But sooner or later in this highly charged era of sexual allegations, I figured a game show host or three would get accused of sexual misconduct. Well, it's happened in the last few days to two hosts: Beat Shazam's Jamie Foxx and The Wall's Chris Hardwick.
In a perfect world both men would be presumed innocent until proven guilty. Such a perfect world exists only in a perfectly imaginary place. Anyway, the charge against Foxx appears, let's gently say, rather suspicious. The incident - a slap by Foxx with his penis - supposedly occurred in Vegas in 2002. Except the woman involved took no action at all until a few days ago when she filed a complaint with the police. Even if the charge is true, the statute of limitations has long since run out.
Foxx denies the charge strongly, and even the pop culture media seems inclined to accept his denial. Unless some supporting evidence surfaces soon, this allegation may well fade even in today's world.
The charges against Chris Hardwick seem more durable, if only because they pertain to much more recent times. A former girlfriend accuses him of an abusive relationship. Some of the charges sound not so harsh, but there are much more serious allegations of sexual assault. Hardwick denies the more serious charges and has made a few allegations of his own. We'll see what evidence emerges on either side.
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