If you read my last post on Linkin Park, there’s a good chance that you did a quick search for Emily Armstrong. And if so, you probably found nothing but negative articles criticizing her past.

The thing with fame is that people will always attack you. This is especially true when the fame comes suddenly.

The first of two criticisms is that she is part of the Church of Scientology. This is a moot point. Regardless of where you stand on religion, Scientology as a belief system is inherently no better or worse than the others.

The second is far more nefarious, at least at first glance. Emily is accused of defending a rapist — former actor Danny Masterson of That 70’s Show fame.

Danny is currently serving 30 years in prison for multiple rape convictions. And Emily was friends with him. This much is true.

But critics miss some key details.

Emily came out in support of Danny in preliminary hearings and allegedly made some negative comments about one of his accusers.

As far as I can find, that’s it.

She didn’t “defend a rapist” because she didn’t think that he was. She stopped her support and cut ties with him as soon as the evidence showed his true colours. This is normal human behaviour.

I know very little about Emily, and I don’t really care.

Who she is — or ever was — as a person, has nothing to do with her ability to perform as an artist.