# Tom Sizemore accused of indecent assault on an 11-year old girl in 2003 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2017, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-sizemore-accused-of-indecent-assault-on-an-11-year-old-girl-in-2003/801604 "2017-11-14T11:52:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Balbinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Balbinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balbinus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-sizemore-accused-of-indecent-assault-on-an-11-year-old-girl-in-2003/801604/21 "2017-11-15T20:58:27Z")
“After going to the police, the family decided not to press charges” Isn’t touching an 11-year-old girl’s genitals is a felony that does not require her parents to “press charges”? The District Attorney in that jurisdiction should be required to explain why there were no charges filed. ---
**Author:** ![Balbinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Balbinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balbinus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-sizemore-accused-of-indecent-assault-on-an-11-year-old-girl-in-2003/801604/22 "2017-11-15T21:01:54Z")
“He got sent home from the movie set”. Roman Polanski is going to be pissed when he hears about this… ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-sizemore-accused-of-indecent-assault-on-an-11-year-old-girl-in-2003/801604/23 "2017-11-15T21:19:31Z")
> [@Balbinus](#): > > “After going to the police, the family decided not to press charges” > > Isn’t touching an 11-year-old girl’s genitals is a felony that does not require her parents to “press charges”? The District Attorney in that jurisdiction should be required to explain why there were no charges filed. Forcing an 11 year old to testify when they don’t want to is generally not a good tactic. In order to get a conviction it is usually a good idea to have cooperative witnesses and victims. This is the real world not tv. Prosecutors don’t go forward with problem cases. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-sizemore-accused-of-indecent-assault-on-an-11-year-old-girl-in-2003/801604/24 "2017-11-15T21:22:49Z")
> [@Balbinus](#): > > “He got sent home from the movie set”. > > Roman Polanski is going to be pissed when he hears about this… Right because analy raping a 13 year old after you drug her is exactly the same. ---
**Author:** ![Balbinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Balbinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balbinus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-sizemore-accused-of-indecent-assault-on-an-11-year-old-girl-in-2003/801604/25 "2017-11-15T21:29:06Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Right because analy raping a 13 year old after you drug her is exactly the same. Meryl Streep [is fine](https://media.giphy.com/media/BUSR9Y2ocCuTC/giphy.gif) with anally raping a 13 year old after you drug her 😕 I’d think that for simply touching 11-year old girl genitalia, Tom shouldn’t’ve been even sent away from the set. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-sizemore-accused-of-indecent-assault-on-an-11-year-old-girl-in-2003/801604/26 "2017-11-15T21:38:23Z")
> [@Balbinus](#): > > Meryl Streep [is fine](https://media.giphy.com/media/BUSR9Y2ocCuTC/giphy.gif) with anally raping a 13 year old after you drug her 😕 I’d think that for simply touching 11-year old girl genitalia, Tom shouldn’t’ve been even sent away from the set. I’m not Meryl Streep so I’m not sure of her exact thoughts. I found it distasteful that Hollywood embraced this convicted rapist because he made some good movies. You can feel that Sizemore and Polanski are equally abhorrent but the law certainly feels their actions are much different. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-sizemore-accused-of-indecent-assault-on-an-11-year-old-girl-in-2003/801604/27 "2017-11-16T04:31:15Z")
this doesn’t surprise me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-sizemore-accused-of-indecent-assault-on-an-11-year-old-girl-in-2003/801604.md?page=1)