Reply #66: Now this just makes me sick [View All]

[TorchTheWitch]

http://www.wbz1030.com/topic/ap_news.php?story=AP/APTV/National/a/a/DukeLacrosse-aa
"That's the very first I've heard of that," said Bill Cotter, the attorney for indicted lacrosse player Collin Finnerty, who along with fellow Duke sophomore Reade Seligmann is charged with first-degree rape, kidnapping and sexual assault. He declined additional comment.

Attorney Joe Cheshire, who represents one of the uncharged players on the team, said he wants to know if prosecutors in the current case knew about the earlier allegation, or if the accuser told them about it.

He added that he found it notable that authorities apparently declined to prosecute the earlier case.

"These are serious allegations, particularly for a person that age. In my mind, it would raise real issues about her credibility," he said.

First of all, she reported this rape 4 years after the fact when she was 18 years old. Now, why in the world would he find it "notable" that the case was dropped by the authorities considering that 4 years after the fact there wouldn't be a speck of evidence, there's no witnesses, and they know it would be a case of he-1 said, he-2 said, he-3 said vs. she said? No prosecutor in the world would want to try such a case because they would undoubtedly lose. Add the fact that the prosecutor would have had to tell her that the ONLY way she could possibly win the case is with her own testimony being more credible then that of the 3 males accused, and she would have to face her entire life being shredded by defense counsel (much like the defense counsel in the current case), and she'd take an emotional beating by the defense counsel in cross-examination. Tell that to an 18 year old girl and see how fast she says she wants to drop the case... the case would already be a no-go with her testimony, but without it, it's completely dead in the water. And this swine finds it "notable".

What does her age have to do with credibility??? If a child or young woman tells someone she was raped we're supposed to think she's not credible because of her AGE??? Is the general public suddenly on the side of pedophiles now? Children and young women are suddenly too young to know whether or not they've been raped when they have been??? We're supposed to just automatically disbelieve children and young women when they tell someone they've been raped??? "Oh sorry, honey, you're only 14 (or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18), we have to question your credibility about this serious alligation because you're too young to know whether or not you've been forceably violated. If it happens again when you're 23 or so get back to us". UGH!

"These are serious allegations, particularly for a person that age. In my mind, it would raise real issues about her credibility".

I've re-read this sentence at least a dozen times trying very hard to believe he meant something other than what he's saying, and it just doesn't. This stinking pig is actually saying that someone of that age alleging she was raped should have her credibility questioned because of her AGE.

I can't believe that any sane person wouldn't be utterly disgusted by this attorney's remarks.