Rose McGowan Wanted Us To Believe All Sexual Abuse Allegations...Until Her Friend Was Implicated | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's note: This informational nugget was sent to me by Ben Shapiro, who represents the Daily Wire, and since this is one of the most topical news events, it should be published on BCN.

    On Monday, Rose McGowan, a leading face of the #MeToo movement and alleged sexual assault victim of Harvey Weinstein, tweeted out her support for fellow #MeToo icon Asia Argento. A New York Times article over the weekend revealed that Argento paid out $380,000 to Jimmy Bennett, a former child actor who claims that in 2013, Argento sexually assaulted him in a California hotel. Bennett was 17 at the time. Bennett once played Argento's son - when he was 7 - in the 2004 film The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter:

    He claims that he arrived at the Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey to meet Argento in her hotel room on May 10, 2013, with a family member. Argento asked to be alone with Bennett and the family member left. Bennett claims Argento gave him alcohol and also showed him notes she had made on hotel stationery. She then proceeded to kiss him and perform oral sex before having intercourse with him.

    The documents say that Argento then asked to take a number of photos with him. Photos of Argento and Bennett semi-clothed in bed, as well as an Instagram post of their faces taken on that day, were included in the notice of intent to sue.

    This prompted McGowan to tweet:

    None of us know the truth of the situation and I'm sure more will be revealed. Be gentle.

    - rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) August 20, 2018

    This is an act of unmitigated hypocrisy from McGowan. While it's true that we should all weigh the evidence in each individual accusation, the #MeToo movement has famously ignored that advice time and again, destroying the careers of men in prominent positions based on accusations and the suggestion that we must #BelieveAllWomen. McGowan herself has tweeted along those lines:

    rose mcgowan    @rosemcgowan

    Believe women

    rose mcgowan    @rosemcgowan

    Sexual Harrassment/Assault is EPIDEMIC WORLDWIDE. Every 98 secs someone is sexually assaulted in USA, majority are women. BELIEVE US

    UltraViolet    @UltraViolet

    Sexual harassment is an epidemic. Sexual assault is an epidemic. #BelieveSurvivors #MeToo

    rose mcgowan    @rosemcgowan

    It's quite simple, all who have worked with known predators should do 3 simple things. 1) Believe survivors 2) Apologize for putting your careers and wallets before what was right. 3) Grab a spine and denounce. If you do not do these things you are still moral cowards. #ROSEARMY

    So, if McGowan now wants to talk about waiting for evidence, that sounds great. But let's be clear: the major flaw of the #MeToo movement has been the demand that evidence be secondary to accusations. And it's hypocrisy to flip the script the moment that McGowan's friend is implicated.