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In reply to the discussion: Test links Winston's (Heisman trophy winner) DNA to accuser [View all]gollygee
(22,336 posts)113. Here's the issue for me
His friends videoed it. When they heard he was being accused, they destroyed the evidence. If he hadn't raped her then the videos would have shown that and they would have been giving them to the police. They would have been desperate to get them to the police to show her having consensual sex with him and get him off the hook. But that wasn't their response. If they didn't know those videos would implicate him or cause a conviction, they wouldn't have destroyed them.
If we had a story about John Doe, average guy, who was accused of committing a crime, and his friends took videos but then destroyed their phones so the videos weren't available, we'd be suspicious about why. But people aren't suspicious here?
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The first sign is she doesn't say No. And the drunk ones are tricky, I usually stay away
Blanket Statements
Dec 2013
#43
Always stay away if a potential sex partner is impaired, even in the slightest way. nt
bluestate10
Dec 2013
#111
Ahhhh...so I should assume every woman is being raped until they tell me they consented?
Blanket Statements
Dec 2013
#50
I never assume the right to have sex with anyone. You can't even keep your posts straight
Blanket Statements
Dec 2013
#55
Actually you weren't. You experience and any other woman's experience is irrelevant
Blanket Statements
Dec 2013
#24
Oh so you think Winston is guilty because of the facts in other rape cases
Blanket Statements
Dec 2013
#37
I don't know if it was rape or not, but I can understand the confusing evidence is a problem.
Sancho
Dec 2013
#103
One of the friends videotaped some of the incident, then deleted the video and discarded the
LisaL
Dec 2013
#121
I've re-read your post five times now... can't find the word "sullied". Point it out for me? n/t
cherokeeprogressive
Dec 2013
#107
OJ Simpson won the Heisman legitimately. He became a douche years later. nt
bluestate10
Dec 2013
#112
This article is three weeks old and was written before the police decided that they wouldn't file
Chakab
Dec 2013
#61
And had he gone to trial and walked, you'd still claim he was a rapist
Blanket Statements
Dec 2013
#72
You've already judged, so stop pointing fingers. You've judged without hearing a single argument
cherokeeprogressive
Dec 2013
#110
When the internet decides a person is guilty, a jury's decision isn't enough
Penicilino
Dec 2013
#74
That information is old information. It was known by law enforcement. Because a person's
bluestate10
Dec 2013
#108