“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin revealed on the show’s “Behind the Table” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) that Cynthia Erivo called her with concerns over Hostin’s viral segment discussing the Cornell 7 sexual assault case. The “Wicked” Oscar nominee explained to Hostin why she was getting backlash for her remarks.
\n\nHostin was accused of defending the seven accused men at the center of the case when she told viewers last week that “it’s important to understand why the DA did not bring a case” against them in 2024. She proceeded to explain the law without acknowledging at first that she disagreed with it, thus leading to outrage online.
\n\n“She allowed other boys and consented to other boys snorting ketamine off of her body, and under New York law, voluntary intoxication or drug use that merely impairs judgment does not legally constitute an inability to consent to sexual activity,” Hostin said last week, in her legal opinion, about the accuser, a woman who is going by Jane Doe. “That means if you voluntarily ingest drugs, voluntarily take alcohol, you can agree to have threesomes — which, in her statement, she agreed to have two separate threesomes.”
\n\nHostin admitted on the “Behind the…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/