Sunday, March 8, 2009
'Now I know how distressing it is to be victimized in this way': Harrod's owner joins call for anonymity of the presumed innocent
Comment: In case you missed this news item last month, it speaks for itself. Wrongful allegations of sexual assault cut across every socio-economic class and race. Almost all of the survivors have just one thing in common: they are male.
Harrods chief Mohamed Al Fayed won't face sexual assault charges
Feb 17, 2009
LONDON — Harrods department store owner Mohamed Al Fayed will not face charges over an allegation he sexually assaulted a teenage girl, British prosecutors said Tuesday.
They said police conducted a thorough investigation, including taking statements from a number of people, but there wasn't a solid case to be made against Al Fayed.
"Having reviewed those statements and other material submitted to us we concluded that, in the light of the conflicting evidence and the absence of sufficiently reliable accounts of crucial events, there was no realistic prospect of conviction," prosecutor Rene Barclay said.
Al Fayed had previously denied kissing a 15-year-old girl at his exclusive London store last May.
"The investigation has reached an obvious and proper conclusion," he said Tuesday.
But he criticized police and the British media.
"It cannot be right that an accused person is publicly named before proceedings are brought," Al Fayed said. "Now I know how distressing it is to be victimized in this way. I intend to fight to ensure that others on the receiving end of false allegations are properly protected."
Al Fayed also is known for his son Dodi Fayed's ill-fated romance with Diana, Princess of Wales. The couple died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.
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Hopefully he holds to his promise to raise awareness of the harmful effects of being falsely a cussed of rape
There is no doubt about it people, we could certainly use the vast resources which this man could bring to our movement. However, I have argued elsewhere that it is not necessarily awareness about false accusations that we need to encourage here. Rather it is awareness amongst us men that we are under sustained, focused, and vicious attack by those who are absolutely hateful of us. They will not stop this attack until their power is taken from them and thereby transferred to us. Remember, this fight is all about power, and it has always been characterized by that focus. Our problem historically is that we have bought into the rhetorical indoctrination of our enemies and have willingly relinquished our own justified political power to them, while simultaneously diminishing our own political effectiveness.
This has proven disastrous in terms not being able to resist the whole false accusation movement, and make no mistake about it gentlemen, it is getting stronger. It will keep on getting stronger until we form a very organized and equally focused movement to severly punish all false accusers and their aiders and abettors...past and present.
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Anonymus. What you have stated is true and correct. We need to take back our power and credibility back from those who willfully,maliciously and, malevolently stole it from us.
We also must see to it all false accusers,past and present and those who supported/continue to support and aid/abet them, are all punished in the same manner as their victims.
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