"Why I won't be cheering for old Notre Dame"

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3. There cannot be rape convictions without charges.

The first woman is dead and the second woman was discouraged from pursuing the allegations after being sent text messages from other members of the football team, according to Henneberger. Police will usually not pursue a rape allegation without the full cooperation of the victim because the alleged victim usually has to testify in court to get a conviction. A rape kit does not prove rape by itself. The testimony of the alleged victim is still needed. And how do you justify the on the record statement of the Notre Dame president pretending to not know the details of the case? And why are Notre Dame officials apparently bad mouthing Lizzy Seeberg here? There may be no fire here but there sure is plenty of smoke, imo. Writing Melinda Hennebergre off as a "biased political writer" doesn't work for me. She is a Notre Dame alumnus. What is her motivation to earn the wrath (which she surely will and has - just look at some of the comments on the story) of Notre Dame supporters? Attacking the messenger never works anyway. If the truth is on her side, it will come out, maybe not before the championship game, but I would not count on that.