Connecticut Republican says existence of witnesses to a sexual assault means it was a ‘great party’
A Connecticut Republican state representative said during discussion of a bill regarding campus sexual assault on Tuesday that if there are witnesses to a reported sexual assault then it must have been a “really great party.”
According to Hartford’s WFSB, Republican state Rep. Mike Bocchino now says that the remarks are being taken out of context.
He was responding to a Democratic-sponsored bill that would require both parties to consent to sex by saying “yes” before engaging in intimate contact. Advocates of the law hope to curb sexual assaults and clarify the lines of consent in order to address the problem of rape and sexual assault on college campuses.
Bocchino was raising what he said is an issue with both parties stating their consent. Who is to believe their stories, he asked, if there are no other witnesses?
“No question that sexual assault is a horrific thing. No question that date rape things that happen on college campuses are disgusting,” the lawmaker said. But, he said, “Because at the end of the day, there are no witnesses…or at least if there are, it’s a really great party.”
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