Joyce Fegan: MeToo isn't over — it's just time to regroup

With sex crimes, the focus is often on the accuser rather than the accused as we turn victim into villain

Amber Heard waits before the verdict was read at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse. Picture: Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP

IN crimes of sexual nature it is so often the accuser, not the accused, who goes on trial.

And that’s not just if the matter makes it to court, because so few do. It’s in cases where the teenage girl who has consumed alcohol is assaulted at a party. The assault is videoed and that footage is then shared in school WhatsApp groups or on TikTok.