quote "The woman, once coaxed onstage by the performer, could hardly have refused to go along with the star's behaviour. "

Complete and utter rubbish, of course she could have objected.

To quote B Wilson's response: 'quote "The woman, once coaxed onstage by the performer, could hardly have refused to go along with the star's behaviour. "

Complete and utter rubbish, of course she could have objected.'

I have to say that I disagree. Yes, as a woman, I like to think that in that young woman's position I would have vocally refused to go along with Vegas' behaviour and done everything in my power to get away from him. I would not have wanted to even stay at the gig. However, there are a lot of power dynamics to consider. Any person that's put in a very public on-the-spot position like that is going to be intimidated. All eyes are on you and you know that he's going to make an even bigger deal about it if you refuse to go onstage. Once you're there, it's going to be hard to leave when you feel pressured and scared by his lewd, aggressive talk. Yes, she should have told him to get off of her, but he also should have been responsible enough to not publicly straddle a woman if she's clearly uncomfortable with it. And the vast majority of people who were there are saying that she looked at least a bit scared. If they were two people alone in the bedroom it would be unacceptable for him to do things that she was clearly uncomfortable with, and the same applies in this twisted public situation. I agree that controversy is funny, and I know that Vegas was apparently trying to get some kind of funny, self-deprecating discourse going, but as the most powerful individual in the room he had no right to even risk making the woman feel taken advantage of. End of. By all means plant a consenting actress in the audience to play the role (not that I think that would be any funnier, but it's more ethical) but don't try that with an unsuspecting woman. And don't try telling me that the woman could have been a plant - don't you think that with all the negative publicity, Vegas' agents might have made themselves available for comment if they had any form of excuse? Think about it.