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The Streisand effect in full force. Hiring a competent and transparent person—someone who shows remorse, regret, and apologizes while explaining why such behavior won’t happen again—despite a past conviction for domestic violence isn’t necessarily the real issue. But hiring someone who shifts the blame onto others for making the news public? That’s an entirely different problem

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> despite a past conviction

What conviction?

You are right. That's my opinion, which is of no interest at all and factually there was not any conviction.

Let me rephrase :

The Streisand effect in full force. Hiring a competent and transparent person—someone who shows remorse, regret, and explains how they’ve grown from a difficult situation—isn’t necessarily the real issue. But hiring someone who shifts the blame onto others for making past incidents public? That’s an entirely different problem.

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