Rape is ONLY funny if being performed on, or, being done by a clown. Otherwise, it's no laughing matter.
Agreed with Chicken in a Can on not getting your panties in a bunch over this.
Dudes I used to skate with from the population 700 town nearby used to surprise each other with what they referred to as the dreaded "reamer". When you weren't looking, either a finger or foreign object would find itself jammed into the ass of your pants, sometimes hard enough to practically open your asshole for proper insertion. Maybe it was young testosterone flowing from a group of dudes who wouldn't see pussy for a few more years, maybe it was the carefree late 80s, who knows what possessed them to find it entertaining, and yes, if you tried to get away, you'd get jumped by a few of 'em and it would happen to you regardless of how much you weren't down for it at the time. I wouldn't call it rape, but needless to say, it was pretty off-putting to have some dude try to ram a skate tool in your ass when you bent down to grab something. It was even worse with the thin fabric that seemed to dominate all skate-related clothing in that era.
Could be Chase did shit along those lines, who knows, but what's with the lynch mob mentality without any proof of anything having happened? For all you know, he tied up Berra and gently inserted the screwdriver with plenty of proper lube, shit, maybe he even gave him a popper before sticking it in to make it that much better. I find it all pretty amusing to watch the internet protectors come out (twice in such a short time, an oddity for SLAP) and defend the anal sanctity of young men everywhere over this.
Chase is still a creepy mofo and I wouldn't trust my backside around him any more than I would GAY, but taking an off the cuff statement and already getting so wound up, it's pretty fucking silly.