Jacob Appelbaum: Inconsistencies in Rape Allegations
The described inconsistency is in the account by the pseudonym &#x27;River&#x27;, which was one of the &quot;unidentified individuals [who] posted several specific instances on a website in which they anonymously accused Jacob Appelbaum of having sexually, emotionally, physically abused them.&quot;<p>Since then, several of those unidentified persons have identified themselves. According to Wikipedia, three of them are Honeywell, Macrina, and Lovecruft.<p>The piece characterizes Appelbaum&#x27;s statement as &quot;the statements from &quot;River&quot; were completely fabricated.&quot; Neither he nor Zeit say or imply that the accounts of Honeywell, Macrina, and Lovecruft were incorrect. In fact, the Zeit piece does not mention them at all.<p>Casting doubt one account does not immediately cast doubt on all accounts. Otherwise it would be easy to set up the proverbial false flag operation.<p>As a reminder, the reason the Tor project &quot;released&quot; (to quote <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Jacob_Appelbaum#Allegations_of_sexual_misconduct" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Jacob_Appelbaum#Allegations_of...</a> ) is because: &quot;many people inside and outside the Tor Project have reported incidents of being humiliated, intimidated, bullied, and frightened&quot; by Jacob Appelbaum, and that &quot;several experienced unwanted sexually aggressive behavior from him.&quot; Steele made no mention of rape claims published on the anonymous website.<p>The decision, at least as publicly given, was not due to any rape allegations. One does not need to be charged by the police before a company can fire a employee who, say, steals from petty cash.