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If you have not heard this before it is because Alexis Kennedy has retaliated against people who have spoken out against him in the past, and many he has harmed the most are rightly afraid to come forward. He has frightened and threatened a lot of women into silence.

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I am speaking out now because I am finally in a position where I can do so and also protect others. I am not going to provide names or details publicly because those are not my stories to share, but I believe and trust the multitude - and it is a multitude - of accusers.

Alexis Kennedy has used his reputation and association with prominent women + minorities - including me - as a cover for his predations and abuses. The only way I can protect people from further harm is to state this publicly and explicitly.

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Alexis Kennedy has a pattern of "befriending" young women who are entering the industry and then crosses professional boundaries with them. This is exploitative. I know this now because he did this to me, when I approached him as a young woman looking for career advice + work.

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This is not "serial dating". This is a pattern of abuse perpetrated by an older man who uses his professional, financial and social power to exploit women sexually + professionally. He has threatened many women with retaliation to ensure silence + compliance.

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Alexis Kennedy targets people who are vulnerable and those who are outside of the whisper networks, particularly young women. If this doesn't sound like the person you know that is intentional: his "respectfulness" towards men + established women in the industry is a sham.

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I know that Alexis has used his friendship with me and other established women in the industry to isolate young women + vulnerable people to make them think they will not be believed, to isolate them from avenues of help. This is a deliberate, and a grotesque violation of trust.

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It was only after I started speaking out about Alexis more openly that people began to confide their experiences of abuse and exploitation. More stories than I imagined. Each heart-breaking. I know there are more out there I don't know about. This is how abusers operate.

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I cannot in good conscience allow Alexis Kennedy to claim that the allegations against him are some kind of channer attack on "progressive devs". He is a liar and a predator, and what has come out so far is a fraction of the truth of the damage he has done.

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I've spent the last two years of my life quietly refusing invitations to panels with AK on them, pulling out of industry events when I know he will be there. Warning those I could, comforting those I couldn't warn in time.

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I have felt enormous shame for not seeing AK's abuses towards others sooner. I felt humiliated for percieving an older man's interest as professional when - in hindsight - it wasn't. How embarrassingly naive! But the shame and humiliation belong to him, not to me. #TimesUp

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This will be painful for a lot of people, even those he has victimised. I am sorry for that. My DMs are open if you need support, or if you want to share your story with me. I promise I will never share anything you tell me without permission. Love and solidarity.

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There will also be many people reading this who won't feel able to share their stories - about Alexis, or about other abusers in the industry. Publicly or otherwise. To those people: I see you, I support you. Together we are more powerful than they can possibly imagine. Be safe.

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Alexis Kennedy

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I deny this. I have had a small number of fully consensual relationships with other people in the industry. Everything else here is a malicious misrepresentation. I have taken legal advice and I am making a police complaint about what seems to be a campaign of harassment.

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When I asked you about this you made exactly one allegation, which I denied: that my current fiancee remained my direct report at my previous employer after she and I had begun our relationship. That is not true or relevant. *I have never heard any other specific allegations.*

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That’s not what an ethical or innocent person does.

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way to prove you don't threaten women with retaliation by calling the police and your lawyer in retaliation

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"I do not use threats and intimidation to exploit vulnerable people and then bully them into silence, and I will both sue and arrest anyone who says otherwise."

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Nobody believes you. This is not the response of an innocent man, this is the exact behavior described in this thread - threats used in an attempt to silence. You should come clean about what you've done and try to make amends. But by all means, keep digging that hole.

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I've only known the Viscount of Lampreys to be able to secure sound legal advice in <20 minutes.

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I don't know you, or anyone involved. This is just my opinion based on having been though the experience you are about to go though. You are taking the wrong approach here and you should stop. I'm sure you feel like you've done nothing wrong.

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As a long time fan I'm disappointed that your move is to jump to legal and police action. If you take this issue seriously you should be focused on making the people around you feel safe first, and damage control like... thirty seventh. Nobody wants to see this type of response.

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So you mean you wouldn't go straight to legal action when someone is accusing you of incredibly heinous actions that can have massive far reaching implications to your professional reputation, livelihood and private affairs? Innocent or guilty, the first response would be this.

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Dude. I admired you so much, and this is who you are? This hurts.

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The fact that it's possible to seriously file a police complaint over some hurt feefees on Twitter is a big reason to re-evaluate speech laws in the UK.

An Observer

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In this case, it's because the tweets are libelous IF false. Libel is illegal in the UK and the good old US of A.

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Sorry if I'm uneducated on this kind of thing, but isn't getting the police involved a good thing? It would mean that things can get investigated by professionals rather than twitter people who know nothing but what they hear online.

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Denis Chikanov

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I'm really dumbfounded. Whether these allegations are true or not, how is "I'm innocent therefore I will defend myself against damaging allegations" is not a reasonable position?

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I don’t believe you.

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Sans Cipher Reborn

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Sep 11, 2019

How dares he defend himself. The best course of action is to follow Alec

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For those who have been impacted by abusers feel free to reach out to us directly and we will work to find you assistance. Please do not be coerced because you believe you're alone: you are not. We are a nonprofit with experts in consent, abuse, and the law. DMs open. #TimesUp

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did your legal advice tell you to retaliate and make a threat in public lmao

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Holy Divermectin

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I'm gonna go with "probably not"

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I've never heard of you before, but all I see today is multiple women credibly describing how you prey on women and then threaten retaliation, followed by you threatening retaliation. So I don't think you need police or lawyers. You need to stop and think harder.

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BiPolarCynic

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"Credibly". Interesting.

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I’m sure that was expected, and now you’re putting yourself in a position where the lawyers for defense can proceed with discovery, which should be interesting.

No Spring Chicken Seedling

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I just can’t... the man is digging his own grave. Stop tweeting, get a lawyer, make an approved statement. Holy smokes.

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Consider instead spending some time off the internet considering the perspectives of the people who’ve been hurt, considering how your actions were, at times, to blame for this, and making a statement then. Consider not involving the police.

P.henry Ewing

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Most harassment apologies are just damage control. Dan Harmon’s was a self-reckoning.

It’s incredibly difficult to respond as your best self in a moment like this, which is why it’s important to pause and consider before acting. I’ve only seen 1 decent response to accusations like this ( vox.com/culture/2018/1) It could do a lot of good if yours was the second.

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Why the Community creator’s apology for sexually harassing writer Megan Ganz led to her forgiveness.

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When someone you admire is accused of horrific behaviour, there's a natural urge to excuse and diminish that behaviour. So it's nice of you to remove any doubt about what kind of person you are.

Nick don't want Pfizer he's a Moderna man

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"I deny that I silence women who call me out on my predatory behavior. Now shut up, I'm calling the police right now!"

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"i'm calling the police" is not the defense of your character that you probably think it is. it is an abuse of power intended to intimidate. if you truly intend to prove your innocence, allow people to come to their own conclusions instead of threatening state violence

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Don't you dare do this. Meg is not alone in her accusations & your actions in response are awful. We'll stand by anyone who you try to silence.

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This reply sucks a lot, Alexis.

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I understand that you’d want to express your innocence here, but multiple women have clearly shared their stories about you, Alexis. With that in mind, please rethink this very public mention of police involvement. It’s hard not to read that as scaring those people into silence

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