LOUIS CK ON HIS NY TIMES SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS: "These stories are true."

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The whole the story broke a few hours ago. The story in full
& even a video of his admission can be found: here

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Louis CK:

"I want to address the stories told to The New York Times by five women named Abby, Rebecca, Dana, Julia who felt able to name themselves and one who did not."

"These stories are true."

"At the time, I said to myself that what I did was okay because I never showed a woman my dick without asking first, which is also true. But what I learned later in life, too late, is that when you have power over another person, asking them to look at your dick isn’t a question. It’s a predicament for them. The power I had over these women is that they admired me. And I wielded that power irresponsibly. I have been remorseful of my actions. And I’ve tried to learn from them. And run from them. Now I’m aware of the extent of the impact of my actions. I learned yesterday the extent to which I left these women who admired me feeling badly about themselves and cautious around other men who would never have put them in that position."

"I also took advantage of the fact that I was widely admired in my and their community, which disabled them from sharing their story and brought hardship to them when they tried because people who look up to me didn’t want to hear it. I didn’t think that I was doing any of that because my position allowed me not to think about it."

"There is nothing about this that I forgive myself for. And I have to reconcile it with who I am. Which is nothing compared to the task I left them with."



Dave Becky, left, with his client Louis C.K. in 2013. Mr. Becky also represents Kevin Hart and Aziz Ansari. Credit Frazer Harrison/Getty Images


"I wish I had reacted to their admiration of me by being a good example to them as a man and given them some guidance as a comedian, including because I admired their work."

"The hardest regret to live with is what you’ve done to hurt someone else. And I can hardly wrap my head around the scope of hurt I brought on them. I’d be remiss to exclude the hurt that I’ve brought on people who I work with and have worked with who’s professional and personal lives have been impacted by all of this, including projects currently in production: the cast and crew of Better Things, Baskets, The Cops, One Mississippi, and I Love You Daddy. I deeply regret that this has brought negative attention to my manager Dave Becky who only tried to mediate a situation that I caused. I’ve brought anguish and hardship to the people at FX who have given me so much The Orchard who took a chance on my movie. and every other entity that has bet on me through the years. I’ve brought pain to my family, my friends, my children and their mother."

"I have spent my long and lucky career talking and saying anything I want. I will now step back and take a long time to listen."


my thoughts: while I don't believe this makes the up for crimes he committed against these 6 women between 2002-2009 I do believe that he is taking steps in the right direction by publicly admitting to the crime. Probably not the best criminal defense but that's for his lawyer to decide. Who knows though, he does have a movie coming out in the next coming weeks so possibly he was forced into this as a decent PR move. Time will tell.

The original New York Times article Louis CK accused of sexually assaulting 5 women where he was accused of cornering and masturbating infront of 5 women, some were his fellow comedians & opening acts.

What do you think about this movie by Loui?

Was it to clear his conscious or just a smart play to save his PR?

Comment below to let me know how you feel

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