The Absurdity of Celebrity Claims

I think the reason the accusations all come out at once is because in the midst of one scandalous story, all others correlated to it are much more likely not only to be consumed, but generate sympathy towards the respective victim of misconduct, as well. Isolated incidents of sexual harassment aren't usually enough to fully rain hell upon the perpetrator because they're seen much more as human mistakes, whereas suddenly revealing an entire history of disrespectful treatment of women pushes a far more moving thesis against such a figure of status and power.

Take John Lasseter, for example. If I had heard about the incident he apparently had over 15 years ago, without knowledge of anything else he did, I would have most likely forgiven him. I would have disapproved of his non-consented advances, but I would have given him much more the benefit of the doubt if he sincerely apologized. To only hear now, however, that he had been making inappropriate contact with his subordinates way back in Pixar's early days, and that he never repented his ways after all that time, having harassed Rashida Jones during the production of Toy Story 4 and led her and Will McCormack to abandon the project, causes his desperate apology letter to feel entirely too little too late. He clearly should have learned his lesson a long time ago, rather than allowed himself to get away with his perversions behind closed doors and then trivialize it all just to defend his reputation. He states that he's stepping down for a half year as head of Pixar because he needs to "recharge" and rethink his ways, but with the years of evidence all piled up against him at once, that all just seems like a pile of bull.

Agree with all said. After all, why did the alleged victims wait for so long? And in the case of celebrities who are no longer alive such as Jimmy Savile, why did they wait until he was no longer able to defend himself? Attention seekers, the lot of them.

What do you think about the Don Burke accusations? 

It wouldn't surprise me if some of them were true, to be honest. 

I understand your point of view, however I still don't get the notion that someone could live for so many years (or in some cases, even decades) without ever revealing or detailing their horrific sexual ordeal. What if no one ever spoke up against the perpetrator? The victim would be hiding it for the rest of their lives, which would only do more harm to their mental well-being.

I realise that it wouldn't be easy coming out as a victim of sexual assault, however it would benefit the victim the most by getting it out there straight away, even if runs the risk of people not believing you. By only announcing it after someone else has, it makes it seem as though the victim is simply "cashing" in on the scandal and trying to get a bit of publicity from it. 

I don't think it works like that. The biggest feelings of shock and trauma from sexual assault come from the first few days after it. Over time, people realize they need to move on with life and try their best to recover. I don't think it's any more 'difficult' to be silent for 20 years, versus a couple of months (as long as you come out eventually).

While it might "look" like that to an observer, but from the victim's perspective, I'm sure they find it easier to come out after someone else already has. It also makes the claim original claim more credible.