I also know from recent painful personal experience that some recollections can be cast in a light away from the actual facts.
In my case, three witnesses [Anthony McNair and two anonymous witnesses] have signed statements that our experiences that weekend with Keri Claussen Khalighi 26 years ago were consensual. My longtime loathing of any form of violence and abuse has been woven into all of my personal interactions, as most who know me will attest.
He also apologises to "any women from my past who I may have offended," but claims "I never committed any acts of aggression or violence in my life. I would never knowingly cause fear or harm to anyone." Earlier this month, Variety reported that Simmons and Ratner were investigated for alleged sexual battery in 2001 against an unnamed victim, aged 29 at the time. Prosecutors didn't press charges in 2001, citing insufficient evidence in the case to do so.Follow Noisey on Twitter.In our meeting many years later, and subsequent conversations, Keri never accused me of what she has said publicly. She insisted I was not violent. She did tell me her boyfriend and many others found out about our long weekend together and she said she was ashamed by that discovery. I am sorry for the embarrassment she recounted to me.