With the Cornell 7, celebrities want vibes justice, not the law

Last week, Sunny Hostin did something remarkable — for Sunny Hostin.“The View” co-host provided sober legal analysis on the fraught Cornell 7 rape allegations without bringing her usual racial and cultural baggage to the equation.Hostin, a former sex crimes prosecutor, explained the current New York State law around voluntarily drug or alcohol use and consent, and said that, according to the available testimony, no prosecutor would have brought charges in this particular case.She added that the media was “reporting this story inaccurately” noting that none of the accused had been charged, but their faces were “plastered all over the internet.”Naturally, she was immediately admonished by her far lefty pals, who already declared the winners and losers without understanding the rules of the game.They claimed that her analysis was really a defense of the Chi Phi frat brothers, who allegedly gang raped Jane Doe.And in the show’s “Behind the Table” podcast, she used ridiculous therapy speak to backpedal on her comments.Enter Cynthia Erivo, the gaunt “Wicked” star, who is most famous for petting her equally gaunt co-star Ariana Grande during press junkets.

According to Hostin, Madame Erivo is her sorority sister and good friend who told her, “the clip that I saw doesn’t reflect who you are.'”“Instead of leading with the law.I need to lead with empathy so that people can receive the message about the law,” said Hostin recalling Erivo’s advice to her.Yikes.

By publicly repeating that conversation, Hostin embarrassed her dear sorority sister and quite frankly herself.She should have said, “Thanks but no thanks, Cynthia.”Instead, she listened to the kooky drama lady, and gave away the game that Erivo and her fellow progressive celebrities are shamelessly playing.They aren’t interested in the law nor in the facts of this particular case.

They want their pound of flesh and to further the narrative that women are under a constant threa...