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So, a civil court finding that Bill is a shitbag is not sufficient reason for a reasonable person to form an negative opinion of Bill?

Being convicted in a criminal court is just one of the more egregious ways to meet the bar for being a shitty human being.

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> civil court finding

No civil court finding on this accusation has been presented.

What has been presented is a web forum post from the complaining party, who had a great deal of incentive to paint the guy in a poor light.

Is he a shitty human being? Quite possibly, but the mere existence of an accusation filed with the police is not evidence of it.

Someone on SA supposedly has access to the court documents (dozens and dozens of pages) and shared them, if you want to track that down and provide actual proof that isn't just hearsay. I haven't been on SA for nearly a decade now, and I intend to keep it that way.

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