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‘For those of us with nothing to fear, the truth can’t come soon enough,’ the actor shared on X

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and Dustin Hoffman walk into an Irish pub.

The bartender sighs, "Oh no, not Yewtree again..."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

STFU loser!

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 days ago

I mean, it's the one time he's guaranteed to not be named in a sexual assault case, so why not?

[–] [email protected] 346 points 2 days ago (14 children)

Crazy how Spacey’s career abruptly ended, even though he was acquitted and/or found not guilty. Yet Trump, who has lost his civil sexual assault cases, is the fucking president of the United States and no one will do anything about it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

fucking president of the United States

My pet theory here is that the RNC likes having a populist for election purposes and someone who is culpable that can be ejected if needed. In this case, culpability has to fall outside range of a self-pardon or any presidential immunity. I think the civil cases qualify for that, but I'm not sure.

[–] [email protected] 162 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You forgot about being a 34x convicted but not sentenced criminal.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He was sentenced, it's just that his sentence was ... nothing. Which of course is a totally appropriate penalty for a fucking felony.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

*34 fucking felonies

[–] [email protected] 80 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

Spacey would still be making movies now if he’d just preyed on vulnerable women instead.

Dustin Hoffman, Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Ryan Seacrest all have multiple SA allegations that they were able to play down and keep working, but those were all from women.

Most homophobia stems from the fear of male rape, so the usual meninist/MRA crowd who scrambled to defend “innocent until proven guilty” for Russell Brand (3 upcoming producer credits) are nowhere to be seen when it’s Spacey.

(for clarity, this is not a defense of Spacey, it’s an attack on hypocrisy)

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The only way I can lose is if I'm caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy.

-- Edwin Edwards

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

How can you mention these people and forget Jared Leto? He's an actual cult leader.

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 2 days ago

yes, it is revealing how flexible the conservative soul is when it comes to corruption and perversion, while simultaneously being inflexible about things like compassion, charity and kindness.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The only true thing Trump has ever uttered was that he could shoot someone on 5th Ave and not lose support.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Worth noting Spacey is currently on Epstein flight logs that have been released

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Epstein's private plane took President Bill Clinton, actor Kevin Spacey, and comedian Chris Tucker to Africa

https://www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epstein-traveled-with-bill-clinton-kevin-spacey-2019-7

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm wondering what kind of international incident this will cause. Who else is in there, it can't be just Americans?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Rich people are not an America-only issue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

The rest of the world is marginally better at hiding things and 'censoring' people

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

That's my point.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"My computer recently crashed and I've lost all my friends' email addresses."

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

I think it's more like Epstein specialized in girls

[–] [email protected] 189 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We don't need your help here..

[–] [email protected] 89 points 2 days ago (18 children)

Right? Like we get it, you're not in the files, and you want to remind everyone you were acquitted and found not civilly liable of your own sexual misconduct. But "not guilty" is not the same as "innocent," and dodging legal responsibility is not vindication.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 days ago (19 children)

But “not guilty” is not the same as “innocent,” and dodging legal responsibility is not vindication.

Basically the courts don't matter and all that matters is public opinion? And this is where you launch into a "the courts are corrupt" and "the rich never get punished" or some similar BS?

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 days ago (13 children)

probably becauses hes into male minors. and not female like most of the pedophiles/ephebophiles out there.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

my personal objection.

releasing the Epstein's files will include people he wanted to target but never got anywhere.

however, it would be very clear that those people are innocent, and they're will be people in the files that were clearly diddling children.

Either the files should be released in full and the only consequence for people who casually met Epstein and never interacted with him will be some conspiracy nuts harassing them. or at worse censor the list for those names.

Also, just because there isn't a file named "Epstein's client list.docx" doesn't mean there isn't info about his clients.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

people he wanted to target but never got anywhere.

All it'll do is make a list of probabilities.

If you were caught having sex with an intern, AND you were in Epstein's book, it just has a higher chance. However, he's more likely to go after someone who has been publicly caught.

The black book isn't as interesting as the redacted information in the court papers. Sealed details about the official testimony are going to be far more damning than his little black book.

Also, there may be stuff like flight logs of personal accounts putting people in bad places.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"just because there isn't a file named "Epstein's client list.docx" doesn't mean there isn't info about his clients."

Exactly, this focus on a "list" drives me crazy. If detectives investigating a murder don't find a piece of paper with the victim's name on it in the killer's possession, they don't throw their hands up and say, damn he got away with it.

Epstein's entire business model revolved around having receipts on his clients, that's how he stayed out of prison for decades, and it's why they are covering it up now. This isn't a conspiracy theory, it's a supressed criminal investigation.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

the conspiracy is about who (we know who) and why (we know why) the criminal investigation is being suppressed.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago

Anything to ratchet up the pressure on that orange toddler is welcomed.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Its easy if you have nothing to fear because you are already convicted

[–] [email protected] 99 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

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.

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