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Originally Posted by kipperiggy
The text messages started before the investigation (McLeod inviting people to his room).
It seems like you're trying to suggest the victim has nothing to be upset about.
There is wrongdoing on someone's part either way, otherwise there would be no investigation and certainly not a trial. Either the 5 defendants sexually assaulted her or she's falsely accusing them.
The statistics show that false accusations are rare.
Whether it can be proven in a court of law beyond reasonable doubt is where it will get hung up, and I'm not getting my hopes up for justice for the victim.
We are getting only snippets of the facts, and I don't see how anybody can look at them and not realize that she never truly consented to the latter part of the evening (whether too drunk or felt coerced with 10 men vs. 1 woman).
I get that the defendants deserve their day in court and why things have to be proven beyond reasonable doubt.
But as a female observer - she was sexually assaulted.
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I didn't say anything remotely like this.
Wanting a rape allegation to go away, regardless of guilt/innocence, is natural.
I'd agree, from what I've seen, it seems like the players did something awful. I haven't seen all the evidence though.
Edit: also the fact there is a trial or an investigation is most certainly not proof of wrongdoing.