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Originally Posted by brandoncla
The damming evidence against her is plentiful, statements by her own friends that directly contradict her own story, and additional untruths/exaggeration issues. While I can't explain a "vaginal tearing" other than "they had drunk sex", you can't address half the problems with your side of the argument either. It wasn't victim bashing, it was taking into account all the information provided, and determining her story wasn't precisely as she said it was on top of having multiple motives to lie.
I, like dids, don't really care to dive back into it all over again. I followed it very closely for days, and already made my determination of the events.
"I've just been repeatedly videotaped having consensual sex with Winston, perfect time for crying rape for making moneys and hiding the cheating from my boyfriend!"
Thank you for saying something about the vaginal tearing (uhh...why the quotes?)--you're the first "serious". I apologize for my condescending tone on that, you clearly didn't ignore it like everyone else did. The thing is an actual doctor who examined her judged it to be caused by a rape and not drunken sex (plus the "damning evidence" amounted to her not having much to drink anyway). That alone is enough to move beyond her recollection of some of the details of the evening, which I actually have addressed, even recently. Theorizing it away and chalking it up to "there are problems with both sides" pretty much does amount to victim bashing.
Itt "following the case" seemed mainly reading press leaks (including the affidavits which Winston's own roomate disavowed) by various parties who wanted the case to go away and salvage their reputations; Jameis Winston, Tallahassee PD, FSU, and even the prosecutor who didn't want to look weak for not going to court. Given the article about these entities' approach to anything involving players and lawbreaking, it is only reasonable to presume that her "interviews" with police amounted to suspect-style interrogations with the intent of intimidating her into going away and getting her to contradict her own story. Also consistent with the same cop telling Winston's attorney (yet not her) the case was closed, *after* telephoning Winston (lol) to ask him if he could come get questioned about this rape accusation, *after* telling the accuser he didn't want to approach Winston or anyone who was there about it because he didn't want to "tip them off", *after* telling her how much pressing charges would make her life miserable.
The thread bought a load of PR which was dubious all along and bro-bonded over Winston's threesomes and ability to womanize. Forest for the trees; it happens. Outside of this thread, most people look at the cover-up and assume where there's smoke there's fire. They refer to "the rape", not "the lying woman trying to frame an innocent football star".
Dids has continued to buy the Winston lawyer's latest accusations of extortion without any skepticism whatsoever, even suggesting it's high time Winston tries to get this menace charged with something. Same lawyer who wrote the phony affidavits and was obviously trying to get ahead of the next news cycle.
Yes, his behavior that has come to light since then has made him seem a lot more like someone who could commit a rape. That is not my problem and not something I need to contort to dismiss. Perhaps consider that as new information provided...it's just not provided straight from his attorney is all.