In light of the Giddey allegations, what is honestly the worst part about all of this is that it is a lose-lose scenario
Option 1: Giddey DID have inappropriate relations with a minor which is awful for so many reasons
Option 2: it was fake, but now everyone will still think of Giddey as a predator
This whole situation is just awful anyway you twist it
I disagree with your second point. Generally it’s always better to have one less adult who messes around with kids like that (assuming this is true).
Assuming it’s fake, I feel like some people would actually feel bad for him since someone tried to ruin his career and life by making fake images and false accusations. I’m sure he’ll still hear talk about by opposing fans…but if it’s not true then it’s just talk.
Not comparing the two situations but since Kobe was never legally in any trouble with his “illegal integration” with a girl it eventually blew over even though he admits that it wasn’t consensual. So if Giddey actually did nothing wrong he should be fine.
Yeah, it would definitely be the best case scenario atp, but people would still bring it up because it happened in the age of the age of the internet. Kobe’s incident happened with relativity no backing/proof and minimal coverage at the time, but still it was brought up on Twitter and TikTok until he passed away
I will say that I have some media connections in this town and the general feeling of everyone that’s not overly online and actually talks to people in the org is that the thunder will not even address it due to how baseless and ridiculous the accusations are.
This whole thing is just so fucking stupid.
Instead of drawing a line somewhere arbitrarily, age gaps should scale with age.
For example, if you divide by 2 and add 7, 18 can date 16, 19 and and 20 can date 17, and nobody else can be involved with minors.
This both creates a line to protect young people and puts those gray areas into a judgable scale.
- I personally believe no one should be involved with minors.