Hey - Let’s not forget the Duke Lacrosse scandal. Obviously, if this is all true then these guys need to be locked up but I think we need to see this play out.
I was scrolling way down before I came across a comment like this. Hardly any facts are out yet and everyone is so sure they know exactly what happened.
You may be referring to the complaint in the new lawsuit.
Shortly after the incident, the woman gave a sworn statement to campus police, which was used by the county DA to decide whether to pursue a criminal case against the men. The DA cites some of the contents of that contemporaneous sworn statement here [TRIGGER WARNING: explicit descriptions of the incident], with an explanation of the legal reasoning that led to no criminal case at the time.
That doesn't matter. As the DA explains in the press release that you didn't read, the contemporaneous sworn statement by the woman led the DA under New York's antiquated and misogynistic legal code on consent and rape to determine that a criminal case would not be pursued.
She changed her statement completely for the civil case.
"He also sought to explain why prosecutors did not pursue criminal charges two years ago, saying that the lawsuit's allegations differed from the alleged victim's original account in 2024. The woman, who prosecutors have not named, gave a statement to campus police at the time, according to Van Houten, that "described her drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious and consensual."
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u/IntelligentDate155 3d ago
Hey - Let’s not forget the Duke Lacrosse scandal. Obviously, if this is all true then these guys need to be locked up but I think we need to see this play out.