Once again, we see that filing the false report is only a misdemeanor, a low bond is set, and it doesn't appear they are beating the bushes to find this woman.
Once again, we see the use of a recording to disprove the claim. That is all that stood between the man accused, and jail.
Thankfully, he hasn't been named.
Ashley Fulton has warrant issued for False Rape Accusation.
A $2,500 bond has been set on an arrest warrant issued Thursday for a Tulsa woman accused of making a false rape report with Cherokee County sheriff’s Investigators.
Ashley Fulton, 23, allegedly told Investigator Becky Thompson she was raped in Cherokee County on Jan. 3.
The man accused of the assault was arrested on a warrant unrelated to the alleged incident, and Thompson went to the Cherokee County Detention Center to speak with him.
The man showed Thompson his cell phone, on which had been recorded video of him and Fulton engaging in consensual sexual acts. An affidavit filed with Fulton’s case states Fulton even looked at the phone’s camera and smiled during the act.
After viewing the video on the phone, Thompson attempted to contact Fulton for another interview, but she has been unable to reach the alleged “victim.”
False reporting of a crime is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail and/or a fine of up to $500.
Assistant District Attorney Yvette Duvall is prosecuting the case. Special District Judge Holli Wells signed the arrest warrant.
Link: http://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/local/local_story_135101923.html
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A $500 fine doesn't settle this. There needs to be some real prison time. What a worthless excuse for a woman.
This poor guy will probably never get his life back. This will be in his mind for the rest of his life.
http://counterfem.blogspot.com/2009/05/misogyny-feminist-production.html
It looks like signed consent forms and video taping are the way to go in sexual relationships these days.
Who knows where this charge would have lead if he hadn't recorded it - I have to wonder if she knew it was being recorded or not since she smiled at the camera.
I tried to post a comment about this story, but comments were not allowed.
Sgt. Mom - ”I have to wonder if she knew it was being recorded or not since she smiled at the camera.”From what I understand, women knowingly consenting to either pictures or filming during sexual activity is quite common. Apparently, there are quite few “sex tapes” of such occurrences out there.
Back in April, on Glenn Sack’s blog, there was a similar story about a man in England who’d used his phone to video tape (what a jury found to be) obviously consensual sex. On that thread, I first took issue with Robert Franklin’s interpretations about his having surreptitiously filmed the sex (I thought it was evident that he held the phone while filming it), then I took Pierce Harlan’s suggestion that even if such filming is done using a concealed camera, and without any expressed consent, the fact that such video serves as exculpatory evidence ought to lead to a reduced charge for the recording having been made (http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=3588&cp=1#comment-832516).
Frankly, given the propensity for young women to be willing to allow themselves to be filmed ought to be used my young men to secure evidence of the consensual nature of sexual acts as a routine matter.
Women all too often latter "reconsider" what they engaged in. It would be very beneficial to have some evidence that they were not raped when they came that it happened.
It just seems so blatantly stupid for a woman to claim rape knowing the guy filmed it.
I know from my experience with the magical world of child abuse claims it's only a matter of time before someone comes up with some sort of Accommodation Syndrome to explain how a woman can evidently be readily consenting - but NOT REALLY.
Hey! You heard it first from me!
Sgt. Mom - "It just seems so blatantly stupid for a woman to claim rape knowing the guy filmed it.
I know from my experience with the magical world of child abuse claims it's only a matter of time before someone comes up with some sort of Accommodation Syndrome to explain how a woman can evidently be readily consenting - but NOT REALLY."
Yes, it does seem stupid. Still, it happens. There was one case in California (I had intended to look it up earlier, but failed to get around to doing so) in which a woman engaged in an orgy with multiple men, all while being filmed. From the accounts given of the filmed "action", she actively directed both the men and the camera throughout.
Then, if I'm recalling it correctly, she was still on her way how when she called police to report that she'd been gang-raped. [It's a fairly well-known case, so perhaps someone else will remember the name of the woman, since I've forgotten it].
Anyway, it just goes to show that some women fail to consider such things. Much like the women who are caught having affairs, who then accuse their lovers of rape, somehow imagining that these men love them so much that they will gladly "roll-over" and go to prison just to protect that woman's (dis)honor. Somehow, they manage to forget that their lovers will likely have evidence of the affair themselves.
Generally, I think false rape allegations tend to be rather "off-the-cuff", at least for the most part.
Also I believe that you are likely quite correct in your suggestion that a "Accommodation Syndrome" or similar excuse will eventually emerge to explain why women who seem to be obviously consenting (by video or pictorial evidence, or even sexually-based email/text exchanges or evidence of their willful engagement in affairs) actually were not - and were thus raped.
We'd be in a lot more trouble if false accusers were smart.
[It's a fairly well-known case, so perhaps someone else will remember the name of the woman, since I've forgotten it]
Finally looked it up. It was Tamara Anne Moonier. The men she had accused faced life sentences, she got 90 days, and a fine.
Turns out that she left the orgy party, and drove to the police station to report the alleged gang-rape.
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1349762.php
For her efforts, she recieved $1,850 in state victim compensation funds. http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/crime-sex-1/moonier-sentenced/
Any time some one expressed disbelief that a woman would lie about being raped even though she new that their was evidence otherwise, suggest they search the name Tamara Moonier.
Quote: "We'd be in a lot more trouble if false accusers were smart."
The Duke LaCrosse accuser wasn't smart.
Mike Nifong saw the opportunity to make a name for himself, and he took it - at the expense of these young men's lives.
Those parents spent $5 million dollars for their son's justice. $5 million dollars they will never see again.
Anyone care to wager what the outcome would have been if they had public defenders?
"The Duke LaCrosse accuser wasn't smart.
Mike Nifong saw the opportunity to make a name for himself, and he took it - at the expense of these young men's lives."
I would disagree with the part that she wasn't smart. She was looking at going back to prison on a parole violation, when she came up with the false accusation. To this day, the only "Punishment" she received...... College paid for, and a book deal. Sounds pretty smart to me. Or maybe that should be street smart.
Nifong and Crystal Mangum should be serving years in prison, instead of out free.
There is currently a case in New Zeland of a woman who had sex with several rugby players, bragged to her friends about it, and now, several years after the fact, is saying it was rape. And it appears that it wasn't the first time she had done this with multiple partners.
Time will tell on that one, but you probably brag to people about it, then try to call it rape.
It's sad that in today's climate, video taping and signed consent forms may be the best option.
Time will tell on that one, but you probably brag to people about it, then try to call it rape.
that should read:
Time will tell on that one, but you probably shouldn't brag to people about it, then try to call it rape.
Sgt. Mom said...
Anyone care to wager what the outcome would have been if they had public defenders?
Exactly what Mike Knifong wanted to happen. The boys wouldn't have had a chance. If they had the same type of public defenders I had, they would have been coerced into accepting plea bargains while, the liar got away with her crime(s).
Anon,
Sadly, she did get away with her crime. She faced no punishment at all. She got her college paid for, and a book deal. The only person held accountable in any way was Knifong (well, the lacrosse players too).
She was on parole, was drunk and had been doing drugs, and when pulled over, knowing that she was going to get hit with a parole violation, claimed she had been raped.
So filing a false accusation should have also been a parole violation, and she should be in prison. But she only got rewarded.
And we wonder where women get the idea they can file false rape claims with no consequences if found out.
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