We have a few cases over the years were people were afraid to come forward. Others were told to stay quiet. Bought off even. But there are also some cases of people been falsely accused.
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might remember the bloke from Coronation Street ( UK Soap ) He played Kevin Webster? I have no idea how the case against him ever made it to court. The media branded him a rapist from day 1. He always denied everything. Turned out his accuser was lying. Once she took the stand the oath she took was explained to her. That she could not lie. Suddenly she broke down. It all came out that it was a story made up. Her name never made the papers once. She was one person I thought should have been named and shamed. Person she accused of raping her saved her from a jail sentence. It was put to him. But he simply wanted to get on with his life and saw no point in sending her to prison.
What is happening in Hollywood now happened in the UK big time a few years back. Mainly in the BBC. Shame one fecker died before they could ever get him to court. Kids used to love him on TV. Only he was abusing loads of them. Wasn't just him though. Was many more. Once one began to talk others came forward too. And I agree that they should have come forward. I said that in my original post. Hunt down feckers like that and hang them up by the balls once found guilty.
But here in Ireland the media are not allowed to name people before any case at all. It is not trial by media first. Trial by court first. If found guilty the media will go to town on you after the case. That is one thing I think every country should bring in. Because were you might get 10 found guilty, you will also get 5 found not guilty. Those 5 could be branded rapists by the media. When the fact is they done nothing at all.
There was also an odd case in the UK last year. Football player. Him and his mate and a girl. The girl cried rape on him, but not on his mate. It went to trial and he was found guilty. You have the right to appeal. Here is were it got all messed up. The accuser kept given different versions of events. Never once did she give the same version of what happened that night. Then she tripped herself up. She said she forgets if he gave him consent. This was after saying at the original trial that she had told him no. The judge had no option but to overturn the verdict. Not talking something that happened many years ago either. This was only something that happened in the year before the case. Tripped herself up. The media had hung him out to dry as a rapist too.
Trial by court and not by media.