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Originally Posted by GioforPM
"Because of this scenario (ie, that a wealthy person is more likely to settle than to go through a trial exposing their personal lives) that IT IS LIKELY the amount of false accusations among celebs/wealthy people is higher than those among normal people."
This is an unsupported guess. I say the opposite is the case - that false accusations are more likely against people who can't defend them as well. And that accusations against celebrities that surface like this are more likley to be true because despite the wealth and power of the celebrity, the accusation still is made.
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This is also an unsupported guess. Everything is this freaking thread is an unsupported guess. In fact, you actually state that you think they are more likely to be true. I've never once said anything about the frequency of false accusations being higher than real accusations. In fact, I've implied the opposite. I've simply suggested that the false accusations among the wealthy/famous may be more frequent than false accusations against regular people (not in total numbers, because obviously the wealthy is a much smaller population size, but in ratio). I completely agree that the amount of actual rapes will FAR FAR FAR outweigh the false accusations regardless of the accused's status.
Using just logic, if you were a person that was sitting there twiddling their thumbs thinking about falsely accusing someone of rape for personal gain, you're telling me that your target would be just some random person, or someone from your past that you just want to ruin? Or would logic not dictate that you would go after someone who had substantial resources with which to make you go away, and could stand to lose much more from having their personal lives exposed in this way that they would prefer to pay you off than go through the rigors of proving their innocence?
I want to make it clear that I am completely impartial to this case. I don't care if Kane is found guilty and loses all he has, and I don't care if the girl is shown to be a liar. Sheer numbers will dictate that it's much more likely to be true than false, but that doesn't mean that it's not more likely to be false than if he wasn't a high-profile famous person (it can still be much more likely to be true in that scenario).