This is truly sickening behavior. First Stotts doesn’t provide any evidence of her claims. Second, her comments are extremely damaging. In fact, accusations like this can lead to imprisonment.
Back in May the
New York Times reported that two men Gregory Count and VanDyke Perry were arrested and found guilty of rape when they were 19 and 21. Perry would serve 11 years in a prison while Counts would serve 26. However, both men did not commit the rape. DNA testing actually connected the semen found on the woman with another man in the FBI database. Both men would be exonerated. However, their lives were ruined.
Mr. Perry would state, “This wrongful conviction destroyed my life. But I never gave up my fight.”
More recently, Nerdist co-founder and AMC talk show host
Chris Hardwick was accused of sexual assault. His entire career and life was impacted. He was dropped from a comedy show. He was replaced on his AMC talk show, and he was removed from moderating a number of panels at San Diego Comic Con. After an investigation,
no evidence was found to prove those accusations and Hardwick was reinstated. However, his reputation and marred and many people still believe the accusations despite no evidence being found in an internal investigation. In fact,
reports indicated members of his show quit after he was reinstated.
Making rape allegations without any evidence can cost people their careers and even years of their lives. They should not be made at the drop of a hat.