I'm surprised at the number of news headlines and comments saying that Stallman defended Epstein. He absolutely did not. His entire point can be summed up as "i

I'm surprised at the number of news headlines and comments saying that Stallman defended Epstein. He absolutely did not. His entire point can be summed up as "if person A (Epstein) coerces a 17 year old girl into approaching and having sex with person B (Minsky), and does a hypothetically convincing job of it, is person B (Minsky) guilty of statutory rape / sexual assault?" His argument is valid considering Guiffre never accused Minsky of sexual assault, and doubly valid considering there is at least one witness who said that while Guiffre approached them, Minsky did not have sex with her. Even for the people saying that it IS statutory rape in a court of law (i.e. ignorance of her age doesn't matter to the court), please consider that Minsky isn't actually "guilty" because this hasn't been proven in said court of law.