Rosario Dawson, Actress Girlfriend of The Fiercely Heterosexual Cory Booker, Sued For... Transphobic Abuse and Attack?

He's suing because he claims Rosario Dawson and her family did not use hixr preferred pronouns and mode of address.

Well, this is what California law says. Choke on it.

She also claims that Dawson's mom attacked her. (This person is a woman and a lesbian who then decided, late in life, that she's been a man all along.)

A transgender handyman who worked for Rosario Dawson claims the “Rent” star belittled him with transphobic insults and that her mom once beat him up after he came out, according to new reports.

Dedrek Finley, 55, said his relationship with the Dawson family went downhill after he revealed he was transgender, according to his lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles court and reported by NBC News.

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But after the Beacon, New York native moved into a North Hollywood home rented by the family, he came out -- and claims he was immediately subjected to transphobic comments.

"The family misgendered him multiple times each day, with deliberate indifference as to the appropriate way to address Mr. Finley," his suit says.

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Two months later, things allegedly turned physical between Finley and Rosario's mother, Isabel Dawson, who is accused of dragging him by his arm out of a window.

As Finley was lying on the ground outside, Isabel, "who is substantially larger than Mr. Finley, got on top of Mr. Finley’s body and began punching him," the complaint says.

"While beating Mr. Finley, Isabel screamed, 'You're not so much of a man now,' which was a clear and denigrating reference to Mr. Finley’s gender identity."

Yeah I don't believe this. If you've been physically assaulted, you don't also add, "And what really upset me is the mean language used while beating me."

That's a Saul Rosenberg type thing. "He was beating me about the head and neck and saying very hurtful things."

Nevertheless: Choke on it.

Tim Pool raises a good point: Cory Booker, who is, you may have heard, fiercely heterosexual, cannot deny this woman's complaint, because you're supposed to believe all women (even former women) and of course Trans People Are Special Angels Who Never Lie About Assaults.

In other words, they're the new Liberal Women, with an unrebuttable presumption of being truthful and virtuous.

So The Fiercely Heterosexual Cory Booker can't really stick up for the woman he is pretending he has any sexual attraction to. He'll have to say something about "Believing all Transmen."

And I can't wait.

posted by Ace of Spades at 07:19 PM

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