I'm not exactly sure, though, at the time, or even today, how seriously her accusations and response to it in that manner would have been taken. At this point we're all speaking in hypotheticals, so it really matters little, but part of the problem with the sexual harassment, assault and rape culture is in this country it comes back to the belief in the victim. Whether she pressed charges back then or now, the response is the same ... why was SHE in that situation, maybe SHE mistook the situation, maybe SHE is making it up. The focus falls on the victim and her credibility, character and honesty, as it most often always has, and not on him; at least not in the same way or not as much. I honestly believe if she had defended herself by shooting him ... she no doubt would have been the one criminally punished, not him. Maybe today it would be a little different ... but not likely. You want to talk cynical? The laws in this country do nothing to protect women and minorities as they are never applied to help them let alone even to even out the playing field. We aren't equals. Never have been.