Elton John testified in Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault trial

[mila_s_garden]

Elton John backs Kevin Spacey’s testimony at actor’s sexual assault trial https://t.co/VXJLEM8QNF pic.twitter.com/uRaDezF3IE
- Page Six (@PageSix) July 18, 2023

Comments

[coulson]

glad i actually read this time.

[genbu_no_miko24]

Interesting that David Furnish mentioned that all guests have their pictures taken at their parties. I wonder besides promo if it’s also is subtly for legal reasons 🤔? Which lowkey smart lol I guess.

I feel for the victim though 😬

[mister_novem]

Definitely for security. It's like when you go to a huge tourist attraction like the London Eye or something and they make you a take photo before you get on. It's so they have a record of everyone who attended.

[genbu_no_miko24]

Gotcha! It is a smart move. I can’t remember but I feel like I read about another celebrity who does similar.

[peddlestools]

wait, you have to get your picture taken before going on a ferris wheel?

[peddlestools]

this is one of those cases where ontd has to actually read

also page six's headline is misleading, as usual

[insomniachobs]

Page Six isn't the only outlet I've seen being misleading in their framing of this, we see you fuckers.

Elton's truthfully answered the questions asked, and if the date is wrong it's wrong. It's just sad that a lot of people will treat that as a smoking gun without understanding that the human memory is imperfect at the best of time, even more so for trauma victims, and a lot of date mistakes are just that - innocent mistakes. Doesn't mean the incident didn't happen.

[passionless_me]

Yes! Variety's tweet was even worse imo, though they deleted after a ton of backlash. Here it is on Wayback: https://web.archive.org/web/20230717202203/https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1680888499145265156

They said "Elton John has joined his partner David Furnish in taking the stand as part of Kevin Spacey's defense at the actor's U.K. trial."

[bluesforgotten]

I think it is possible that Elton John is gross and supports Kevin Spacey.

I also think it's possible he basically had to testify and his testimony was limited to "To your memory, was Kevin Spacey at one of these parties?" - this stuff happens a lot, too. Obviously his response to this question could be motivated by the point above.

[emptyobsidian]

Yeah pretty much and from what I understand its not even his memory. Apparently they record who attends every party, which is weird, but its not like he can just lie if he's called before a judge.