A 13-year-old law school research paper on whether a rape victim’s social media posts should be admissible in court has become a political lightning rod in the Nassau County executive’s race , pitting women who support the male candidates against each other as Election Day approaches.

Republican incumbent Bruce Blakeman’s campaign has spent millions on commercials and mailers attacking his opponent, Legis. Seth Koslow (D-Merrick), for making an academic argument in favor of broadening federal and state rape shield laws to consider the proliferation of content on social media sites like Facebook.

Beyond the ads injecting the issue of victims’ rights and sexual assault into a local election, it serves as a prime example of the political vitriol that for weeks has flooded airwaves and mai

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