Vanity Fair Accuses RFK Jr. of Sexual Assault and Eating Dog
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Vanity Fair (Lean Left bias) published a 7,600-word article on Tuesday accusing Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of eating dog in 2010 and sexually assaulting a babysitter in 1999.
The Details: The article describes Kennedy as a conspiracist and focuses on disapproval of his presidential campaign by his family members.
Sexual Assault: In 1998, the Kennedys hired a part-time babysitter, 23-year-old Eliza Cooney, who moved in with them. Cooney accused Kennedy of stroking her leg, reading her diary, and groping her hips and breasts. The Vanity Fair piece is the first time she’s shared the story publicly.
Eating Dog: Vanity Fair shared a photo that shows Kennedy holding a charred animal body. Vanity Fair said a veterinarian confirmed that the animal was a dog and that metadata confirmed the photo was taken in 2010, which the publication notes is the same year Kennedy had a tapeworm in his brain. Kennedy responded on X, saying the animal was a goat and that the photo was taken in Patagonia.
Key Quote: Kennedy responded on Tuesday, saying, “I am not a church boy. I have so many skeletons in my closet that if they could all vote, I could run for king of the world… Vanity Fair is recycling 30-year-old stories, and I am not going to comment on the details of any of them.”
How The Media Covered It: Caroline McCaughey of The New York Sun (Right bias) described the article as a “hit piece.” NewsNation (Center bias) elevated Kennedy’s responses to the piece.
Featured Coverage of this Story
From the Left
RFK Jr.’s Family Doesn’t Want Him to Run. Even They May Not Know His Darkest Secrets.
Twenty years ago Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared in an HBO documentary about the dangers of a nuclear plant on the Hudson River. Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable, directed by his sister Rory Kennedy, pits the crusading Kennedys, pictured flying in a helicopter over the nuclear facility, against Entergy, the power company. The film argued that the surrounding environment would be made uninhabitable if the plant came under terrorist attack.
This was necessarily a high-stakes confrontation. In anticipation, Rory warned her production team they had a potential liability: Her brother, though a prominent...
From the Center
RFK Jr. denies report he ate dog: ‘It’s a goat and you are what you eat’
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is denying a Vanity Fair report saying he barbequed and ate what appears to be a dog.
“I’m a very adventurous eater. I’ll eat anything, but I wouldn’t eat a dog,” Kennedy said during a Tuesday appearance on “CUOMO.” It is a goat, and you are what you eat.”
Kennedy said it’s ironic that Vanity Fair’s “persistent complaint against him” is that he promotes misinformation, given that “the whole article is just a dumpster of misinformation.”
“@VanityFair, you know when your veterinary experts call a goat a dog, and...
From the Right
Vanity Fair, in Post-Presidential Debate Takedown, Says RFK Jr. Ate a Dog, Groped a Babysitter
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once ate a dog — or so Vanity Fair wants you to believe.
The magazine printed a photo of Mr. Kennedy with an unidentified female hamming it up for the camera on a purported trip in Korea, pretending to bite into a cooked animal. Vanity Fair says a veterinarian identified the barbequed carcass as a canine. Mr. Kennedy says it was a goat and that the picture was taken in Patagonia.
The allegation is just one shocking element in a 7,600-word article by...
AllSides Picks
July 5th, 2024
July 3rd, 2024
July 3rd, 2024
July 1st, 2024
Discuss & Debate elections
July 09 at 6am PT / 9am ET State Business ExecutivesMore News about 2024 Presidential Election from the Left, Center and Right
From the Left
From the Center
From the Right
