𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐄: “𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐋𝐘 𝐈𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐑”

Carroll alleged an assault from three decades earlier but, he noted, couldn’t remember the year, couldn’t say what she wore, and described a dress that 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.,- .A.Rothman@MichaelARothman

• Stranger still, Hanson said, her scenario was “𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘛𝘝 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸” — a celebrity assault in a department-store dressing room. 
• And the suit, filed before a favorable judge, was “𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘪𝘥 𝘏𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢-𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳.” 

𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥, 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥. 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭: 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫.