“Will it?” he asked, a slight smirk tugging at his lips. “I think if I had rushed out to make a statement immediately, it would’ve made me seem guilty.”
I paused, considering his words. Maybe he was right. If he’d hurried to respond to the first one or two women who had spoken out, it might have seemed overly defensive, even suspicious. Perhaps it was my own anxiety driving my frustration, not his lack of action.
“What have you done to address it?” I asked, trying to keep my voice steady.
“You don’t need to concern yourself with all the little details, but I believe that someone has hired these women. There are some of them posting now that I’ve never even met. This seems to be an organized attempt to smear my name.” he said, his tone tight with anger. “I’ll make a public state
