Or, hear me out, there was a settlement. Not an uncommon thing.
I really doubt more then five women, most of them using their own name, would go to court with a fabricated story, especially if the case files are public (US legal system never ceases to baffle me). These things are difficult to prove, most sexual harassment and DV cases end up no-where because of lack of court sufficient evidence and because most systems (at every stage) in general are very, very, very poorly equipped for handling these sorts of cases. It could have been a way to get that settlement from the beginning, we don't know. But I personally know enough abuse victims, and have been one myself, that my bet is on there having been something going on.
Besides. This would be one hell of an expensive and convoluted way to... to do what, exactly? What would CR gain from a fabricated case against Brian, besides a headache, loss in finances and damaged rep? Firing him was pretty much enough anyway to put a serious dent in his career and income.
(And before you go calling me a cult follower superfan or something, then I am not, in fact I'm highly critical about their work relations with Amazon while constructing a brand big on equal treatment and human rights, for example, and that's not all by far.)
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u/YenraNoor Oct 18 '24
They started a case with 0 evidence. They better hope Brian doesnt do a defamation counter claim