: re 1) I agree. There are plenty of statements his accuser could be directly quoted on, yet they are not included in the article.  Rather than doing so to attain balance, I would agree that removing these quotes as redundant, clumsy (the ellipses and brackets) and unnecessary is appropriate and will do so in a day or so, barring any objections here.  re 2) Sexual Assault is a legal concept which in my opinions serves well as an "umbrella" phrase, so to speak, and which succinctly categorizes the allegations against Dershowitz. It is also a term commonly used by the non-tabloid press to refer to the allegations against Dershowitz, however, if others agree with you and concensus is there for a change I can go along with that. 3) Barring further comments or disagreement, I'll go ahead and add "Dershowitz challenged Roberts to make her claims under oath; on ((date)) she did so ((references))" at the same time as 1) above