George Takei’s Accuser Fabricated Elements of Story, Admits Sexual Assault May Not Have Happened

In November, actor George Takei denied sexual assault allegations made by Scott Brunton, a former model who says Takei sexually assaulted him in 1981.

Brunton claimed he fell unconscious at Takei’s apartment after having a couple drinks and when he woke up his pants were around his ankles, Takei was groping him and trying to get his underwear off. The accusations, which came as a flurry of Hollywood and public figures were brought down by similar allegations, prompted a public pillorying of Takei, who has always denied them.

Now, Takei’s accuser has withdrawn many of the allegations during a lengthy investigation by the New York Observer‘s Shane Snow, who tracked how Brunton changed and added to his story over time, and also revealed that many of the claims, such as possession of a “date rape” drug, would have been impossible because such drugs did not exist in 1981 when the alleged assault took place.

Takei has always maintained that the events described by Brunton did not occur, and is vindicated by Snow’s investigation, which you can read here.

At the time, Takei also said that Russian bots were amplifying the accusations against him.

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George Takei’s Accuser Fabricated Elements of Story, Admits Sexual Assault May Not Have Happened

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Prediction: What the ‘Drag Race’ lip sync really means for elimination
We’re taking a quick look at the other times when neither of the bottom two went home, what it meant for the competitors, and whether we can use that knowledge to predict anything about Season 10’s outcome.

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Federal Court Rules in Favor of Pennsylvania School District’s Trans-Inclusive Policy

HRC released the following statement in response to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit’s unanimous decision upholding Boyertown Area School District’s LGBTQ-inclusive school policy.

“As the Trump-Pence Administration and anti-equality activists continue to attack our school children, federal courts nationwide are reaffirming the legal rights and dignity of transgender people,” said HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow. “School should be a safe space for all youth, and we commend the Boyertown Area School District for not only implementing an LGBTQ-inclusive policy, but for fighting to protect their most vulnerable and marginalized students.”

On behalf of an anonymous group of students and parents, the notoriously anti-LGBTQ Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), filed suit against the Boyertown Area School District, over an inclusive school policy that allowed transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity. After ADF’s request was rejected in August, the case was sent to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit which today upheld the school’s policy. 

Many federal courts have affirmed that Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and other federal nondiscrimination laws prohibit discrimination against transgender people, including with respect to restroom access. Just yesterday for example, a federal court once again ruled in favor of Gavin Grimm, a transgender student who in 2014 successfully sued his school district over their discriminatory bathroom policy. That decision also reaffirmed a 2016 ruling by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District that held “a policy that requires an individual to use a bathroom that does not conform with his or her gender identity punishes that individual for his or her gender non‐conformance, which in turn violates Title IX.”

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