"Women Who Cry Wolf"

 

 

Many of the women raising sexual harassment claims against male celebs recently have valid claims, but not all do.  Such is the case, many believe, with the sexual harassment claims last month against Stan Lee (pictured), the 95 year old co-creator of most of the Marvel Comics Universe.

Lee just lost his beloved wife of almost 70 years, just turned 95 in December and has been in poor health, to boot (he was recently hospitalized.) Yet his lawyer had to send a letter, just before Christmas, to "Concierge Nursing Care," the company which provided the nurses in his home that allege he groped and harassed them. 

The rebuttal  letter (below) was also sent to news outlets which picked up the story of the accusations, yet very few printed any of Lee's defense.  In fact,  I've only seen one reprint of this entire, excellent letter...

 

"We urge you to refrain from publishing any article regarding these Defamatory Claims because an article based on false and Defamatory Claims would cause irreparable damage to Mr. Lee. Various anonymous individuals have attempted to extort money from Mr. Lee based on false allegations, but when we have asked them to identify themselves and provide their full legal names and contact information, they have, not surprisingly, gone radio silent. The appropriate place to enforce the rights of Mr. Lee with respect to these Defamatory Claims would be in a court of law if they are ever filed and prosecuted, which has not occurred, but not a trial in the press in the court of public opinion after Mr. Lee’s excellent reputation has been wrongfully crucified based on false allegations.

"Mr. Lee categorically denies these false and despicable allegations and he fully intends to fight to protect his stellar good name and impeccable character. We are not aware of anyone filing a civil action, or reporting these issues to the police, which for any genuine claim would be the more appropriate way for it to be handled. Instead, Mr. Lee has received demands to pay money and threats that if he does not do so, the accuser will go to the media. Mr. Lee will not be extorted or blackmailed, and will pay no money to anyone because he has done absolutely nothing wrong."

 

Now, HE (Stan Lee) may have done nothing wrong in this instance, but "Women Who Cry Wolf" certainly have, if these allegations are false. They have hurt him, and they have also hurt many women who have valid complaints but may very well not be taken seriously now.  And again, there really ARE and HAVE BEEN women who have been harassed by celebrity men but it is to be feared that this "Me Too" mentality inspires Copycat Complainers who are just out to make a buck.  In this Politically Correct atmosphere, it is so easy to "shake 'em up and shake 'em down" with false allegations that the media jumps on.  Stan Lee is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, but it's wicked to, as Stan's lawyer said, conduct "a trial in the press / in the court of public opinion."  Let these Copycat Complainers file their grievances in a court of law if they're for real, but, if not, they'd best beware that THEY are not taken to court.

Now...as much as I love the creator of Spider-Man, the Black Panther and so many other legendary heroes, it needs to be said that Stan may have helped set himself up by his recent comic book creation of a female stripper.  By doing that, he chipped away at his OWN "impeccable character" and "stellar good name" and left an opening for unscrupulous women to exploit that.  Nonetheless, that does NOT mean he's guilty as charged in this instance.

In closing, Stan Lee may not have much time left on this earth, and, when he dies, God, Who knows the truth, WILL hold him accountable for every sin he's committed unless he comes to trust in Christ as his Saviour and has his sins forgiven.  And, those who make slanderous, careless, character-damaging comments about others for ANY reason will be held to account, also.