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The Downfall of Sir David Knight, by Gordon Lawrie

26/3/2021

 
To the public, Sir David Knight was a respected senior politician, even a hero. To those who worked for him, however, he was an infamous bully and a sex pest. No woman was safe alone in a lift with him.
 
Eventually, three women found the courage to speak up. Knight was investigated and charged, but used his powers to destroy the trial and he was acquitted.
 
He should have left it there. But like all overly powerful men, he couldn't, insisting on suing the women for defamation. The victims weren't going to miss a second chance and they had justice.

Sue Clayton
26/3/2021 07:19:50 am

Have you been reading our news, Gordon. Seems some of our ministerial politicians have been naughty boys. Hope the women at the centre of the allegations receive the justice that you write of.

Pamela Kennedy
26/3/2021 09:31:17 am

Gordon, you must be reading the New York news....

Sivan Pillai
26/3/2021 01:12:39 pm

Politicians always want to be on the top, Gordon.

Peggy Gerber
26/3/2021 02:07:59 pm

Women rarely get justice in these situations. Perhaps you meant this as a fairy tale.

Krystyna
26/3/2021 02:23:59 pm

In agreement with Peggy, in that rarely do women win. What happened, Knight lacked funds to bribe the judge?

Gordon Lawrie
26/3/2021 02:31:17 pm

For the avoidance of doubt, and on the advice of my solicitor, I'd like to reassure everyone that this story is fiction. (I'd agree that the ending certainly is.)

What I can't get over is that so many of you think I could be writing about an event in your own locality. These days, it seems there are only two categories of men: the guilty ones; and the rest of us, who feel guilty because of the behaviour of the first group.

Jennifer Duncan
26/3/2021 05:01:57 pm

Trouble is justice is rarely served which is why so much abuse still goes on.

Candace Arthuria Williams
26/3/2021 07:20:00 pm

I guess I'm simple-minded. Loved your coinage of sex pest. Original. I can think of a few less flattering names, but I'm a lady.

Mary Wallace
28/3/2021 06:51:08 am

This story is too common, but the ending is a rarity.

Susan Reid
28/3/2021 10:00:10 pm

Some of these men get justice in ways other than the courts. Bill Clinton, promoting a co-written book, couldn't get very far, without someone screaming, "How's Monica"?

Cindy
30/3/2021 02:35:42 pm

You got my interest at "sex pest". Then I could appreciate the "story".


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