Me & #MeToo
€16.99
This item will be released July 24, 2025.Description
Memoir of the award-winning Irish journalist whose
career was destroyed by a false rape accusation
One night in February 2018, the award-winning Irish journalist Olaf Tyaransen returned home to find that
his name was trending on Twitter.
To his horror, he discovered that Brooke Magnanti – controversial author of the Belle de Jour books – had
published an article accusing him of physically and sexually assaulting another woman a few years earlier. Tyaransen had never met Magnanti, and the woman in question had recently taken her own life. At a
time when #MeToo allegations were flying around the internet, most were ‘he said/she said’ scenarios. But
what can you do if you insist you’re innocent and your alleged victim is dead?
In a painfully honest and compellingly written memoir, Tyaransen details the emotional, social and
professional impacts of being falsely accused of a sexual crime. His lacerating, unflinching account
highlights the importance of due process, the mindless cruelty of crowds and the potentially fatal
consequences of online vigilantism.
About Olaf Tyarensen
OLAF TYARANSEN is an award-winning Irish poet, author,
filmmaker and journalist. His writing has been published
in Hot Press, Rolling Stone, Penthouse, Mojo and many
other publications. His previous books include The Story of
O: The Autobiography of an Irish Outlaw and Sex Lines:
Adventures in the Erotic Underground.
Passionate endorsement from Irvine Welsh: ‘A cautionary tale told
with incredible grace and restraint’
