The girl’s mother, Jessica Collier, said it has been a learning experience for her daughter. “She recanted, and she apologized,” Collier said. “She’s learned some important life lessons.”
Indeed she has learned an important life lesson. Since she is not being charged, she has likely learned that she can get away with the destruction of someone's life, with no repercussions. The young man involved has also learned something valuable:
If a friend could do this to me, how can I trust someone who’s not as close to me?
This is an excellent question. And one that I hope he learns a valuable lesson from. Acquaintance rape accusations are the most prevalent of rape accusations. They are, however, the most likely to be false claims, due to alcohol/drug use, and the accuser not remembering if everything was consensual, or regretting the incident.
What actually happened the night of Dec. 27 was consensual, but the girl got scared and, “once she realized what had almost happened … she called her dad,” Collier (the girls mother) said.
So nothing actually happened and yet this boy was still arrested and imprisoned for 10 days?
Thankfully, she admitted the truth, and this young man was spared any further trauma.
The article is here:
http://www.chroniclet.com/2009/01/10/girl-recants-alleged-rape_122/
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Both mothers agree that their longtime friendship, while affected by the experience, remains strong.
“We’re absolutely friends,” Collier said, adding she hopes her daughter and Donovan can find a way to maintain their friendship as well.
How does it make her son feel?
She should have taken her sons side and had nothing more to do with this girl or her mother, longtime family friendship or not.
He must feel like his mother is more concerned with maintaining non-relative female relationships, than protecting her own son.
I've had similar happen with my mother when I was young. Its hurtful, its almost like you dont matter, and I can tell you that as a man you do not forget it.
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