Zak Smith is suing his accusers

[aramis erak]

I'm hoping the Canadian judge tosses it for lack of jurisdiction.

 

[Morrus]

I'm hoping the Canadian judge tosses it for lack of jurisdiction.

Edit -- I got it backwards! The defendant is Canadian, not the claimant! For some reason I got confused about who was suing who!

 

[Nebulous]

I couldn't sleep last night for some unknown reason and ended up researching this stuff for 2+ hours. I didn't really know anything about it. I had HEARD of the D&D porn girl group but didn't know they had a video blog. Of course it is unfair to jump on his case as I don't know Zak or anything about him, but the general consensus sounds like he's not a nice person.

 

[Bohandas]

Given the number of separate allegations, the corroboration, and that his behavior was previously known and (charitably) was previously overlooked and/or diminished due to the presence of ...what... an allowance of certain behaviors (unfortunately) in our hobby, it is difficult to say that this is an example of an accusation being assumed true by the public, sight unseen.

But, hey, if Zak Smith is the hill people want to die on, then I will be glad to let them muster on it.

It's quite possible he did it. I'd just like to see the question, and others like it, examined in a format that isn't just "nuh-uh" "uh-huh" "nuh-uh!" "uh-huh!" "NUH-UH!" "UH-HUH!" back and forth forever

 

[Arnwolf666]

It's quite possible he did it. I'd just like to see the question, and others like it, examined in a format that isn't just "nuh-uh" "uh-huh" "nuh-uh!" "uh-huh!" "NUH-UH!" "UH-HUH!" back and forth forever

You mean no one pressed charges against this guy or had him arrested?

 

[Morrus]

You mean no one pressed charges against this guy or had him arrested?

I thought you didn’t care?

 

[lowkey13]

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[Umbran]

You mean no one pressed charges against this guy or had him arrested?

There are tons of reasons why sexual harassment and assault is not brought to court - first and foremost being reactions like yours.

If you (generic, not you, Arnwolf666) are in a bar, and someone comes in with a black eye and in a typical commiserating talk with the bartender revealed that their next door neighbor punched them, I doubt the response of most would be, "Well, I'm sick and tired of all these accusations of punching! Arrest and convict the guy, or it didn't happen!" Most of us would provisionally accept the truth of the statement.

The knee-jerk incredulous response to sexual harassment and assault found in our culture gets in the way of actually dealing with the issue.

 

[Arnwolf666]

I thought you didn’t care?

I don’t care about just don’t someone not convicted of anything. This changes everything if he has been arrested, given due process, and convicted by a jury.

 

[Arnwolf666]

There are tons of reasons why sexual harassment and assault is not brought to court - first and foremost being reactions like yours.

If you (generic, not you, Arnwolf666) are in a bar, and someone comes in with a black eye and in a typical commiserating talk with the bartender revealed that their next door neighbor punched them, I doubt the response of most would be, "Well, I'm sick and tired of all these accusations of punching! Arrest and convict the guy, or it didn't happen!" Most of us would provisionally accept the truth of the statement.

The knee-jerk incredulous response to sexual harassment and assault found in our culture gets in the way of actually dealing with the issue.

If they were a stranger I would not jump to a conclusion. If they were a friend or family member I would urge them to Press charges and get a restraining order.