Jeremy Soule, the well-known game music composer, accused of rape

I did see some statistics on how common common they estimate it to be that people falsely accuse others of sexual misconduct (rape, sexual harassment, that sort of stuff), and it's estimated that roughly 5% of all cases are false accusations. So yeah, quite likely that he's guilty here, but it's going to be hard to really prove, without either him admitting or reliable witnesses stepping in.
Kind of a tricky situation, people should not go and harass him, obviously, but it's yet another blemish in his already tarnished reputation

Unfortunately that's the type of story I heard a lot, working in the food industry. And talking with some of the guys, I often hear "the flip side" of the story as well, which is basically that they don't even realize when they're crossing the line. They just don't see how them "taking an interest" in a female co-worker who works under you, can sometimes be pressuring them into something they don't want, or being perceived as such.

I know it's not an excuse, obviously, and it definitely isn't what happened in this case because rape is not something a guy just does "without realizing" but it's a perception that's reinforced by society. Hopefully with a lot more of these stories becoming public, some of these guys are bound to revisit some of their interactions and change their behavior. I don't know. I hope so because it shouldn't be on the women to change things.

There's no real benefit to these women coming forward about the abuse.

That's the thing with these 'years later' accusations. Because there's no real benefit to it, it's easy to assume the worst of the women coming forward. I'm not saying that stance is right or anything like that whatsoever, but I can definitely understand the doubts because these kinds of cases, with so little chance of punishment, just seem like smear jobs by vindictive people. There's usually less evidence, less way it can be proven, less chance of any kind of punishment for the 'perpetrator' -- which is why they're harder to believe.

Either way, it's a shit deal for whoever happens to be the victim -- whether they're someone who's been wrongly accused, or someone who has been wrongly treated and has had no one acknowledge what they've gone through D:

Well saying the social media mob is gathering pitchforks is not blaming the victims.

i'm all in when it comes to defend victims, but it's wrong when social media turns into jury and executor (judge dredd style).
with this social media crap, the guy is already guilty without any kind of trial. a post on twitter/reddit isn't valid proof to condemn someone.

this isn't how justice works, this is just a mob of angry people, and an innocent person always end up getting blamed or hurt.

Mully has a point though. Two parties are going to get abused here... or well three since there are two women involved now. People who agree that he's guilty will target him. People who agree that she's lying will target her. The online lynch mob doesn't really care, they only pretend to care because it makes them feel great to have something to champion or fight against. That's not justice, it's lynching someone's character without knowing all the facts.

Fuck it, it counts as good news to me lol

If I don’t feel like going to a party, but my friends pressure me to go to a party with them, can I, years later, accuse them of kidnapping me, in social media, destroying their lives?

If I am kissing somebody, not being drunk, not being disabled in any way, well, I don't really feel like it, but since I am at it, I go till the end, never saying anything that I don’t feel like it, can I accuse the other person of rape years later in social media, and destroy its life?

There is a reason doubt people that only post in social media and don't go to the police in this kind of cases. And if she had done it, she would have already said it.