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She wrote about it in her autobiography, avoiding mentioning him by name.

A week afterwards, Roddenberry wrote her character out of the show. Apparently Leonard Nimoy supported her during this clusterfuck.

Now, think about the first season of TOS. Yeoman Rand is *constantly* dealing with rapey dudes.

One of the very first episodes, the entire goddamn plot hinges around a creepy rapey dude stalking her.

Her character was a woman in a horrible fucking work environment. And off-stage, her environment was just as hellish.

Her rape? Happened while shooting that episode, Charlie X. Which was the second goddamn episode.

This was in about August 1966. She came forward in 1998, 32 years later.

She came forward, 3 decades later, only after Roddenberry was dead. "The only thing that mattered was getting out of that room alive.”

Now consider: Gene Roddenberry was a powerful scumbag, and *that* level of power kept her silent for 32 years.

He ruined her career, forced her into silence with his power, and she only felt safe to come forward several years after he died.

Now think of all the women who will not feel safe to come forward about trump until after he dies.

The measure of power that Roddenberry exerted, was insignificant compared to the power that trump will wield in a few days.3

We know he's a rapist. We won't hear most of his victims until, likely, well after he dies of a stroke.

*That* is why you shut that shit down, no exceptions. Leonard Nimoy was the only decent man on that set, while she was there.

Oh: You know Lwaxana Troi from TNG? She worked with Grace Lee Whitney.

Majel Barrett, with whom Roddenberry cheated on his wife, returned to working with him decades later.

She returned, knowing how much of a scumbag he was, and how dedicated he was to expressing his shit on his show.

She knew, for instance, that he originally wanted Deanna Troi to have 4 breasts.