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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Now, it is quite clear that people are saying Dube is guilty of rape based on a carefully noncommittal statement made by his agent, who was probably acting on legal advice. They are talking about things like throwing him off the team or banning him from the league. These punishments would be well within the original definition of ‘Lynch law’.
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Has anyone said anything anywhere close to that in this thread?
We are questioning why the statement was 'carefully noncommittal' as you say. Maybe if it was carelessly noncommittal it might be a bit different, but it certainly doesn't seem to be.
Moreover, the attempt to chill further discussion/inquiry by bringing up defamation is just kinda weird/gross and just not really necessary (though maybe I'm just unaware of a groundswell of support to tar/feather Dubé). The VAST majority of defamation suit threats are totally empty - because the onus is on the plaintiff to prove that any libel/slander is not true.
Anyone with common sense knows that it would have been much easier to just say "no involvement whatsoever" if that was actually the case...