Francesca Farrington explores how serial sex offenders in the media & public life have adopted a form of gendered 'lawfare' to hide their crimes & allow them to continue their abusive activities.
This miss-use of the law to silence victims needs to be addressed in response to the conviction of sexual predator Russell Brand, and the emerging allegations around David Walliams.
And, lets be clear, these are unlikely to be the only cases where this has happened!
#politics
https://theconversation.com/slapps-ndas-and-gendered-lawfare-how-the-rich-and-powerful-silence-victims-of-sexual-offences-296520
@ChrisMayLA6
I'm not sure it's to, 'continue their abusive activities', since they tend to be historic allegations.
We know now how pervasive such activity was in the Music Industry of the 70's and 80's.
Comedians became the new Rock Stars in the decades that followed.
I expect we will be digging up stories from another Industry a decade or two from now.
I hope there have been enough revelations to make this the last.