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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Who cares if these people emailed the guy after the fact or even flirted with him after the fact. The question is did he do what he's accused of by multiple people. You need to take a huge leap to assume a bunch of people just decided to accuse a guy for what different reasons.
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It matters a lot. While it is unlikely that all these different people accusing him are doing it because they have an axe to grind other than being sexually and physically assault, only three of them are witnesses and complainants in this trial. If the defense can make it look like any one of these three DID have said axe, and only hopped on board with this after the fact as a petty type of revenge or attention seeking it will severely mitigate any sentence.
People forget, in most cases a good defense counsel's job isn't to get their client off free and clear, it is it mitigate the damage, so to speak.
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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
If a friend of mine punched me in the face and knocked me out, whether or not we stay friends after the fact has nothing to do with whether or not what he did was illegal or a crime.
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It's not that black and white. If there is consent, and it was something both sides knew was a possibility it becomes much less "illegal".