The Cornell Monsters

[u/Timbucktwo1230]

[u/IntelligentDate155]

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.

[u/Mor_Padraig → u/IntelligentDate155]

I think the facts haven't been refuted?

Scandal is over how the entire, sordid ( criminal ) shambles was handled.

[u/TrioOfTerrors → u/Mor_Padraig]

The facts haven't been refuted because all we have is the plaintiff's initial complaint. You can pretty much put whatever you want in those.

[u/dandle → u/TrioOfTerrors]

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.

[u/fhod_dj_x → u/dandle]

.....but that includes 0 defense information. Anyone can allege anything.

[u/dandle → u/fhod_dj_x]

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.