His Eminence

Liars, character assassination, every one,
pronounced the beloved celebrity father
figure so well known to audiences far and
wide, with the self-assurance of one who
commands attention and respect, the very
respect given him by the unsuspecting
women now confronting him in a court of
law wondering whether justice would prevail.
They had the strength of conviction that their
experience with belittling disbelief would be
overcome by their very numbers, each
giving comfort to the other by their
determined presence to reveal humiliation
and predatory assaults by a man practised
in disarming, charming and drugging his
targets leaving them vulnerable to his
unrestrained lust. He had the considerable
weight of universal acclaim as a beloved
comic and actor whose reputation was
solidly intact by support refusing to concede
their hero could be implicated in behaviour
too sordid to contemplate. His wealth
ensured the practised expertise of lawyers
casting doubt on the veracity of the accusers
giving him confidence he would prevail. A
confidence that the verdict was soon to
irreversibly refute laying his arrogant
entitlement to rape open to the world.