Vanessa Feltz

[ferlew]

Just saw a trailer, where she accused Rolf Harris of sexual abuse.
Anyone else seen it?

[Ellipsis]

She seems genuine enough to me, with some good points made ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28190812

She said: "I didn't want to break up a marriage, I didn't want to have a terrible effect on his career, and also I thought it wasn't that serious: after all I'd managed to stop it in the nick of time."

Of that decision, she said: "I regret it because I didn't know that it was happening to lots of other people. If I had known, I suppose I would have reacted differently."
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[On the personal insults, and hatred, and bile she received on social media after speaking to the newspaper]

"You think if people react like that, you can see why people don't come forward," she said.

"I'm 52 and I can handle myself so imagine if I was a seven-year-old child, or 12 or 17.

"I'm not saying just if it's someone famous, but imagine if it was your dad, uncle or teacher.

[DTCwordfan]

The latter half of your statement is true, Colin and Jess.

I have had the distinct under-privilege of meeting her and didn't find her to be a very nice person. There is a large proportion of the population, rightfully or wrongfully, who find her distasteful and count me in that group. Okay, I was savage but really what she should do is either be quiet about RH or go to the police if she thought she had grounds.

[Uriah Heep]

Rolf felt Vanessa. Surely not.

[Ellipsis]

Her points were:

1) in hindsight, it probably would have been better for her to go to the police when it first happened. except that ...
2) seeing the vitriolic reaction she got now, it's understandable why in future victims STILL wouldn't go to the police (i.e. if they were lining themselves up for that kind of abuse on top of the abuse they'd already suffered)

[Zeuhl]

Go to the police because some bloke has put his hand up your skirt?

probably not

Go to the police because you are the latest victim of a serial child abuser?

probably yes

The problem for people like Vanessa and Linda Nolan is that they only know they were the latter with the benefit of hindsight.

[Old_Geezer]

I don't have any issues with Vanessa, Svejk, but there again 2 things. I've not paid her much attention, and it seems if I like some 'entertainer' then it turns out they are one of those who have abused folk. Maybe they all do, maybe it's one of the celeb criteria. Seems like it sometimes.

[Zeuhl]

/She has spoken to the police/

Not at the time of the incident she didn't.

[Zeuhl]

OG

One of the ironies is that one of the entertainers from the 60s who has (so far) not been accused of any inappropriate behaviour is








Benny Hill

[DTCwordfan]

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