Should Matt Lauer be charged with rape?

[ecstatic]

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Or was it consensual sex?

[JenniferJuniper]

1. We don't have enough of the story

but it sounds like she felt she was raped - "she believed she should have done more to stop him".

Why did she pass out?

[ecstatic]

2. Perhaps due to overwhelming anxiety? nt

[JenniferJuniper]

7. Oh, a female with the vapors?

Hysterical maybe?

[ecstatic]

14. Not familiar with that phrase, but

I'm referring to the possibility that she passed out due to extreme stress or anxiety. Not everyone has the same reaction to traumatic/stressful situations.

[dawg day]

9. Well, if she'd been drugged...

Or terror.

[vsrazdem]

10. It sounds like it to me

[procon]

3. Don't create fake news.

We don't know enough to speculate about something as terrible as a rape, so let's calm down and wait for the facts to come out.

[democratisphere]

4. Lauer should not be charged with anything until the facts are known.

The public and media do not decide the facts.

[Pachamama]

5. If its not past the statute of limitations - I think there may be grounds for him to be charged

I am so shocked and disgusted hearing the description of the assault and I think he raped her....

She was unconscious....either out of shock (a protective response) or other....and based on the report, he treated her like a piece of garbage that he had his assistant take care of removing....

[JenniferJuniper]

8. People just don't pass out when being assaulted

as a general rule

[Pachamama]

13. I was sexually assaulted when I was in my 20's....

I blanked out as well. It was described as a survival technique when in shock.

Its why I very much believe she was raped. I know from personal experience.

[brush]

6. Everything about the story is disturbing. Wonder if there was a date rape drug involved since she...

passed out?

He could be in big trouble but more has to come out as to why she unbuttoned her top.

[flamingdem]

11. Sounds fifty fifty - that this person was naive or young or liked him to some degree

and he took advantage of all of that.

For sure it's been happening like this for years in offices.

The fact that she fainted makes it seem coercive though.

[tinrobot]

12. It would be up to the woman to press charges.

The description sounds non-consensual, but whether he is charged would be up to her.