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JudgeHoIden t1_j4wkodv wrote

Reply to comment by ThatIowanGuy in Victim of Andrew Callaghan (Channel5) responds to his 'Apology' by [deleted]

I did watch the video and she also used air quotes when she said apology.

It's understandable that she doesn't want to accept his apology but she can't even articulate why. She says she believes everyone can be rehabilitated and change for the better but that she doesn't consider his video an apology when acknowledging how he normalized this behavior and getting help was the crux of his apology.

Like I said, judging by what she said in this video it seems like to her the only justice would be him saying "I am going to disappear forever, live a miserable life, and give all my money in perpetuity to the victims"

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streetbum t1_j4woxpj wrote

Totally agree. He even said he was going to step back from his career for a while and go to AA and make actual changes. What more do people actually want? He didn’t do anything illegal, so obviously no jail. He’s giving up time and money at a critical time in his career now to try to better himself over this. Like you said the only thing more is to devote oneself to the cloth or become a hermit or something and just give everything up forever. It’s a ridiculous idea.

Imo legally speaking he probably shouldn’t have even given him an apology since it probably gives her grounds to sue civilly. He did more than he probably should have in an attempt to do the right thing.

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AsleepBeat1168 t1_j4zowk4 wrote

Sexual assault is illegal, did you even listen to her first videos? He forced himself on her in her car. He didn’t even address anything specific and muddied the waters saying some things were untrue and some were true, without clarifying. He deflected constantly throughout this, blaming alcohol, society “not knowing”. This was a terrible PR “apology”

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streetbum t1_j505och wrote

They didn’t have sex though. And he did eventually get the hint and stop. Did he go too far and need to apologize, definitely. But he didn’t ACTUALLY do anything. Real bad look but if what he says is true I think I can see how this happened without him being some monster.

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