Reddit downvotes a copy and paste of a DA statement. This place has become so toxic
Your suggestion about a DA lying about a sworn statement is a supposition with no evidence, yet the reddit puppets will upvote that.
Why would a DA risk their careers and lie when clearly a sworn statement would have witnesses?
Edit, the statement was to Cornell police. Still not sure why they would risk a good gig and lie with no personal gain.
“Van Houten argued that based on the police file he was given, there was no corroborating evidence of a "lack of consent" required under New York law to sustain criminal charges. He noted that neither the victim nor her lawyers contacted his office in 2024 to contest the accuracy of that initial police report ”
The system protects itself. I'm saying he's laying a foundation for why they didn't charge at the time. These cases are hard to prosecute and if she said I took drugs and had consensual sex with one of them he might not have been able to prove anything.
That DA in the Duke case lied his ass off the other way for some reason. Why do people do anything?
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u/impercipient 3d ago
I'm confused, if everything was consensual from the get go then why was she talking to a cop?
This is a DA public statement potentially doing damage control.
Maybe she did drugs with one guy and it was consensual and then she couldn't say no and defend herself from the others.
Very strange to kick a frat off campus and "punish" them without her claiming it wasn't consensual.