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| Quasimodo | Nov 2 2010, 09:26 AM Post #1 |
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| Quasimodo | Nov 2 2010, 09:30 AM Post #2 |
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http://newsone.com/nation/news-one-staff/hofstra-student-recants-gang-rape-allegations/ Four young men falsely accused of raping an 18-year-old student at Hofstra University were trying to return their lives to normal Friday after an ordeal that two of them described as traumatic. “I was really scared. I couldn’t believe what was basically going through my mind. It was like a big nightmare, and I thought I was going to do time for something I didn’t do,” 20-year-old Kevin Taveras told HLN’s “Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell.” “It was devastating,” he said. “I was there just letting the clock tick and tick.” ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: CNN.com Hofstra “Rape” Video Surfaces; Accuser Suspended [Updated 09.17.09, 4:00 p.m.] (snip) The attorney for another of the accused men, 20-year-old Kevin Taveras, said a video of the sexual encounter confirms reports that the victim was not forcibly attacked. “It looks more like a porn movie,” Victor Daly-Rivera said. “It showed just the opposite of what the allegations were. There was no tying up, there was no bruising, there was no screaming.” On Wednesday night, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice revealed that the 18-year-old accuser had recanted and said the sex with the five men had been consensual. Rice immediately got a judge to release four of the men from the Nassau County Jail. A fifth man was still being sought when the hoax was revealed. “It’s crazy, the system is supposed to prevent these things from happening,” Taveras said outside the jail late Wednesday “It’s supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, not guilty until proven innocent,” he said. “Inside I thought I was going to do a bit for something I didn’t do.” (snip) On campus, students were shaking their heads at the latest twist in the case. “It’s definitely a shock,” said Megan Michler, a junior from Penargyl, Pa. “I guess she completely lied about it and it’s not fair to the guys that were involved. Everyone was shaken up by the whole thing, and now we were shaken up for nothing.” |
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| Quasimodo | Nov 2 2010, 09:32 AM Post #3 |
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Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/item_R4yY9bXjaC78fNpGtA7SHK#ixzz148GONzTU POST STAFF REPORT Last Updated: 6:45 PM, September 25, 2009 Posted: 5:06 PM, September 25, 2009 The woman who wrongfully accused four men of rape at Hofstra University will have to get mental health treatment and do 250 hours of community service -- or else face criminal charges, authorities announced this afternoon. Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice said her office has imposed those conditions on 18-year-old Hofstra freshman Danmell Ndonye after she said she was raped earlier this month. “There exists no perfect solution to this case, only our best attempt at holding her accountable while encouraging real victims to come forward and accusers to tell the truth so that we can avoid incarcerating an innocent person for even one minute,” said Rice. “This agreement is the only way we guarantee that this woman gets the help that she needs and is held publicly accountable for what she’s done to our community." (snip) One of the men previously accused of rape, Kevin Taveras, told The Post, "I don’t wish ill will on anyone, but I think it would be a shame if she walked away from it. She should at least go through the system and spend a few days in jail. We spent four days in jail." |
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| Quasimodo | Nov 2 2010, 09:36 AM Post #4 |
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POSTER COMMENT on the issue:
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| Quasimodo | Nov 2 2010, 09:41 AM Post #5 |
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Now, what about Tawana and Mangum...? Edited by Quasimodo, Nov 2 2010, 09:42 AM.
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| Quasimodo | Nov 2 2010, 09:59 AM Post #6 |
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And unrelated, but one for abb: http://cryrape.blogspot.com/2010_11_01_archive.html November 1, 2010 Lake Charles, La. — On Thursday, September 23, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office arrested Tyler J. Leger, 19, of Lake Charles, for the alleged rape of a McNeese State University student. Last week his accuser was arrested after admitting to fabricating her story. [Name of the suspect given before any proof of crime...] "I can tell you without reservation we absolutely had probable cause to arrest this man based on the information we had and that's unfortunate for him," said Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso in a press conference Tuesday. With information given to deputies by the alleged victim, Kolbie M. Wade, 18, of Lake Charles, Leger was arrested without incident at McNeese while he was attending class. He was booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center and charged with forcible rape. He remained in jail on a $750,000 bond set by Judge Michael Canaday. After the arrest of Leger, and while the investigation was continuing forward, more information regarding the case became available to detectives. With this information, detectives interviewed several new witnesses which led to another interview with Wade. She continued to allege she was raped by Leger. After the witnesses' information was verified to be true, detectives met with the District Attorney's Office on Tuesday, October 19, to discuss the case. After reviewing the facts of the case, it was decided the rape charge against Leger should be dismissed. Leger was immediately released from jail. [The DA actually reviewed the evidence?] On October 20, the day after Leger was released from jail, Wade admitted to detectives she had fabricated the story of the rape. She confirmed that she did not know Leger and did not give a reason why she made up the story. Wade was arrested and booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center and charged with criminal mischief. She bonded out later that day. She has no prior criminal history. (snip) "I think it's important for the public to know that we have a safe campus. I think the McNeese police department does a great job and McNeese does a great job with ensuring the safety of our kids that go to school there," he added. [For whom is it safe? Is it safe for males who may be accused of rape by someone they don't even know?] "I think our detectives did a great job, not just in the beginning of this case but following through with the case and subsequently figuring out that this crime did not occur." "We need to make sure that women in our community understand that they need to report when an allegation of rape occurs and let us investigate it. Women need to be protected and our society needs to be protected from predators," said Mancuso. "What can't happen, obviously, is people fabricating stories and making up things." [A confused response by someone confronting a story that is non-PC : "...women...need to report...need to be protected...and our society needs to be protected..." but OTOH (confusion returns) well, "what can't happen, obviously, is people...making things up". IE, the main focus is still on rape, not on protecting the rights of the falsely-accused. But all the mantras about "rape" still have to be repeated, as an obligatory preface...] "Incidents of false reporting are taken seriously because someone's freedom is ultimately taken away here for a period of time," according to MSU Chief of Police Cinnamon Salvador. [Does it seem like they were taken seriously? I will believe that when I see what penalty the false accuser gets.] |
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| Quasimodo | Nov 2 2010, 10:03 AM Post #7 |
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One sentence struck me in this story:
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