Robin Garr wrote:meghan.levins wrote:So you are fine to solicit the gossip but not name it for what it is.
Meghan, I'm not trying to guide the conversation. I'm interested in information. Got any?
How is it guiding the conversation by calling him a serial rapist, which based on the number of women coming forward is what he is? It isn't sexual harassment, an entirely different thing. If you feel the need to be vague it in order to CYA, fine- just don't even describe it at all. Words matter, and when we use euphemisms or outright false descriptions to describe a serious event, we are perpetuating a culture that protects evil.
The information: a woman posted a photo of him with the caption "Matthew Landon is a rapist". She misspelled his name, which is the same name as an owner of Milewide Brewery (it has since been corrected). It went insanely viral because it has been rumored for years that Matthew Landan has raped women. And many women came forward in the comments and also privately with people they trusted. He made a public statement on FB denying the accusation and even knowing the person who made it, and he received hundreds of comments, next to nil coming to his defense and even more women coming forward. He has since taken down Haymarket Whiskey Bar page, his own and his old coffee shop. HWB was closed tonight. There is plenty more but these are the confirmed facts.