Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go's accuses former KROQ DJ Rodney Bingenheimer of sexual assault

[silverstarry]

Jane Wiedlin is one of six women who have come forward with allegations that famed DJ Rodney Bingenheimer sexually molested them when they were underage. Jane was 15 years old when he assaulted her in a back room of his Los Angeles night club. She previously described the encounter in John Doe and Tom DeSavia’s 2016 book Under the Big Black Sun: A

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[fuckinmagnets]

This bums me out more than I thought it would (I missed the allegations back in April).

It seems like there isn't a single male in entertainment from the 60s-70s who didn't sexually assault teenage girls. :/

[britty_stitches]

1910s-2010s+ tbh

[doubtmars]

Die.

Michael Des Barres also sounds like a creep, who the fuck casually associates "extraordinary posse of p*ssy" with literal children?

These women are brave to come forward and I hope they get justice and are able to heal.

[hiimtish]

I’ve always loved Jane so much, this is so heartbreaking. I hope all the women (including the ones that haven’t come forward, cause you know there’s probably tons) are able to see justice and find healing.

[qaladriel]

"It wasn’t until the #MeToo movement started when I realized I was sexually assaulted by [an adult] when I was 15."

That's why me too was so important. These men are so reliant of the ignorance of the victim on what constitutes appropriate behaviour, particularly in show business where those lines of professionalism are already blurred. That ignorance comes with the naivety of youth which makes young women and underage girls all the more vulnerable to assault.

As always: fuck men.

[silverstarry]

Whenever women say “I’ve never been sexually harassed/assaulted” or “I didn’t realize I had been sexually harassed/assaulted until years later,” I always think of this tiny snippet of conversation from My So-Called Life:

Angela: These guys started hitting on us.
Brian: What? Like sexual harassment?
Angela: Like guys.

We are taught from a very early age:
(1) boys and men will behave inappropriately
(2) their behavior is totally normal/acceptable/expected (“boys will be boys”)
(3) we should take it as a compliment (“if a boy teases you/is mean to you/pulls your pigtails on the playground, it means he likes you!”)
(4) we should not complain about it
(5) if we react negatively, we are uptight, stuck up, ungrateful, bitchy, overly sensitive, no fun, etc. (translation: we are the problem, not them)

[toxic_illusion]

As a LA native growing up hearing KROQ, this surprises me none. Rodney has ALWAYS had a creep vibe. It's unfortunate those vibes were realized. These poor young ladies. I hope they find justice.

[nutmegdealer]

yeah, rodney has always seemed sleazy and i assumed metoo would be coming to collect him soon.

[bellwetherr]

it would be nice if this started off the metoo movement in music in general tbh

[carminaburana]

I’m not surprised but i’m really disappointed. I used to live in LA and would stay up every sunday for Rodney‘s show as a teen in the early 90s.