‘The View’ host Sunny Hostin backs DA’s 2024 decision not to

Sunny Hostin spent years in courtrooms. She knows what New York law says about voluntary intoxication and consent. She stated it accurately on The View, and then used it to defend a district attorney who decided not to prosecute a sexual assault case. That’s not legal realism. That’s political convenience. The law is what it is, but the reaction to it tells you everything about whose side the left is on when the facts get inconvenient.

The DA had enough to at least present charges. Instead, the explanation is that a victim who drank too much or used drugs doesn’t count as incapacitated enough. That is a loophole wide enough to drive a truck through. Every woman who has ever been disbelieved after a party hears the same question: “How much did you drink?” Now we have a prominent liberal voice essentially saying that question is a legitimate reason to drop a case. The real scandal is that New York law lags behind common sense. If you are so drunk you can’t function, you shouldn’t lose the right to say no.

We’re not asking for convictions without evidence. We’re asking for an honest acknowledgment that this law is broken. Hostin can defend the DA’s decision all she wants. But she ought to say plainly what it means: the more a woman drinks, the less protection she gets. Consistency is too much to ask. If a conservative prosecutor made this call, The View would demand a federal investigation. Instead, we get a lawyerly shrug and a lecture about statutory interpretation. The law may be the law, but calling this a victory for women’s rights is a bad joke. It’s an excuse, and everyone watching knows it.