Sorry to read this, hope it's not true..

[monmouth4]

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-takei-grabbing-men-howard-stern_us_5a07469be4b0e37d2f37c8e8?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

[FarPoint]

1. Opportunistic Republican shit.

I don't care... Won't go down path of Trial by Media.

[bigtree]

2. he catagorically denied knowing the man

... statement somewhere on DU.

[AJT]

3. He said he didn't remember him. The story was that they had just met

so not remembering him is possible. The interview he gave is pretty damning. George could be telling the truth because he doesn't remember and, at the same time, the model could be telling the truth. It could be the model heard the interview and made up the story to match the interview. Hopefully the truth will come out.

[aikoaiko]

4. I don't want it to be true about GT, but I think we're seeing something important these days

The revelation to some (including me) that sexual harassment/assault/rape cuts across our notions of
good guys v bad guys
Ds v Rs
Hollywood v Wall Street
Public servants v private executives
blue v red
north v south
gay v straight
POC v white

etc etc etc

the only thing we haven't seen yet is this issue cutting across men v women. I'm sure it a few cases will emerge, but it is gender imbalance is striking.

[B2G]

5. There are cases out there.

Most notably female teachers and their young male students.

[aikoaiko]

9. very true.

I was referring to cases of celebrities, famous, or industry powerful.

[FarCenter]

6. Even in the most righteous parishes, I'm sure that a lot of Confession is taken up by sex.

While most people behave well most of the time, sex is a powerful drive and a significant proportion of people have behaved in ways that in later years with sober reflection they wish they hadn't.

[angrychair]

7. I hope not either

But there is a Howard Stern Show audio that has a story exchange between Howard and GT that has a lot of similarities to the guy’s story.

The guy’s story is still very shaky but the exchange between Howard and GT is very damning.

[rusty fender]

8. The Howard Stern exchange

sounds like Takei admitting that he did grab guys without their consent