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Diddy Trial Proves “A Lot Has Changed” Since #MeToo Movement Began, Bill Maher Says: “It’s Not Victim-Shaming” To Expect Women To “Leave Toxic Relationships”


The Diddy trial shows that a "new rule" should be imposed for sexual assault cases nearly eight years after the #MeToo movement began, Bill Maher believes.

The Diddy trial is still unfolding, but Bill Maher believes it has already shown that a “new rule” should be imposed for sexual assault cases nearly eight years after the start of the #MeToo movement. In his end-of-show monologue Friday (watch it above), Maher used the prosecution of Sean “Diddy” Combs as a prism for how sexual misconduct is viewed in society and in the justice system. Most of the initially accused perpetrators were surrounded by “all sorts of enablers” (assistants, cops, agents, “cowards” afraid to defy the person signing their paycheck), Maher recalled.

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