A woman claimed music exec “sexually abused, forcibly touched, and subjected [her] to sexual harassment and retaliation.” Iovine says that “no one has ever made a claim like this”

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    10 months ago

    The full quote doesn’t make it any better IMO. The context you provide does provide some explanation, but an explanation to a response he didn’t give.

    If he had said something along the lines of “I have received this complaint and while there are not enough details to specifically respond I look forward to defending myself in court” that would have been another matter entirely.

    The response he actually gave just sounds suspicious. There’s not enough to claim any knowledge of wrongdoing but it also doesn’t give off an air of confidence in his innocence.

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        10 months ago

        Why? I haven’t reached any conclusions either way because I haven’t heard the facts yet. I have an open mind towards all possibilities. Isn’t that what you would be looking for on a jury?

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          10 months ago

          In your original post you called it a

          suspicious defence.

          To me (and seemingly to others) it is weird that you interpret anything at all in this blanket response by some spokesperson.

          I know nothing about this Iovine guy.
          If he did it he should be punished, if he didn’t he should be exonerated.
          But this spokespersons PR statement doesn’t make him any more or less suspicious to me and I find it kind of weird that it would for anyone.

          Btw I am not one of the people that downvoted you, I’m just trying to clear up possible confusion.