Posted on 10/23/2016 11:54:26 AM PDT by Kaslin
In the closing days of the election, celebrity attorney Gloria Allred has trotted out an eleventh woman making claims of “sexual assault” against Donald Trump. Cable news mavens have been assuring us repeatedly that the Clinton campaign (which Allred vocally supports) had absolutely nothing to do with this, but the details of this latest allegation are making this newest accuser look a bit like the toad at the garden party. The alleged victim of Trump’s predatory behavior in this case is Jessica Drake, who was previously best known for her work in the, er… adult entertainment industry. (WARNING: The filmography at that link contains some exceedingly NSFW titles.) Her story is raising a few eyebrows. (US Magazine)
“Ten years ago, I was working for Wicked Pictures, an adult film company, at a golf tournament in Lake Tahoe,” the adult entertainment actress said during the press conference. “I was at Wicked’s booth when I met Donald Trump in the celebrity gift room early in the morning before he teed off. He flirted with me and invited me to walk along the golf course with him, which I did. During that time, he asked me for my phone number, which I gave to him. Later that evening, he invited me to his room. I said I didn’t feel right going alone, so two other women came with me.”
To get an important point out of the way up front, there is nothing disqualifying about a person who worked in the adult film industry claiming to be the victim of assault. For that matter, I’m not going to dismiss someone from any activity for such work assuming it was all legal. Some might go so far as to say that those who engage in “screwing” people on camera for money are a bit more honest about their occupations than some politicians who do the figurative equivalent to their constituents behind closed doors and probably bring down a lot more cash. But the real question here is not so much the accuracy of her story, but whether or not the events described constitute sexual assault.
Susan Wright at Redstate – an ardent critic of Donald Trump – said she was fighting back that sharp, stinging bile taste at the back of her throat, but had to ask the same questions running through my mind.
I am void of any outrage over this story.
Instead, I’m left with this sick, disgusted feeling, that there are actual victims out there, but because of an overzealous celebrity attorney and the circus caused by the timing of their sudden reveals, this ridiculous woman has seen an opportunity to grab her own moment in the spotlight, so she took advantage of it.
This was her chance to be seen by millions, with her clothes on, for a change. It’s better to be filmed by news crews, flanked by a well-coifed attorney in a power suit than it is to be seen in some seedy, back-alley peep show venue, by dirty guys in stained sweatpants, smelling of stale beer, I guess.
Am I being unfair?
I don’t think Susan is being unfair at all. Ms. Drake describes a series of events which don’t add up to much even if they are 100% accurate. (For the record Trump denies all of this.) She accepted invitations to visit Trump on a golf course and in a hotel suite along with two other women. He allegedly “hugged and kissed” all three of them when they arrived, though “without permission.” They talked for as long as “30 or 45 minutes” and left. Later she claims that an agent of Trump’s contacted her again trying to get her back in his room and The Donald himself then offered her $10K in exchange. She declined, offering an excuse that she had to return to LA for work.
There’s simply no way to verify this unless we can dig up the representative who made the initial call. But let’s say that the entire thing is true. As Susan Wright points out, that would basically be a case of… well, I’ll let her describe it.
She gets paid to have sex for the cameras. He was asking her to get paid – possibly a lot more than she was making in those cheap films – to do it in private. Not cool, but…
How much credence you give this story depends entirely on the amount of faith you want to place in both Gloria Allred and this adult film star, keeping in mind yet again that this is a story which suddenly surfaces – as if by miraculous intervention – two weeks before the election. And even if you believe them, it might speak to Trump’s personality and character in terms of pursuing a night with a porn star, but it certainly doesn’t sound like sexual assault.
Politics is a dirty game to begin with and it’s gotten a lot dirtier this year.
This would have ended any of the RINO/GOPe people like Jeb Bush, Dole, Mittens, Cruz, McCain. The Democrat/Progs have no clew that Trump aint a Bush. He is a different animal. Things he did 11 years ago (when he was a Democrat) do not mean a thing. It was to be a Jeb Bush victory (he had more money for TV ads!) and Hillary was to beat him (which would have happened) BUT they didn’t count on Bernie giving her a fight (he was a token and was to drop out) and Trump to capture the imagination of the Silent Majority and lead a movement to unseat the power of the Media-Wall Street-Leftists Democrat Party. All of the attempts to divert Trump have failed or backfired—They came to believe their own propaganda about the right (Religious Yahoos, hard core conservatives). Trump understands the people better.
Was Alread one of the other two whores that supposedly visited Trump?
Gloria Allred is no longer credible after being caught communicating directly with the DNC/Hill campaign to the extent of editing the wording on event communications.
You talking about Trump? If you are, you swallowed a story like the most ignorant of media whores did.
Those are her “eye protection” she has to wear to do porn in California....
The whole thing is made up. Its fantasy.
Trump does not need to pay women to get them in bed
They will gladly screw him for free
What woman wouldn’t want that notch on their bed post?
If anything she was offering him 10K to bang him and he refused lol
Nothing for 70 years then in the last mont he sprouts victims? This does not match the pattern of people who victimize like a Crosby or Clinton.
I hope Trump sues them for 10 times as much as Hitlery paid them.
Better yet, IMO, a bit of fear might be in order. Lets see if Alred likes some pressure around her.
So when he sues the 11, I surely hope he goes after Alread as well! Pray for this Nation in turmoil. Such corruption I have never seen.
“Ms. Drake has been plowed more times than a Kansas wheat field!”
LOL! You do know wheat fields aren’t plowed, don’t you?
Especially with the light soils of Kansas.
Even if you grant everything she said is true, it still doesn’t rise to the level of sexual assault.
According to her account, Trump asked Karena out for sex, she said “no” and that was the end of it.
At worst, he made a pass. Every man has made one towards a woman since the beginning of time.
Where’s the harm? Not even rape is alleged here and this sort of thing is completely consensual.
To maintain otherwise trivializes real sexual assault.
Of course I didn’t. Did you really think I would change my mind?
Trump just doesn’t seem to have much success with the “meat packer” vote....
Wait, just like the ones before, is Gloria taking photo opts with the client’s head pressed to her bosom? It’s been 30 years since she divorced her male husband. Just saying.
It’s not working. However, when the votes are counted these accusations will be one of the many reasons the media will say Trump lost.
Last time it was because we nominated someone who was way too conservative. Romney. Funny, huh.
Trump is a germphobe, no way he is touching tainted porn meat.
Isn't Trump rather germaphobic? I mean, he didn't want the press on his plane because they were messy. I can't see someone who is so careful about his diet, personal habits (no drinking, drugs or even caffeine) that he would want to trust his “privates” to a paid whore who's seen more action than Madison Square Garden.....
Really?
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