Reply #87: Gary Dotson. . . . [View All]

[Tansy_Gold]

. .. was convicted of rape, I think back in the 1980s or early 90s. Victim eventually recanted, had made most of her story up out of bits and pieces of romance novels.

This is probably not a good example, because Dotson had other problems and I think was eventually re-convicted on other charges, but the victim (whose name I cannot remember off the top of my head) did recant.

The details of the case should be available through google somehow. It was discussed in detail when Congress was trying to pass a "victims of pornography" bill that would have held writers of romance novels liable for civil damages if a victim of rape claimed she had been coerced into submitting to her rapist because she had read romance novels in which the heroine/victim had "enjoyed" being raped. I kid you not.