The criteria for a criminal conviction is beyond a reasonable doubt. An acquittal doesn’t mean someone is innocent, it means the prosecution was unable to meet the standard of beyond a reasonable doubt. They might be innocent, they might not be, all it means is they aren’t going to jail. - ThreadSky

blikethecheese.bsky.social • 4 days ago

The criteria for a criminal conviction is beyond a reasonable doubt. An acquittal doesn’t mean someone is innocent, it means the prosecution was unable to meet the standard of beyond a reasonable doubt. They might be innocent, they might not be, all it means is they aren’t going to jail.

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etherialspirit.bsky.social•4 days ago

Point taken. But, we can only take it at face value since none of us was an alleged victim or witness, and we weren't privy to all trial evidence. Since all we have is what the media reported and the jury's acquittal, it's impossible to determine whether he actually committed the alleged crimes.

shakesfirst.bsky.social•4 days ago

He apologised for what he did to Anthony Rapp and blamed it on being gay not a predator, which only encouraged people to associate being gay with predatory behaviour. He only reneged on that apology once he was being sued because of money. That apology is an admission, so fuck him.

etherialspirit.bsky.social•4 days ago

Duly noted.

uuuvvv.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Have you read his 2017 tweet? You'll be a bit surprised if you did.

etherialspirit.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Duly noted.

shakesfirst.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Is this the one where he says he did what he did because he's gay?

uuuvvv.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Just read the actual words, with attention. He's very far from being totally innocent, I'm not claiming that (though the Rapp incident was torn to shreds in court) but people should stop repeating unbased memes.

shakesfirst.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I don't do memes, I'm not some right wing fuckwit that thinks they're real attribution, I'm using his words. And Anthony Rapp wasn't "torn to shreds" they used the fact he was a child against him in court.

dy3d.bsky.social•4 days ago

Here's what I found: "Spacey stated on Twitter that he did not remember the encounter, but that he owed Rapp "the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior" if he had behaved as asserted"
As I understand it, this is alleged to have occurred some 40 years ago.

shakesfirst.bsky.social•4 days ago

Still a predatory cunt.

dy3d.bsky.social•4 days ago

I just looked into this and it was a civil case, not criminal. So there would not have been any jail time involved regardless of the outcome.

blikethecheese.bsky.social•3 days ago

His 2023 UK case was criminal. It’s true it’s hard to keep track of what’s criminal and what’s civil though since he has so many accusers in various jurisdictions.

dy3d.bsky.social•3 days ago

I was not aware of that. Thank you for bringing it up.

blikethecheese.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thanks for this reasonable response. :-)

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