I am not going to defend Ben Stein, BUT you only think he has “a pattern of sexual assaults dating to at least 2002” because someone told you. Do you think anyone has checked to make sure it is true? They don’t have to. They just keep repeating it (like you did) with an “alleged” in front of it.

That part is really no more than gossip.

Fact is this guy was pulled off a plane. All we know is he has in the end been accused of “attempted rape”. We do not know of any evidence at all that would support it.

Yes, we want to believe the victim, but justice has to be blind, and this guy deserves that there be actual evidence before he is accused. Clearly there was zero actual investigation before he was grabbed and accused of sodomy (of all things…) in headlines all over the world.

I would prefer that the police, prosecutors, and defense lawyers are given a chance to do their jobs before the world speculates and destroys a persons reputation with what is so far no more than gossip.

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Please note, I am not blaming the victim, or defending a rapist. I am just trying to separate truth from fiction. So far I am not seeing others doing that.