Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has released a statement which responds to the sexual misconduct allegations that have been made against him. Tyson posted the…
Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has released a statement which responds to the sexual misconduct allegations that have been made against him. Tyson posted the statement on his Facebook page and titled it, “On Being Accused.” In it, he explains his version of the events that relate to the accusations and voices support for the investigation into them.
“For a variety of reasons, most justified, some unjustified, men accused of sexual impropriety in today’s “me-too” climate are presumed to be guilty by the court of public opinion. Emotions bypass due-process, people choose sides, and the social media wars begin,” he wrote. “In any claim, evidence matters.”
As The Inquisitr previously reported, three women have made allegations against him. One one of his former fellow graduate students, Tchiya Amet, accused him of rape. Amet claims that Tyson drugged her before he engaged in sexual intercourse without her consent in 1984 while they were at grad school at UT Austin. Amet, whose name was originally Staci Hambric, says that she dropped out of grad school after the incident.
