My point with this comment was not necessarily that she is credible, but that the previous comment just assumed that she wasn't, seemingly without any consideration that she might be. This is the sort of attitude that perpetuates these sorts of accusations not being taken seriously.
We don't have to take everything potential victims say as fact and immediately act on it, but remaining open to the idea that those in power may be at fault, and not disregarding victims accusations goes a long way in supporting them.
What caught my eye was her claim about events when she was 4 years old. Just doesn't seem old enough for the memories and their interpretations to be reliable. I had 2 close encounters with UFO when I was 7-8 years old. Very vivid memories which I believed were 100% true until my thirties.
The claim that you cannot have x memories before a certain year is completely false. although unrelyable, children that have certain experiences can remember them.
I would go as far as to say we completely underestimate what children understand and remember because we're the ones that chose to forget.
A few days ago I thought I had uncovered a really bad memory from my childhood that I had buried. I realized a few minutes later that at one point I had dreamed the event and it never actually happened.
Conceivably the first part could happen without the second.
Frankly, I don't think we should ever give any credence to allegations that have absolutely no evidence. The road is too rocky. Most people have at least one person that dislikes them. The people that kind of attitude would affect generally have many. All it takes is one person willing to lie .
It seems unlikely that Altman arranged for her to be "shadowbanned" from every social media site except for OnlyFans and Pornhub(!), or that he has been engaged in hacking her WiFi.
If you actually look at the totality of her claims, there are probably more reasons to be skeptical than to accept her words unconditionally. About the only thing you can say for sure is that something really unfortunate is either happening to her now, or has happened in her past, for which she is unlikely to bear all the responsibility.
well id never heard of this, and im not a fan of the guy, but from my quick perusal online just now of the noise of this drama, id say no, shes not credible.
This was my reaction as well. If a competent doctor had prescribed her medication and she took herself off of it without medical supervision, I think it is pretty reasonable to condition money on going back on medication (or at least going back to medical supervision). Many people who have family members struggling with mental health concerns take this approach.
New Yorker is very progressive, and they worked for months on the article, yet they only mentioned in passing his sister accusations and didn't highlight them.
I used to say the same thing before I got in the business of investigating [all victims'] claims.
Social media abuse claims are the female equivalent of SWATing. One well-published sob story sends a mob to kick down your door.
Don't be this naive. For your own sake, only consider believing such claims once a police report has been filed. Don't rush to judgment either way unless there's repercussions when the claimant is lying about it.
6% of rape allegations are proven to be false so you should absolutely not do that[1] Take the claims seriously but don't assume guilt automatically, everyone deserves due process.
