Monday, November 20, 2017

The American Sexual Abuse Hall of Shame

With the recent inclusion of veteran newsman Charlie Rose, American women’s Hall of Shame continues to grow ever larger as women all over America—having long suppressed their fear, anger, embarrassment, and humiliation—are coming forward and telling their stories.

At a record pace. #MeToo

They have inspired women in a number of other countries to do the same, including Britain and France.

Public figures who were insulated from disclosure by their gravitas and accumulated power for decades are being fired from prestigious jobs or are resigning in disgrace. Even the consummate veteran CBS/PBS/Bloomberg news anchor, host, and contributing correspondent Charlie Rose has been fired from his employment, accused by at least twenty women over a period of decades of groping, lewd telephone calls, and unwanted advances.

Surprisingly, Minnesota Senator Al Franken has been the target of some minor and somewhat controversial accusations. He at least has had the good grace to apologize. Few other men in the spotlight have done the same.

And for this series of developments we probably have Alabama Judge Roy Moore to thank as much as the omnipresent destructive movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

Roy Moore, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in a special election to fill the Alabama U.S. Senate seat of Attorney General Jeff Sessions—scheduled for December 12th—has commandeered and raised the public consciousness. He has also injected an element of bravado into the hearts of sexual abuse victims.

Moore’s wife and supporters have cried foul, referring to Moore’s evangelical piety, claiming that the women who accuse Moore must have been offered bribes by the media, and flatly denying all charges. But the list of Moore’s accusers has grown to nine, with the youngest purported sexual assault victim being only 14 years of age when she was lured to Moore’s residence and sexually attacked. Moore was then a 32-year-old Alabama district attorney.

And President Trump, against whom multiple accusations of sexual abuse are pending, has now endorsed Roy Moore. The Republicans’ tenuous control of the Senate is at stake. A win by Democrat Doug Jones would diminish the Republican Senate majority to a mere 51-to-49.

Other notables who have been outed in past weeks in seemingly unchecked public disclosures of a variety of offensive behaviors include Michigan Democrat Rep. John Conyers, the dean and longest-serving member of the House, New York Times White House correspondent Jeffrey Thrush, Pixar co-founder/Disney Animation head John Lassseter, Texas Republican Rep. Joe Barton, and actors Ron Jeremy, Tom Sizemore, and Sylvester Stallone. Other slightly less prominent but powerful men have also been publicly chastised.

Some days the list seems to grow by the hour.

Even actress Uma Thurman has gotten into the act, promising future full disclosure about Harvey Weinstein “and his Wicked Conspirators” although Weinstein has already been outed by more than 100 other women.

Following is a revised and updated catalogue of notable men whose careers were forged in America and who pursued women in a variety of egregious ways on and off the job. Some received unwanted publicity years or even decades ago when their conduct was publicized and punished, but most have only had their unsavory and/or criminal escapades unearthed for public scrutiny in recent weeks.

The newest list of abusers includes:

A President, a Supreme Court Justice, 26 politicians, a sports mogul, an Olympic gymnastics doctor, 7 news executives, hosts, and analysts, 14 movie studio heads, producers, promoters, directors, and writers, a literary critic, an editor, a singer and 17 actors, a celebrity photographer, a hotelier, and two celebrity chefs. The total number of sexual harassers and abusers featured below is 74.

The Big Four continues to be comprised of the following enterprising quartet:

— Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein (103 victims and counting)
— Actor Bill Cosby (58+ victims)
— U.S. Women’s Gynastics Dr. Larry Nassar (130+ victims)
— Writer-director James Toback (310+ victims)

A fuller list of prominent men on the “most-offensive” list now includes the following:

I. President:
1. Donald J. Trump
Number of accusers: sixteen (16)
Dates of accusations: early 1980s-2013

II. Supreme Court Justice:
2. Clarence Thomas
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 1980-1983

III. Politicians:

Alabama:
3. Former State Supreme Court Judge; Republican Senatorial candidate Roy Moore
Number of accusers: nine (9), including one woman who had been only 14 years old
Dates of accusations: 1977-1991

California:
4. California Democrat Assembly Majority Whip Paul Bocanegra
Number of accusers: six (6)
Number of accusers: 2009

Florida:

5. Democratic Party Chairman Stephen Bittel
Number of accusers: six (6)
Number of accusers: various

6. Republican Rep. Mark Foley
Number of accusers: four (4) or more
Dates of accusations: 2001-2006

Illinois:

7. Republican Speaker of the House Rep. Dennis Hastert
Number of accusers: four (4) or more
Dates of accusations: 1960s-1970s

8. Republican Rep. Daniel B. Crane
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 1980

Indiana:
9. Republican Rep. Mark Souder
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2004-2010

Kentucky:

10. Republican House Speaker Jeff Hoover
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: recent

11. Republican Rep. Brian D. Linder
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: recent

Maryland:
12. Washington County Commissioner LeRoy E. Myers Jr.
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2017

Massachusetts:
13. Democratic Rep. Gerry E. Studds
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 1973

Michigan:
14. Democratic Rep. John Conyers
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: 2015, ??

Minnesota:

15. Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Senator Al Franken
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: 2006, 2010

16. Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) State Senator Dan Schoen
Number of accusers: multiple
Dates of accusations: 2015(?)

17. Republican State Rep. Tony Comish
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 2010(?)-2017

Nevada:

18. Republican Senator John Ensign
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2009 (?)

19. Reno City Manager Andrew Clinger
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 2011-2016

New York:

20. Democratic Rep. Eric Massa
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2008-2010

21. Democratic Rep. Frederick W. Richmond
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 1978

22. Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner
Number of accusers: seven (7) or more
Dates of accusations: 2011, 2013, 2016

North Carolina:
23. Chief of Staff (for Rep. Mark Meadows), Kenny West
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 2012 (?)

Ohio:

24. Republican state Rep. Wes Goodman
Number of accusers: dozens
Dates of accusations: various

25. Republican state Sen. Cliff Hite
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2017

Oregon:
26. Republican Senator Bob Packwood
Number of accusers: multiple
Dates of accusations: on or before 1995

Texas:

27. Republican Rep. Joe Barton
Number of accusers: two (2) ??
Dates of accusations: 2015

28. Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2014

IV. Sports Mogul, Olympic Gymnastics Doctor:

29. Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2013

30. USA women’s gymnastics Dr. Larry Nassar
Number of accusers: one hundred thirty (130)
Dates of accusations: 1994-2016

V. News Executives, Hosts, Analyst:

31. Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes
Number of accusers: at least ten (10)
Dates of accusations: 1967-2016

32. Fox News host and contributor Eric Bolling
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: recent

33. NBC News political analyst Mark Halperin
Number of accusers: twelve (12) or more
Dates of accusations: 1994 to recently

34. Fox News host Bill O’Reilly
Number of accusers: five (5) or more
Dates of accusations: 2002-2017

35. NPR News Chief Michael Oreskes
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 1990s, 2015

36. CBS, PBS, Bloomberg News Anchor, host, contributing correspondent Charlie Rose
Number of accusers: twenty (20)
Dates of accusations: late 1990s-2011

37. New York Times White House correspondent Jeffrey Thrush
Number of accusers: unspecified (multiple)
Dates of accusations: for at least 20 years

VI. Movie Studio Heads, Producers, Promoters, Directors, Writers:

38. Producer and director Gary Goddard
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: 1974

39. The Flash and Supergirl showrunner Andrew Kreisberg
Number of accusers: nineteen (19)
Dates of accusations: unspecified

40. Pixar co-founder/Disney Animation head John Lassseter
Number of accusers: numerous
Dates of accusations: various

41. “Girls” writer/TV producer Murray Miller
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2012

42. Polish director Roman Polanski
Number of accusers: four (4)
Dates of accusations: 1972, 1973, 1977, 1984

43. Amazon Studios head/chief promoter Roy Price
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2015

44. Director Brett Ratner
Number of accusers: six (6)
Dates of accusations: early 1990s, 2004-2005, 2014

45. Nickelodeon showrunner Chris Savino
Number of accusers: twelve (12) or more
Dates of accusations: 2002-present

46. Def Jam hip hop co-founder Russell Simons
Number of accusers: one (1)
Date of accusation: 1991

47. Director Oliver Stone
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: early 1990s (?)

48. Writer and director James Toback
Number of accusers: three hundred ten (310) or more
Dates of accusations: 1987 to the present (?)

49. “Mad Men” writer Matthew Weiner
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2009

50. The Weinstein Company producer: Harvey Weinstein
Number of accusers: at least one hundred three (103)
Dates of accusations: 1970s-2015

51. The Weinstein Company producer: Bob Weinstein
Number of accusers: one (1) or more
Dates of accusations: 2016

VII. Literary Critic, Editor:

52. New Republic editor Leon Wieseltier
Number of accusers: twelve (12) or more
Dates of accusations: uncertain

53. Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2005

VIII. Singer, Actors:

54. Ben Affleck
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: 2003, 2014

55. Casey Affleck
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: 2010

56. Louis C.K. (comedian)
Number of accusers: five (5)
Dates of accusations: Beginning about 2002.

57. Bill Cosby
Number of accusers: fifty-eight (58) or more
Dates of accusations: 1965-2008

58. Robert Herjavec
Number of accusers: one (1) ??
Dates of accusations: 2015

59. Dustin Hoffman
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: 1985, 1991

60. Michael Jackson
Number of accusers: multiple
Dates of accusations: 1985-1992, 1986, 1988, 1992 (??)

61. Porn star Ron Jeremy
Number of accusers: more than a dozen (12+)
Dates of accusations: during the past thirty (30) years or so

62. Danny Masterson
Number of accusers: four (4)
Dates of accusations: uncertain

63. Jeremy Piven
Number of accusers: four (4)
Dates of accusations: 2003, 2011, other dates (?)

64. Steven Seagal
Number of accusers: three (3) ???
Dates of accusations: 1991-2005

65. Charlie Sheen
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 1985

66. Tom Sizemore
Number of accusers: one (1)
Date of accusation: 2003

67. Kevin Spacey
Number of accusers: twenty (20) or more
Dates of accusations: 1981-2014

68. Sylvester Stallone
Number of accusers: one (1)
Date of accusation: 1986

69. Jeffrey Tambor
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: unclear

70. Ed Westwick
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2014

IX. Celebrity Photographer:

71. Terry Richardson
Number of accusers: nine (9) or more
Dates of accusations: 2001-2014 (?)

X. Hotelier, Celebrity Chefs:

72. Hotelier André Balazs
Number of accusers: four (4)
Dates of accusations: 1991-2014

73. Chef John Besh
Number of accusers: one (1) against Besh; twenty-five (25) or more re a culture of abuse within Besh’s restaurant group
Dates of accusations: 2015, previously and continuing

74. Chef Julian Medina
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2017 (?)

[Updated November 25, 2017]

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