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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
These conversations are always tricky. It's very difficult for victims of sexual assault to come forward and you never want to discourage that. But our justice system presumes innocence until proven guilty. By that nature, there has to be the assumption that the allegations are false until proven otherwise.
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No, that's not what innocent until proven guilty means. We don't assume that the allegations are false. That's total garbage. Your phrase may have been poorly worded but it sounds like you're assuming they're lying about the allegations or act like they never happened.
When someone makes allegations and charges are filed we should believe that they are acting in good faith until proven otherwise in a court of law. I'm not saying to ignore red flags but the court is literally the place where the evidence will be heard and a determination of guilt is made. All this nonsense about "she's out to make money" or "she's lying for attention" that arises when someone famous has allegations made about them is perpetuating rape culture and declaring the victim as guilty before the allegations are even heard in court and it is disgusting (not saying that's what you have said). If a man were to bring allegations about being sexually assaulted against anyone I'm sure they would wish to be taken seriously and not summarily dismissed as a gold digger. Let's afford everyone the same courtesy.