Maybe Chapman did know. Maybe, deep down, she suspected, like the woman who suspects her husband is having an affair but knows the world changes forever when the words are said out loud. Maybe she was – still is – utterly terrified by a man who is famed for being a manipulative and ruthless bully. Or maybe she was fooled by a man who went to startling lengths to cover up his dirty tracks.

Whatever the truth, it’s irrelevant, because she wasn’t in the sauna or the hotel room or the Jacuzzi. It was Weinstein. He is the predator, not her.

Georgina Chapman is not her husband. She is a mother, who no doubt knows her children need to see their mother begin to put her life back together. She’s an employer, who, together with her co-founder Keren Craig is responsible for over 80 people. She is a businesswoman with investors and bank managers to answer to (Weinstein is not an investor in Marchesa, and holds no seat on the board).

She should be allowed to start again.

The Time’s Up campaign and #MeToo movement are brilliant, powerful platforms for good. But we must be careful that they continue to be what they were built to be – empowerment of victims through collective support, not a platform to bully those who do not see an issue the same way that you do. Or a courtroom to decide who is or is not a victim.

It was never the job of the women in Weinstein’s life to moderate his behaviour. He, and he alone, is responsible for his behaviour. And, as such, he is the only one who should be punished for it.

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