George Takei. You're up to bat.

[zinfamous]

I'm worried we're days away from hearing Patrick Stewart has a sex dungeon, complete with leather suited gimp.

Uh, I always just assumed that he did?

 

[Commodus]

Fixed that for you (removed the "in entertainment" as its not just a problem in entertainment, its a problem in society).

Hah, you're right -- was just focused on the current situation and the particular power balance in the entertainment industry.

 

[brycejones]

After some incredulous comments, my wife asked what I was upset about. I told her I'm worried we're days away from hearing Patrick Stewart has a sex dungeon, complete with leather suited gimp.

I hope this isn't true.

As long as it it was consensual it's OK. People enjoying what others consider freaky sex isn't a bad thing. Humans enjoy some weird shit, some even want to marry their toasters. Its non-consensual touching and sex that is a bad thing.

 

[Senpuu]

After some incredulous comments, my wife asked what I was upset about. I told her I'm worried we're days away from hearing Patrick Stewart has a sex dungeon, complete with leather suited gimp.

I hope this isn't true.

Fan of the Greatest Generation podcast? =p They used to joke about Picard being a pedo with Wesley towards the beginning of their show, complete with gimp suit reference, lol.

In all seriousness though, I don't see Patrick Stewart as the type of person that would be involved in any scandal of this sort. I've never felt more secure in my hero selection.

 

[jmagg]

The time has come for signed sexual contracts and the resurgence of inkjet printers.

 

[interchange]

The whole George story sounded more like drunken debauchery to me.
It was essentially we drank a lot, partied a lot, blacked out then gay sex. Which for the 80s is a pretty normal thing for gay guys at least according to the two gay guys I've known over the years.

If you read his statement, he says he had 2 drinks and passed out, regained consciousness while George was engaging in a sex act. It is not stated whether there was reason to believe he was impaired prior to the 2 drinks or whether there was reason to believe the drink was altered. However, the statement is clear that he was unconscious when the act was initiated.

I agree that there is a culture built around this. If there was clear communication about this ahead of time or a clear personal history of being actively entrenched in this culture, these are mitigating factors. However, unwanted sex acts while unwillingly unconscious can never be simply written off as normal.

All this said, it is how the guy purports to remember things. Even absent any mal-intent, things remembered are not necessarily the way they happened. In extreme cases, people can impute completely false memories that match a powerful emotional context.

 

[zinfamous]

If you read his statement, he says he had 2 drinks and passed out, regained consciousness while George was engaging in a sex act. It is not stated whether there was reason to believe he was impaired prior to the 2 drinks or whether there was reason to believe the drink was altered. However, the statement is clear that he was unconscious when the act was initiated.

I agree that there is a culture built around this. If there was clear communication about this ahead of time or a clear personal history of being actively entrenched in this culture, these are mitigating factors. However, unwanted sex acts while unwillingly unconscious can never be simply written off as normal.

All this said, it is how the guy purports to remember things. Even absent any mal-intent, things remembered are not necessarily the way they happened. In extreme cases, people can impute completely false memories that match a powerful emotional context.

Indeed

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/19/remembering-the-murder-you-didnt-commit

Long read, but incredibly interesting. You might be familiar with this case but if not, I think you'll find it fascinating if not completely terrifying when you consider the absolute power that suggestion has over relatively weak (and not-so weak people). And how damaging and wholly corrupting that can be when the criminal justice system is involved.

 

[Linux23]

Yeah, that was pre-aids era and the gay community (at least in SFO) was pretty much stop, drop, and screw. The bathouses on Polk Street were infamous for anonymous encounters and orgies.

the gays shure know how to party that's for sure.

 

[kage69]

Fan of the Greatest Generation podcast? =p They used to joke about Picard being a pedo with Wesley towards the beginning of their show, complete with gimp suit reference, lol.

Did not know that, more of a Radiolab kinda guy.

In all seriousness though, I don't see Patrick Stewart as the type of person that would be involved in any scandal of this sort. I've never felt more secure in my hero selection.

Heh, I hear ya. The choice of Picard in my post was actually last minute, to keep with the Star Trek theme. I was originally going to go with Tom Hanks, for the same reasons you specified pretty much.