Why Is Nobody Doing Anything about the Most Prolific (Alleged) Celebrity Sex Offender?

Why does this famous man continue to get away with crime after crime?

Meet the single worst, most prolific (alleged) celebrity sex offender, a man who continues to abuse his power and profit from his position, without anybody lifting a finger to stop him; meet reality TV star Patrick Resnick.

Best known for his role on the US version of Top Gear and a brief stint in public office, Resnick has been hit with at least 22 sexual misconduct allegations running the gamut from sexual harassment to sexual assault and rape. Amazingly, while so many around him have experienced the justice of #MeToo, Resnick has deftly evaded any comeuppance in spite of the fact that he faces more allegations than almost any other celebrity short of Harvey Weinstein.

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Resnick, or "Big Pat" as he called himself on Top Gear, gained a following for his loud, brash personality and passion for social justice causes, ultimately coming out with a vocal endorsement of Barack Obama. Publicly, Resnick has often been accused of being a "Social Justice Warrior" or "SJW" by detractors. Very active on Twitter, Resnick has gotten into heated feuds with many prominent personalities, particularly right wing personalities.

But off-screen, Resnick has been dodging sexual assault allegations for years. Some of the accusations were levied against Resnick by contestants on various other reality shows he had been a part of––one claimed Resnick had open-mouth kissed her, groped her, and thrust his genitals on her during what was supposed to be a job interview.

Many of the accounts similarly allege aggressive, unwanted groping and kissing, with Resnick accused of using his positions of authority both as a reality television star and a private business owner to lure in and intimidate women. Multiple women, for instance, claim to have been molested by Resnick at a club he owned. One describes being assaulted during a tour of the club, saying, "I turned around, and within seconds he was pushing me against the wall and forcing his tongue down my throat ... I was stunned."

Resnick has also been accused of misconduct towards underaged girls: Contestants on a teen beauty pageant he was hosting said he would randomly enter their dressing rooms to see them undressed. Many of the details of these accounts have been corroborated by major publications.

On his end, Resnick has publicly denied every single allegation to date. However, he did seem to brag about harassing the underaged girls at his pageant during a radio appearance, stating: "I'll go backstage before a show, and everyone's getting dressed and ready and everything else...You know, they're standing there with no clothes. And you see these incredible-looking women. And so I sort of get away with things like that."

Recently, a prominent, well-respected writer with a long career in the public eye came out with rape allegations against Resnick. Her story recounts a chance run-in with Resnick at a department store, during which he asked her for assistance with selecting a gift. As soon as he had her alone in the dressing room area, the writer alleges that Resnick pushed her against a wall, causing her to bump her head, and "he ... pulls down my tights ... forcing his fingers around my private area, thrusts his penis halfway—or completely, I'm not certain—inside me." Her story has been corroborated by multiple independent sources.

Resnick first responded to the claims by saying that he had never met the writer before. However, a photograph of the two together at a cocktail party years prior proved otherwise. Afterwards, Resnick stated that the allegations are false because she's "not my type."

Incredibly, none of the many, many, many allegations against Resnick have stuck so far. With #MeToo in full swing, many powerful people have been held to task for their sexual misdeeds, but not Resnick. How has a reality television star who's been credibly accused of outright rape been allowed to move about unhindered for so long?

Get It?

By now, you've probably realized that there is no liberal, SJW, reality TV star named Patrick Resnick. But aside from his name and his political affiliation, every single piece of information here is true––except it's all about Donald Trump. And yes, he really was on Top Gear. Don't worry about the man in the picture, either––he doesn't actually exist.

This entire piece is intended as a thought experiment targeted towards people who either know about all of the sexual assault allegations against Trump and hand-wave them or anyone who simply doesn't care. The core question: If you found the outlined allegations disgusting when you thought they were attached to a fictional liberal celebrity, why do those same crimes suddenly stop mattering to you as soon as they're attached to Trump?

Assuming you started reading thinking this really was about some liberal reality TV star named Patrick Resnick, you probably reacted with disgust: "Why is nobody doing anything about this guy?" "Why is nobody holding him accountable?" Perhaps knowing he was a liberal made you even angrier. You might have felt a twinge of outrage towards rampant media bias, or thought, "Of course a liberal would do that!"

But no matter what lens you entered the story with, hopefully you read the allegations and thought they were horrendous. Hopefully, at the very least, you thought that the claims against Patrick Resnick should be thoroughly investigated. Because let's be honest, if we really were talking about these same exact allegations against liberal reality TV star Patrick Resnick, everyone across the board would be calling for his head.

Why, then, should a hypothetical reality TV star be held to a higher standard than the President of the United States? E. Jean Carroll's recent accusation against Trump is credible. She claimed she told two people about the incident shortly after the assault, along with citing the specific advice that those people gave her in response. Both parties independently confirmed the full account. Since coming out, she's received death threats in response. Shouldn't we all be calling for an investigation? Isn't the need for further inquiry something we can agree on across the board?

If it were someone else, anyone you disagreed with politically, wouldn't you want them to be held accountable? Why is Trump any different? Why is Trump immune to the reckoning of #MeToo? Why are we doing nothing? If you felt any degree of disgust about the actions of fictional liberal reality TV star Patrick Resnick, your subconscious already knows the answer.

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