„I have never had any sexual relationship with Bennett.“
She’s following the first rule of crisis PR: When things look really bad, blame it on your now-dead boyfriend who just committed suicide.
Argento’s going to force #MeToo observers to wrestle with a hard question. Why should they give other sexual-assault victims the benefit of the doubt on their accusations but not her alleged victim? Is it a matter of numbers, i.e. there are 100 women accusing Harvey Weinstein versus one lone man accusing Argento? Or is it a matter of Argento supposedly being more credible because she’s spoken out passionately on victims’ behalf?
Neither one works.
