Comment by esarbe

They were both intoxicated and Pretty is not a very big name, not even in the Scala community. It's not as if we were talking about Martin Odersky. The guy gives talks from time to time and contributes code to some projects. That's it.

> She was not in a position to give consent there [...]

Of course she was. If all the stated facts in her account are true, then Pretty was behaving like an asshole (In setting her up and then trying to get in her knickers). But she was absolutely in a position to consent. Otherwise you make it very easy for people to shed responsibility. Being in a shitty position doesn't absolve you from bad decisions.

> She ended up crying and panicking.

If that's true, Petty should have stopped right there and then. Pretty much an asshole otherwise.

That said; that's _her_ side of the story and while I'm not _not_ believing her, I'm also not making any judgement on Pretty.