This entire thing is absurd, childish, and evil, all at the same time.<p>If anyone believes that Jacob Appelbaum raped or sexually assaulted her, she should file criminal charges, and possibly a lawsuit.<p>All the rest of this is 'we don't like Jake, he's an asshole' high-school nonsense.<p>If you don't like him and think he's an asshole, fine - say so, if you want. But trying to smear him with unsubstantiated claims of rape and sexual assault is morally indefensible.<p>I'm still waiting for charges to be filed, and to see the outcome of a trial, before I buy into allegations of rape and/or sexual assault. But I have to tell you, this character assassination stuff is beyond the pale, and disinclines me to give any credence at all to the allegations.<p>It isn't illegal to be a boor and a cad. At least, not yet.