How soon Megyn Kelly forgets.
The lawyer for the alleged victim of a Cornell University gang rape is firing back at the right-wing commenter after Kelly made some incredibly callous remarks about the case on her podcast on Monday.
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The accuser, identified as Jane Doe in her lawsuit, alleged that “she was plied with alcohol and drugs” while at the Chi Pi fraternity house and was sexually assaulted by multiple men.
Doe ultimately dropped out of school. Two of the seven men named in the lawsuit were expelled, two were suspended, and the other three received lighter punishments.
The former Fox News star’s unsettling attack on Doe Monday included describing her as “not the most attractive gal” and insinuating that she probably liked “the feeling of being sexy, and desired and wanted” by her assailants.
“Why do we have to go right to ‘she’s a victim?’” Kelly said in her defense of the men in the case, adding that Doe “took weeks” to report the rape.
Doe’s attorney, Thomas P. Giuffra, took issue with Kelly’s remark about how long his client took to report the crime. Speaking to The Daily Beast on Wednesday, he used that time element to pose a brutal question to Kelly.
“Ms. Kelly has publicly condemned Ms. Doe for taking two weeks to go to the police,” he said. “I would ask Ms. Kelly why it took her over a decade to report unwanted sexual advances from her boss?”
In her 2016 memoir, Kelly wrote that not long after she joined Fox News in the early aughts, then-chairman Roger Ailes began sexually harassing her.
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She consulted a lawyer about Ailes’ advances at the time, according to The New York Times’ review of her book.
“But I knew the reality of the situation,” she wrote. “If I caused a stink, my career would likely be over.”
In his interview with The Daily Beast, Giuffra added, “Perhaps she should reflect why it is difficult for women to come forward under these circumstances and honor the courage that it takes.”
Giuffra also said that despite Kelly’s past, she was using her massive platform to be “abusive” to women and opening the door for more.
“It gives others permission to attack. It goes without saying that Jane Doe has been through enough,” he said.
Doe’s views of the incident evolved over time, according to transcripts of the university’s investigation obtained by The New York Times. To read more about her perspective, and what she told authorities, head over to the Times.
Need help? Visit RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s website.
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