does Hollywood's reverence for child rapist Roman Polanski tell us?

It's 40 years this week since the director and convicted sex offender went on the run. What does his continued success reveal about the film world's true attitude towards sexual assault?

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Yeah, I'm not going to be getting my violin out for him any time soon. 

Mass hysteria? So he thinks abuse is alright? Our acting community wanted to pardon him.  It shows they were wrong.

Showtalk said:

So he thinks abuse is alright?

I think that's exactly what he believes. I never understood why he was fawned over for all those years, rather than shunned. 

He is famous. They are all fakes, who say one thing but do or believe another.