Abuse survivors hit out over sex shame comedian Louis C.K.’s upcoming Scots gig
dailyrecord.co.ukAbuse survivors have hit out over sex shame comedian Louis C.K.’s upcoming Scottish gig.The American, who had admitted abusing five women after being outed by his victims, is set to play Glasgow in October.
Four comics and another woman, driven by #MeToo, revealed what the 54-year-old did.The comic is booked for the 15,000 capacity Ovo Hydro, part of the Scottish Events Campus.
The 2017 allegations led to the release of film I Love You Daddy, a comedy about an ageing film director, played by John Malkovich being scrapped.He apologised and said he “had wielded power irresponsibly”.
But he has recently returned to the stage, and Scottish abuse survivors have blasted the decision to let him perform.Brave mum Carol Burns was abused by paedophile teacher William Wright, 81, at Eastwood High School, in the affluent Glasgow suburb of Newton Mearns, in the 1980s.She said: “I am disgusted and dismayed that a company like the Hydro would allow a sexual abuser to perform.“This man admitted his sexual misconduct on five women and the only punishment which he got was the film he was making was cancelled.
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