Fox News host Megyn Kelly could hardly contain her anger Monday night when describing Amherst College’s handling of a sexual assault complaint, calling the case an “injustice.”
Kelly, speaking with author K.C. Johnson (who first broke the story), described how a woman accused a young man of sexual assault nearly two years after the encounter.
“The injustice of the process that happened at Amherst once her ‘case’ went through the authorities is where things get really awful,” Kelly said, before prompting Johnson’s response.
Johnson explained how the deck is stacked against accused students from the beginning, and how they are denied basic due process rights like an attorney or cross-examination.
“You’re done. Once you are accused, you’re done,” Kelly said.
After explaining that the accused student is now suing, under the pseudonym John Doe, Amherst has discovered text messages strongly suggesting his innocence — which the school refuses to accept.
“This cannot stand. It cannot stand,” she said. “This does violence to the justice system that is set up to protect victims and the accused — the unfairly accused — who have rights as well.”
Unfortunately, there will be no protests against Amherst in support of John Doe. There will be no signs, or anger, and other news outlets probably won’t cover the story the way they gave so much positive publicity to “mattress girl” at Columbia. The truth is, the wrongly accused suffer in silence, while their accusers are labeled “survivors” and become the untouchable objects of adulation.
