I guess the part that nobody seems to talk about is whether any of this moves the needle at all with respect to whether or not one should believe Ms. Taylor.
My view is that I actually am more predisposed to believe her and I actually am thinking that there's enough of a chance that a rape occurred that I don't want any part of this guy.
Judging credibility in a he-said/she-said is always hard but the story about the washcloth strikes me as completely believable. It is specific. She is not asking for money. It's eye-rolling enough and consistent with other stuff that we've seen reported that I think it may very have happened, especially taking his response into account.
And that makes me more likely to believe that he has boundary issues that would be not inconsistent with ejaculating on a woman's back without consent and to having sex with her without consent.
We've used proxies to avoid asking the hard question here. "Anyone can bring a civil suit." Or "some guy named asshole bob says he's got texts that show someone may have been extorting her." Or "let's focus on the commissioner's exempt list."
My view: I'm finding it harder and harder to believe that the rape allegation is untrue and if I had to vote right now based on the sum total of what I know whether or not he did it, I'm inclined to say it's more probabld than not that he his a rapist.
My view is that I actually am more predisposed to believe her and I actually am thinking that there's enough of a chance that a rape occurred that I don't want any part of this guy.
Judging credibility in a he-said/she-said is always hard but the story about the washcloth strikes me as completely believable. It is specific. She is not asking for money. It's eye-rolling enough and consistent with other stuff that we've seen reported that I think it may very have happened, especially taking his response into account.
And that makes me more likely to believe that he has boundary issues that would be not inconsistent with ejaculating on a woman's back without consent and to having sex with her without consent.
We've used proxies to avoid asking the hard question here. "Anyone can bring a civil suit." Or "some guy named asshole bob says he's got texts that show someone may have been extorting her." Or "let's focus on the commissioner's exempt list."
My view: I'm finding it harder and harder to believe that the rape allegation is untrue and if I had to vote right now based on the sum total of what I know whether or not he did it, I'm inclined to say it's more probabld than not that he his a rapist.