Screenshot from Armie Hammer’s Rehab Article 02.04.23

The Very Rich Are Different From the Rest of Us

They get second chances: 99.9% of the rest of us don’t get any chance at all

Amy Sterling Casil
6 min readFeb 4, 2023

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Armie Hammer’s talking to the rich people’s PR agency (“Air Mail” edited by Graydon Carter) and asking for a “second chance.”

When I saw the initial text messages Armie Hammer was sending to much-younger extra-marital girlfriends, referencing rape and cannibalism, a chill ran down my spine.

The man who raped me talked that way. Detectives suspected him of responsibility for unknown female bodies that had been discovered in the California desert (I believe some of these crimes are still unsolved). My rapist came from a wealthy family. Not Hammer-class, but rich enough to evade any type of serious consequences for his actions for two decades.

Two years before, I’d been pulled over by killer CHP officer Craig Peyer. There is no woman who came up during my time (80s) who did not have at least a small brush with a man potentially as dangerous as Armie Hammer.

This situation has not changed. If anything, it has gotten worse.

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Amy Sterling Casil

Over 500 million views and 5 million published words, top writer in health and social media. Author of 50 books, former exec, Nebula nominee.