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Originally Posted by McheleM But the girl never said no. And a defense attorney would jump all over that fact, as well as try to pad a jury with other men and women who feel if you don't make you intentions known, you can't come back and complain.
It's like ordering hot cocoa with whipped cream, not telling the clerk no whipped cream and then complaining about the whipped cream.
As sad as it is, that's the world we live in. Innocent until proven guilty. And the victims often pay worse than the criminals.
I'm still going back to the "we don't know either of the people in question, and we are getting the info 3rd party from someone who hasn't returned to comment" |
Oh, I didn't know that for sure. Well, unless she can help a prosecutor to prove an actual or implied threat so severe she was in fear for her life and afraid to say "no" or resist, the police are unlikely to open a case nor the D.A.'s office likely to try to charge the man.