Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2014/04/21/former-disney-television-president-and-former-imagineer-accused-of-abuse/" target="_blank"><b>4/21/14: Former Disney Television President and Former Imagineer Accused of Abuse</b></a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt The shameful and embarrassing revelation about X-Men director Bryan Singer was all over the news this weekend. Apparently this sleaze bag had a thing for twinks and frequently held wild pool parties at his home that involved young Disneyland parade dancers. SMH
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Of course I lived most of my life in Minneapolis... the San Francisco of the Midwest.
Originally Posted By ecdc I do not understand why these accusations play out in the court of public opinion. I find it appalling. If Bryan Singer is guilty, he should be charged and tried in a court of law. If he is found guilty, he should go to prison (in this case, however, I believe the statute of limitations is past and this is a civil matter). But people have no more business commenting on this than they did with Woody Allen. This isn't Team Singer vs. Team Egan. It is beyond gross that people choose up sides. The very thing that makes accusations like this so emotionally charged is exactly the same reason they should be handled calmly and rationally by professionals: They are extremely serious and they ruin lives. See also, the McMartin Trial. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://retroreport.org/mcmartin-preschool-anatomy-of-a-panic/">http://retroreport.org/mcmarti...a-panic/</a>
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Not surprised by this at all. And I doubt these will be the last ones connected to Disney we'll hear about in the future.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt To be fair, one of the accused, Garth Ancier is the former president of BBC Worldwide America and also served as head of programming for Fox, NBC and the WB. Apparently in Hollywood there's plenty of douchebaggery to go around.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Just looked up twink. Yes, I'm naïve and always have been. I could probably read urban dictionary all night long with eyes wide open shocking myself left and right. It's kinda embarrassing, but oh well Lol.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I'm with ecdc. These guys may have done with they're accused of, but accusation is not proof. I don't see how anyone can make up their minds about something like this after just reading some news stories.
Originally Posted By Mr X Wow - the Autopost actually relegating its own topic to WorldEvents, and a DISNEY related topic no less...now I've seen everything!
Originally Posted By Mr X I think this may be the first sign of sentience. LP...it's alive, IT'S ALIVE!!!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 April 21, 2014: the day LP became self-aware. It was only a matter of time after that...
Originally Posted By ecdc >>I don't see how anyone can make up their minds about something like this after just reading some news stories.<< Exactly. We have one accuser naming names. That's it. Then we have "news" outlets rushing to print stories that say Bryan Singer's twink pool parties are an "open secret" in Hollywood. There's dozens of unanswered questions. How do we know anything happened at all? The boy says it did, and he has a significant financial interest in saying this happened. How do we know it wasn't consensual sex? How do we know the boy didn't lie about his age to Bryan Singer to try and get a role in a movie (a common Hollywood occurrence)? How do we know these other men knew how old the boy was? How do we know the accuser isn't lying about them? How do we know that sex wasn't consensual? How do we know these pool parties didn't involve people only over 18? We know absolutely jack squat about this situation, apart from a guy who said something happened over a decade ago, and the media went completely bananas because it involves a famous person. Look, I have no doubt Hollywood has a problem with older men pursuing young, vulnerable people trying to break into the business. I have no doubt that sexual abuse is a much more common occurrence than people making up stories about abuse. But these are devastating accusations to make. And our culture treats them like it's just the latest news fodder. Make no mistake: anyone can say anything they want about you and if the media decides to report on it, it will become reality for people, no matter if it's true or not.
Originally Posted By doombuggy "I don't see how anyone can make up their minds about something like this after just reading some news stories." It's been going on from the days of Salem. M. Jackson comes to mind, how many times was he accused and found not guilty? That lacrosse team accused of rape and was a flat out lie. But the media grabbed it and looked like fools later. People love gossip and grab the torches and pitch forks with out ever letting the whole story come out in a court of law. Kind of sad people have nothing better to do really.
