If that’s not enough to clear his name, how can anyone ever escape the stain of a credible accusation? It seems prudent given that problem to ensure that no accusation will be credible.
I don't think this is any different. The chance of being falsely accused is probably very small, but I know I'd absolutely crushed, both mentally and physically (lack of sleep for months in a row) if it happened to me. Even if, a year or two later, they'd clear my name. It's sufficient to have just a few high profile cases to increase that fear.
That doesn't mean that I'd go out of my way to avoid hiring women...
Again Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina-Lisa_Lohfink
The matress stuff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University_rape_contr...
But we know of those only because they were public figures or have been carried out in public. You don't hear about the private ones.
Also people here really seem to be assuming any case where someone is found not guilty means the accusation was false, which is not how it works. Just ask OJ Simpson.
>Also people here really seem to be assuming any case where someone is found not guilty means the accusation was false, which is not how it works. Just ask OJ Simpson.
For a third person this is kinda how it works.
The last I heard about Kavanaugh he'd been totally exonerated. There's no reason to believe he did anything to this woman.
First, his name was Mark Judge not "Mike" Judge - so get off the high horse about being factually correct when you can't even get one name right.
Zero corroborating eyewitnesses, zero recollection of the location of the "party" from 35 years ago.
You know that Kavanaugh was shortlisted by Romney during the 2012 presidential campaign? Predating Dr. Ford's timeline for documenting the alleged abuse during therapy.
People refer to Kavanaugh as a rapist when he wasn't even accused of rape. 50% (or more) of the country still thinks of him as such. His family and children received death threats.
The case of Brian Banks is an example that should meet your standard. Black man with a potential professional football career goes to jail, DNA evidence exonerates years later.
Your past is still vital to who you are, both in your own eyes and in the eyes of others. Your comment is ignorant of the trauma that these circumstances bring to the accused - if you can have empathy for the victim, you should be able to carry the same empathy for the accused.