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(3,317 posts)Put up or keep prevaricating.
The alleged offenses stem from situations that don't seem all that unusual. Many men (and women) don't like to use condoms, especially if they know there is little or no health risk. In both situations there is no disagreement whatsoever over whether both partners are willingly engaging in sexual contact. In both cases, the females continue not only with the relationship, but also the sexual intercourse, out of their own free will.
In situation one there is a slight disagreement first, a moment of misunderstanding out of which a politician/lawyer construed a moment of "violence". After that, the condom (its use not having been refused) breaks. The woman in this situation suspects (allegedly, but all indications are that this suspicion only arises several days later) that it was broken on purpose. Impossible to prove, even if it were true. But that's the allegation. The appropriate prosecutor dismisses it. A politician/lawyer manages to get a personal acqaintance and political friend, a more senior prosecutor, to resume the case.
In situation two, after a long night together, and shortly after consensual, protected intercourse, the condom slips. The woman says she wasn't entirely awake at that moment, "half asleep". As soon as she is fully aware, she doesn't stop him. Not out of fear, as she confirms later. She never claims that she was raped. She only agrees to tell this story to the police in order to force the man to take an Aids test. The appropriate prosecutor dismisses the case. A politician/lawyer manages to get a personal acquaintance and political friend, a more senior prosecutor, to resume the investigation.