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12-01-2017, 02:50 PM
Bette Midler demands apology from Geraldo Rivera for alleged sexual assault
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The #MeToo movement gained a powerful voice today when Bette Midler posted about an accusation of assault she first made back in 1991.*
Those were different times, but now, in this moment of cultural reckoning, Midler's assertion that sexual assault is "not funny" is finally being heard.*
SEE ALSO: #MeToo is beating out Trump in TIME's 'Person of the Year' reader poll (http://mashable.com/2017/11/20/time-person-of-the-year-2017-me-too-carmen-yulin-cruz-trump/)
In a series of tweets, Midler shared a clip of an interview with Barbara Walters in which she recounted how Geraldo Rivera groped her without her consent when they met for the first time:
Tomorrow is my birthday. I feel like this video was a gift from the universe to me. Geraldo may have apologized for his tweets supporting Matt Lauer, but he has yet to apologize for this. #MeToo (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MeToo?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) pic.twitter.com/TkcolFWfA2 (https://t.co/TkcolFWfA2)
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) November 30, 2017 (https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/936296701962305537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/30/bette-midler-geraldo-rivera-sexual-assault-harassment/)
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The #MeToo movement gained a powerful voice today when Bette Midler posted about an accusation of assault she first made back in 1991.*
Those were different times, but now, in this moment of cultural reckoning, Midler's assertion that sexual assault is "not funny" is finally being heard.*
SEE ALSO: #MeToo is beating out Trump in TIME's 'Person of the Year' reader poll (http://mashable.com/2017/11/20/time-person-of-the-year-2017-me-too-carmen-yulin-cruz-trump/)
In a series of tweets, Midler shared a clip of an interview with Barbara Walters in which she recounted how Geraldo Rivera groped her without her consent when they met for the first time:
Tomorrow is my birthday. I feel like this video was a gift from the universe to me. Geraldo may have apologized for his tweets supporting Matt Lauer, but he has yet to apologize for this. #MeToo (https://twitter.com/hashtag/MeToo?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) pic.twitter.com/TkcolFWfA2 (https://t.co/TkcolFWfA2)
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) November 30, 2017 (https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/936296701962305537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/30/bette-midler-geraldo-rivera-sexual-assault-harassment/)
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