[The_Badger]

Just opened the online papers here in the UK and have just read that actress Rose McGowan, who alleges movie mogul Harvey Weinstein raped her, has had an arrest warrant issued against her for an alleged drugs offence that happened over 9 months ago.

Given her current high profile, and that she is well-known, and she's been in the news for weeks now, can someone explain how this is not some ploy to shut her up? Why has it taken so long to issue this warrant, for example? Why now, not months ago?

I am not a conspiracy theorist, and there are always two sides of a story, but something smells very fishy here, don't you think?

[Zelandakh]

The_Badger, on 2017-October-31, 02:07, said:

Why now, not months ago?

The warrant was reportedly issued on Feb 1st.

[Al_U_Card]

So, perhaps it's Rose that is playing games? Celebrity has its problems as well as its privileges.

[Al_U_Card]

Based on the thread premise, different perspectives can provide different perceptions. The Mueller investigation is a prime case...

Fox headline: No Russia collusion, but are more Mueller charges coming? Should Hillary worry?

CNN headline: Mueller probe just getting started.

[The_Badger]

Zelandakh, on 2017-October-31, 07:01, said:

The warrant was reportedly issued on Feb 1st.

I realise this, Zel, but something doesn't ring true here. I can't believe that the American police have not been able to trace her given that the warrant was entered in a national law enforcement database? At the moment I am keeping an open mind about this. Although she's the 'primary accuser' against Weinstein.

[Elianna]

The_Badger, on 2017-October-31, 09:06, said:

I realise this, Zel, but something doesn't ring true here. I can't believe that the American police have not been able to trace her given that the warrant was entered in a national law enforcement database? At the moment I am keeping an open mind about this. Although she's the 'primary accuser' against Weinstein.

I think that the first thing is that there isn't really an "American police" entity, unless one perhaps counts the FBI but they're not going to be involved in this. In cases like this, the states are more like different counties, and the police in California are not going to arrest her on a Virginia warrant unless VA makes a specific request for that, and for extradition, and that's not really going to happen for such a case.

I don't think that the fact that the arrest warrant exists is proof of a conspiracy, but its publicity is almost surely because of the Howard Weinstein case. It doesn't mean that there's a conspiracy, but perhaps the VA police were like, hey, she still hasn't responded to this, so maybe if we go public we can get a response, and it will surely be carried in the newsmedia because she's been making the news lately.