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DU (and Royal), I understand the arguments against disclosing the name of an accuser in a situation like this (although I don't agree with them, as my prior post made clear), but:
1) If those who are saying that her name was mentioned on the local news tonight are correct -- and I'm out of town right now and thus have no personal knowledge one way or the other -- what's the point of the gag rule here?
2) In any case, this thread is mistitled. Gene certainly has an "accuser" -- that much is undisputed fact. But to call her an "accuser / victim," DU, is simply to draw a conclusion that you have no basis for drawing. She has made an accusation; Gene has denied it. So to use the term victim is to side with her, and that is unacceptable at this point. If anything should be deleted here, it's the title of this thread. (And, by the way, I am not a member of Gene's defense team, nor have I ever had a legal connection with him. I'm just dealing in fact, whereas DU is dealing in unjustified conclusions.)
If he's already made up his mind, maybe he shouldn't be eligible to act as a moderator in regard to this controversy.
While her name is no longer a secret, the only place for the discussion here to go is down. ie. lots of personal insults and potentially slanderous remarks. I don't even want to go down that road.
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