Sean Combs’s Arrest Has the Music World Asking: Is Our #MeToo Here?
Shaunna Thomas, the executive director of UltraViolet, a women’s advocacy group, pointed to the Combs case as a potential turning point and noted the string of lawsuits filed recently when states and cities temporarily lifted statutes of limitations on accusations of sexual assault. In New York and California, sexual assault cases have been filed against stars like Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses, Jermaine Jackson and the producer L.A. Reid.
“It has created an opening that we have not seen before this moment,” Ms. Thomas said….
But Ms. Thomas, of UltraViolet, feels that Cassie and the other women who spoke out against Mr. Combs have already created momentum to drive long-needed changes in the music world.
“It was so overwhelming that it started conversations about needing to understand,” she said. “There was a sense that this has been swept under the rug for too long.”