Not sure how I feel about this

[seraphprowess]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aida-manduley/david-bowie-time-to-mourn-or-call-out_b_8969486.html

The Complexity of Mourning a Celebrity Accused of Sexual Abusehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/aida-manduley/david-bowie-time-to-

Comments

[nverland]

I always find it interesting when this sort of thing crops up after the accused is dead and can't do anything to defend themselves. However the article starts with his being charged, and found not guilty. And that should have been the end of it. I see no reason for the author of the article to drag up a closed matter after David's death, it smacks of an attempt to ruin his name without the benefit of his being able to have his own say in a closed matter.

[seraphprowess]

I agree that those are valid arguments.

[art_decade]

Agreed. The article should've ended with that one line. No reason at all to ramble on about the supposed guilt of somebody found not guilty.

[lady_noremon]

I agree with some earlier commenters on the article in that it seems like the author wanted to build profile and use Bowie's then recent death to do so. In searching the article the actual accuser/victim's stance isn’t really stated. Which all these years later should be what is consulted. But instead the author uses the leading "but that doesn't mean it didn't happen" type when mentioning that the case found him innocent. And then later has something along the lines that Bowie was a man that abused his power & fame. But given how many times they mention victims of sexual assault it feels like they are trying to bait the reader into assuming there was more victims. The author might have had a better article if they had tried a general celebrity abuse approach, but instead kept sticking to putting Bowie into it. Other commenters lead to comparing Bowie to other accused celebrities, but with Bowie there doesn't seem to be that serial aspect? This situation with the groupie seems very complicated, and again the victim's stance seems to