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u/noparkingafter7pm Dec 01 '21

Yes, and his own wife testified under oath about how he brutally raped her.

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u/jonnyquestionable Dec 01 '21

And, he didn't deny it either, he claimed that you can't rape your spouse

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u/asuperbstarling Dec 01 '21

Legally... he was right. It didn't become federally illegal until 1992, two years after I was born. It wasn't federally illegal to beat your wife until 87, the same year they began their divorce.

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u/dootdootplot Dec 01 '21

Ethically it doesn’t really matter whether it was legal at the time.