Last October, Jezebel began a post to keep track of the men who had been accused of sexual misconduct. The men who have been publicly accused of rape, harassment, sexual assault by victims who, until #MeToo, would have gone ignored. We quickly realized that there were simply too many to keep track of and abandoned the list after adding dozens of men.
Here, we revisit the cases of a fraction of those men and see just exactly how their lives have been ruined, as many insisted would be the case.
Harvey Weinstein
Since last October, dozens of women have accused the former Hollywood producer of rape, sexual assault, and other sexual misconduct, allegations that led to a tipping point in the #MeToo movement. Weinstein was forced out of his namesake production company, the Producer’s Guild of America, and several other organizations. In May, a New York grand jury indicted Weinstein on multiple rape charges; officials in New York, Los Angeles, and London are investigating a number of other alleged sex crimes.
As of July, Weinstein was working as a paralegal for his defense attorney on his own case. He’s also trying to developing scripts at his Oceanside estate in Westport, Connecticut.
Louis CK
In November, years after women first began warning each other about Louis CK, five comedians came forward alleging that the influential comic masturbated in front of them. “The stories are true,” he admitted, though he did not directly apologize to the women. Lewis Kay, CK’s publicist, dropped the star, as did FX Networks and FX Productions. But less than a year later, in August, the comedian attempted to make a comeback at the Comedy Cellar, introducing new material that apparently included a joke about rape whistles.
R. Kelly
The R&B singer, who allegedly runs a sex cult in which he drugs and rapes girls, in July published a song called “I Admit.” It’s not a full admission of guilt, rather, it’s a cryptic response to the allegations that cast doubt on the alleged victims. “I admit I fuck with all the ladies, that’s both older and young ladies,” one line reads. Spotify briefly took Kelly off its streaming audio site, but then reversed course. In October 2018, Kelly’s ex-wife Andrea came forward with allegations of physical abuse. “I thought I was gonna die,” she said on The View. “I said ‘Robert, you’re going to kill me. I can’t breathe.’ I just thought, ‘Oh, my God. I’m going to die in the back of this Hummer.’”
Meanwhile, R. Kelly is still out there making music, free to do whatever he wants.
Keith Ellison
The Democratic congressman, who in August was accused of assault and verbal abuse by an ex-girlfriend, is expected to become Minnesota’s next attorney general. Ellison supports an independent investigation into the allegations.
Kevin Spacey
At least sixteen men have accused the actor of sexual misconduct that includes harassment and rape and pedophilia, including another accusation in September. Spacey used the allegation of actor Anthony Rapp, who was 14 at the time of the encounter, as a way to come out as gay. “I honestly do not remember the encounter, it would have been over 30 years ago. But if I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior, and I am sorry for the feelings he describes having carried with him all these years,” he wrote. Then he came out as gay, writing, “This story has encouraged me to address other things about my life.”
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