Comment by assimpleaspossi

24 days ago

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Abusive relationships aren't always easy to escape. Even more so when the partner is extremely rich and powerful.

  • I missed this further in the article. She broke up with him four years after the first claim of rape only after she found out he was with a 22-year old. So she didn't have any problems "escaping" the relationship.

    • This is gross man. Abusive relationships are way more complicated than that, judging someone in this situation because you read one article about it is out of line

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    • Just a piece of advice. If a woman calls it rape it's not on her to prove it. It's on the man to prove it's not. This goes doubly when you're talking about one of the most powerful men in the world. There are dynamics at play here that none of us would be able to comprehend.

      Here's another source:

      https://www.kron4.com/news/technology-ai/former-google-ceo-s...

      An interesting thing is how most of the photos that the media is using to cover this are sexualized images of Ritter and pics of Schmidt in a suit.

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