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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Part of me does wonder what her home life was like if she felt she had to make up up a lie like that to not get into trouble. I'm not making excuses for her and it's just speculation, but would anyone feel differently if this girl was physically abused at home and she was desperate to deflect blame?
Most 10 year olds don't understand what their actions can do. Developing real empathy usually doesn't happen until the teen years. By the time she was 17, she was probably terrified to tell the truth. It was probably driven home to her that if she was lying, she would be in big trouble.
Obviously the accused is the real victim here and I don't want to downplay that. I think he deserves some type of justice and compensation for this.
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She conjured up this lie in 2007, and said the abuse happened when she was 10 years old. She should have developed real empathy at the time she made this up.
I feel especially less sympathy for this lady because the excuses people think might somehow drive her to do something like this would be inexcusable if it was a man instead.
I don't see a lot of sympathy for the guy who recanted his story about sex with Kevin Clash.
Just the typical double-standard at work again.