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riversedge

(70,242 posts)
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 07:19 PM Sep 2017

Conservative commentator Scottie Nell Hughes: I was raped by Charles Payne and again by Fox News

Source: raw story



18 Sep 2017 at 18:18 ET


Former Fox News contributor Scottie Nell Hughes on Monday filed suit against the network, claiming she was raped by Fox Business Network host Charles Payne and then targeted by by executives for retaliation after coming forward with the allegation, the New York Times reports.


According to her lawsuit, Payne “pressured” his way into Hughes’ hotel room and forced her to have sex. She claims she was forced into a sexual relationship with Payne in exchange for career opportunities and the promise of a business contract that never materialized.

“In July of 2013, I was raped by Charles Payne,” Hughes told the Times. “In July of 2017, I was raped again by Fox News. Since then, I have been living an absolute hell.”...............

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/conservative-commentator-scottie-nell-hughes-i-was-raped-by-charles-payne-and-again-by-fox-news/



Double crap.



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Conservative commentator Scottie Nell Hughes: I was raped by Charles Payne and again by Fox News (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2017 OP
What a Morally videohead5 Sep 2017 #1
1950s MAGA bucolic_frolic Sep 2017 #2
Don't throw spears at me, but why did it take her 4 years to report this sexual assault... iluvtennis Sep 2017 #3
How was she "raped" by Fox News? FakeNoose Sep 2017 #4
she was having an affair with him for 3 years. JI7 Sep 2017 #5
So she allegedly... DAMANgoldberg Sep 2017 #6
i think it was before she was on CNN , but here is a link with emails she sent to him JI7 Sep 2017 #7
Seems to be a pattern. DAMANgoldberg Sep 2017 #9
Wow, that puts a different light on this whole accusation iluvtennis Sep 2017 #8

iluvtennis

(19,863 posts)
3. Don't throw spears at me, but why did it take her 4 years to report this sexual assault...
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 08:28 PM
Sep 2017

...I have never trusted this woman because during the campaign everything that came from her mouth were lies. I'd like to see a police report that was filed contemporaneously with the assault. If that exists, I support her 100% as rape is a violation of a woman/her body and is violent crime.

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
4. How was she "raped" by Fox News?
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 08:42 PM
Sep 2017

Of course she's talking figuratively, maybe she got demoted or passed over for a promotion. Who knows?

So how literal is her other allegation against a live human being?
And as you pointed out, why did it take so long for her to say anything?

I'm taking this story with a huge grain of salt. Consider the source.
Normally I wouldn't engage in blaming the victim, but in this case I'm not convinced she is a victim.

JI7

(89,252 posts)
5. she was having an affair with him for 3 years.
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 02:20 AM
Sep 2017

she is saying it was rape because she felt she had to do it in order to get work. something about this whole thing seems off to me.

i felt the same when it came to the accusation against hannity. the woman who made it had a history of nutty behavior and she backtracked when he threatened to sue.


DAMANgoldberg

(1,278 posts)
6. So she allegedly...
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 03:34 AM
Sep 2017

had an affair with Mr. Payne for 3 years. That's interesting, because of the majority of that period, she was in the employ of CNN, which Mr. Payne couldn't help her there, as far as I can tell.

DAMANgoldberg

(1,278 posts)
9. Seems to be a pattern.
Thu Sep 21, 2017, 01:09 AM
Sep 2017

If any of this is to be believed, both of them have plenty to answer for (not to me, mind you).

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