You’re not making sense.

i’m really glad this happened. i honestly hope she’s made an example of. just like rape is an awful thing, accusing people of it for your own gain, whatever that gain may be, is awful as well.

It’s disgusting how many people are stating (not insinuating, stating, as if they actually knew) that he paid her off. I mean, there’s no evidence of the act, there’s testimonies of people who know the woman and say she’s got a history of lying, and people still won’t give up the witch hunt. Some girl in Pitch4k said something along the lines of “I always believe the victim”, completely ignoring that, for all the legal system knows, Conor is the victim here. Kinda scary when you think about it, not only do rape accusations hover above men’s heads like a menacing cloud all the time, but it also does no good to potential victims.

I don’t think anyone’s saying or thinking that.

Is it possible to not like Weird Al?

You plagiarized a blog comment?
https://twitter.com/sashageffen/status/488753876917440512

Fuck her.

No wait, that came out wrong.

Matthew McConaughey continues his streak of taking on surprising, challenging roles.

This is a tremendously sad story for so many reasons now.

Glad the allegations turned out to be false, but incredibly sad and frustrating that the allegations were made at all, what a destructive force for actual victims of rape.

When is Greenwood going to kick those other assholes out of the band and make some real music?

Im all for investigating claims. That girl is allowed to say what she wants. And post what she wants. But, if you are Stereogum or a serious news site, you can’t then post it as “verified news”.

It was a goddamn anon post on a site. Im sorry, Im not gonna go demand Conors head on a spike because some girl posted anonymously on a site.

And I’m certainly not gonna post it as news. It was a rumor. And anyone who posted it as fact shares blame in this.

next time, I think you and Stereogum as a whole, should wait. Wait until something other than an INTERNET COMMENTATOR on a website accuses someone.

If more evidence had appeared, like photos of conor with the girl and tickets and all that. Then fine. Post it. Post it as a developing story.

But to post it like you did, based on AN INTERNET COMMENT!

Give me a break. There was no basis in fact to her story from the word go.

Don’t post gossip or rumor as news. Especially not in this case

Conor was dropped by a label because Stereogum was irresponsible. Thats not ethical or moral and certainly isn’t fair.

But, it was a baseless rumor. On a website. The charge of rape is serious and had he been guilty, I would have been for him being punished, obviously

But lets not act like this came from a legitimate source. This was obvious bunk from the start. And shame on Stereogum and P4k and anyone else who reported it as “news”

Look on any message board right now. You dont think people say the same thing about every indie star you guys cover?

You all owe, as fans and loyal readers of this site(I’ve been here since 2007), and especially Conor an apology.

You dont post rumors as fact on a site. period.

how is it a happy ending? He was dropped from his label and will forever carry the scarlet letter of being “an accused rapist”. you know damn well people will always look at him different now.

In response to Nathan up thread here, I agree with you as well in terms of most of your post but Mr Lapatine and the rest of the Stereogum editors owe all of us and most importantly Conor an apology.

You can’t post baseless rumors on a site. Thats wrong and its against the law.

If you have a website and are a legitimate news source, and Stereogum is, you need to be WAY more scrupulous and actually do due diligence.

Mr Lapatine runs a great site, but he contributed to the spreading of a goddamn lie about someone. And that someone suffered by getting dropped by their label.

The posting of that rumor had huge consequences. And Stereogum needs to own up to their part of it. The girl owned up to hers.

OH I totally forgot to mention this story earlier…on July 4th I was at a family party type thing, and I met this guy. He was wearing a My Morning Jacket shirt, so naturally we began talking. Everything was going smoothly, conversation-wise and all, and then we started talking about going to shows. He told me he LOVED going to shows, and I said ME TOO. And so I asked him if he’s seen anyone recently, and he said he saw a band a couple of weeks ago. So I asked who?! AND HE SAID 311 AND I NEARLY LOST MY SHIT. But because I have decent party manners, I smiled, nodded my head, and said “wow that must have been a great show.”