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She felt uncomfortable telling Nègre that she wanted return to the office to use the toilet, so told him she was cold as an excuse to go back to the building. But she says he walked away, guiding them towards the banks of the River Seine, so she told him she needed to find a toilet urgently.

"He looked me right in the eye and said, 'Oh, do you need a wee?'

"I felt like a child. I thought it was really weird the way he looked at me, almost gleeful."

She says he directed her to the door of a storage cupboard under a bridge on the Seine and said: "You can do it here."

Now, Anaïs is one of nearly 250 women who believe Nègre drugged them in alleged incidents between 2009 and 2018, subjecting them to what is known as chemical submission, where drugs are used to gain control over someone.

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[–] Photonic@lemmy.world -3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Where is the European Epstein scandal then? The Asian? The Australian?

You elected a fascist sex offender into your most important office. Don’t drag the rest of the world into this just because having elected him —twice even— makes you feel bad. Or tell me, who is the European or Asian Trump?

Yes, sexual assault happens everywhere, but no, there is no evidence that the rest of the world is ruled by sex offenders as well.

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[–] rimu@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago* (1 child)

The Asian Trump is in a prison cell in The Hague. Hopefully they manage to convict him before USA Trump finishes his rugpull of the ICC.

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[–] Photonic@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago (1 child)

If you’re talking about Duterte, he is a sick fuck, but the charges of the ICC are murder and attempted murder.

There are no charges of sexual assault, trafficking or any of the other things Trump or the current US administration has proven to be guilty of.

This discussion isn’t about evil governments in general, but specifically sex crimes against women.

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 days ago (1 child)

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has confessed to sexually abusing a maid while he was a teenager, according to a report.

In a speech on December 29, Duterte said that he had confessed to a priest going into a maid’s room while she slept and placing his fingers on her genitals, the BBC reported.

The remarks were not unusual for Duterte, who has frequently come under fire for making statements that demean or encourage violence against women. Last June and July, women’s rights activists gathered in Manila to protest Duterte’s treatment of women, including his remarks that communist rebels should be “shot in the vagina.”

You're wrong again.

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[–] Photonic@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago* (1 child)

Maybe I’m kinda wrong about this one, although I correctly stated that it was not part of his indictment.

But you say:

wrong again

How was I wrong before? What proof have you brought to be able to claim this?

Please refrain from conspiracy theories and actuality prove something for a change. This quadrupling down without a shred of evidence is becoming awkward.

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 days ago (1 child)

This quadrupling down without a shred of evidence is becoming awkward.

Only for you :)

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[–] Photonic@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago (1 child)

No u!

Really? Are we in a fucking schoolyard here?

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 days ago (1 child)

You're doing the equivalent of stomping your feet and putting your fingers in your ears and yelling "LA LA LA LA" to ignore the very real truths that men in power abuse it.

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[–] Photonic@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago (1 child)

The very real and actual truths for which you have absolutely not provide even the slightest sliver of evidence…

Your government sucks. And the rest of the world doesn’t even come close. Deal with it and don’t use sexual abuse accusations as a way to make yourself feel less bad about it.

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 days ago (2 children)

Deal with it and don’t use sexual abuse accusations as a way to make yourself feel less bad about it.

You are fundamentally misunderstanding why I made that comment. It wasn't to relieve personal guilt.

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[+] Photonic@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago* (2 children)

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 days ago (1 child)

I think you’re a MAGA cultist posing as a leftist feminist woman, who has infiltrated a leftist forum and is spreading conspiracy theories about other world leaders. We all know Trump isn’t happy with them, especially his NATO allies. This way you’re both trying to normalize the behaviour of the Trump administration and discrediting other world leaders, paving the way for fascist Trump allies to take over.

Hahahahahahahahaha

HAAAAAHAHAhahahahaha

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[–] Photonic@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago (1 child)

That’s exactly what a MAGAt would say :))

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 days ago (1 child)

Sure, babe

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[–] Photonic@lemmy.world -4 points 6 days ago (1 child)

Please don’t use derogatory terms, thanks.

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 days ago (1 child)

It's a term of endearment, darling

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[+] Photonic@lemmy.world -4 points 6 days ago (1 child)

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago (1 child)

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

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[+] Photonic@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago

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[–] Photonic@lemmy.world -2 points 6 days ago

I understand perfectly why you made that comment. It’s like the MAGAts claiming “iT’s BoTh SiDEs!!!”.

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

-Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

-Sarah Ferguson

-Ehud Barak

-Miroslav Lajcak

Just to name a few that were in the Epstein files and are not from the US. And that's just a handful of government officials.

They were all protected as well. There were hundreds to thousands of people involved in the coverup and are still working to protect these powerful people.

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[–] Photonic@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

just a handful of government officials.

Indeed it is. And that is entirely my point. Whereas it’s your top level officials all you’ve got is a few elected lower politicians and a non-elected royal inbred like I already mentioned.

A handful people are nowhere near proof of a conspiracy of:

hundreds to thousands of people involved in the coverup

… or that sexual predators have somehow worked their way to the top levels of the government in the entire world.

Give yourself and the rest of the world a break America: you elected this guy and his gang of cronies. They are by far the worst government in the western world by every other metric available. Until you provide evidence to the contrary, let’s just assume they are also the worst by this one.

Conspiracy theories about “the rest of the world is just as bad” are just helping to diminish how horrible they are, just like the “it’s both sides” tactic that MAGA uses to normalize their behaviour.

Not only that, but creating conspiracy theories about sexual assault and diminishes the inhumanity that these crimes are and diminishes the horrors that actual victims have gone through.

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

no evidence that the rest of the world is ruled by sex offenders as well.

You are delusional if you think there are no other world leaders that have sexually assaulted or raped others.

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[–] Photonic@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago

You are delusional

Sure.. you’re peddling conspiracy theories and I’m the delusional one…

But no, I don’t think there are no other world leaders that have sexually assaulted or raped others. Nor have I claimed that. Another straw man.

But again, there is no proof that it’s a worldwide problem anywhere nearly as much as in the USA.

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