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Originally Posted by Wormius
I get we’re all armchair quarterbacks here. Whether somebody was into weird kinks isn’t relevant though. What would explain her making a video absolving the players? I mean, be reasonable here, if you were into gang bangs with sports teams, would you record a video stating everything was all consensual just because? It being coerces under duress sounds a lot more logical than she just wanted to make that statement on video for no reason.
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Yeah, the whole existence of the video is the issue for me as opposed to anything it says. It seems like if you are in a situation where you have to tell the girl, hey before you leave, maybe we should make a consent video for all the stuff that just happened. To me it kind of seems like you are admitting that things could be interpreted in a way that maybe it wasn't consensual.
Having said that, I don't think it points to obvious guilt beyond a reasonable doubt either. It could have been that she consented, then afterwards started to sober up (keeping in mind that this went on for a couple of hours after they stopped drinking) and felt instant regret and humiliation, and McLeod sensed that that and wanted everything recorded. It's plausible IMO and without actually seeing it, it's hard to know but my gut tells me that the video is more problematic for the defense than helpful.