Karla Forest has false rape charges dropped.
A Greene County woman who spurred panic by submitting an allegedly false rape claim will not face consequences.
Prosecutors on Friday dismissed a misdemeanor charge of making a false report against Karla M. Forest, 29, finding there was not sufficient evidence to prove the woman's tale was fake.
In July 2007, Forest called authorities to report a stranger had emerged from the brush in her backyard and raped her. Deputies found the woman bound and partially nude behind a barn near her East Farm Road 80 home.
The Greene County Sheriff's Office and other agencies dumped hundreds of work hours into the ensuing investigation but came up with nothing.
In the mean time, news of the attack caused panic in the woman's neighborhood. A rape victim who lived nearby would not come out of her home for several days, Sheriff Jim Arnott said.
Finally, in July 2008, prosecutors filed charges against Forest, alleging she'd injured herself, undressed and bound her hands and feet with duct tape before calling police.
Assistant Greene County Prosecutor Jill Patterson, who filed the dismissal, said there was probable cause to believe Forest submitted a false report, but not evidence to prove the matter beyond a reasonable doubt.
"I did not feel like I could meet that burden and I didn't feel like it was in the interest of justice to pursue the matter," Patterson said. "I put a lot of time and energy in to make sure the decision was careful."
In July 2008, Arnott held a press conference to announce the charges and said his office would seek thousands of dollars in restitution from Forest to repay time spent searching for the rapist.
The sheriff was disappointed to hear of the dropped charge Friday afternoon.
"In many ways, it is a travesty that it did not get before the courts to make a decision," Arnott said. "We know suspects lie all the time, but when we have to figure out if the victim is lying, that's more frustrating."
Despite the dismissal, both Patterson and Arnott said there is no reason for the public to be concerned about Forest's alleged attacker.
"I feel that we came to a conclusion in the case, and that we had the right suspect," Arnott said.
But Forest's attorney, Shane Cantin, said his client was attacked as she claims.
"It was very clear to me that Karla was assaulted outside of her home in 2007 and nobody's ever been charged," Cantin said. "It was very bad for Karla. It was very damaging for Karla."Comments:
I'd like to take a moment and apply a common phrase from the rape-industrial-complex to this case:
"Even though she wasn't prosecuted, doesn't mean that she didn't file a false rape claim."
The prosecutor felt that a false accusation was filed, but couldn't meet the burden of proof. Funny, that doesn't seem to stop them from prosecuting men and boys for rape, even if it is a false accusation. Maybe, law enforcement officials should stop with the double standards, and simply apply the law to ALL cases across the board.
Link: http://www.news-leader.com/article/20090516/NEWS01/905160357/False+rape+report+charge+dropped
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How ridiculous. Of course there's proof beyond a reasonable doubt that she made it all up. There was no evidence of rape.
Oh wait -- when is there ever evidence of rape? Not often.
This is yet another green light: ladies, start up your engines! File all of the false police reports you want!
" the power and entitlements courtesy of VAWA "
Somehow I knew there would be cases like this one ,and the one before it, when Senator Joseph "VAWA Joe" Biden became Vice President.
That's a shame. The real rape victim who didn't leave her home out of fear should sue this (not going to say it).
Brooklyn: Ridge Road woman arrested for false rape report... et al.
http://blog.cleveland.com/brooklynsunjournal/2009/06/brooklyn_ridge_road_woman_arre.html
Another false rape report
What the false accusers are doing to men in this country is terrorism, plain and simple. And unfortunately it's often state-sponsored terrorism because these feminist-informed prosecutors give these terrorists support and safe harbor.
...Assistant Greene County Prosecutor Jill Patterson, who filed the dismissal...
But at least Jill Patterson freely admits that it was a hoax. Plenty of other prosecutors would keep on pretending that a rape had occurred, no matter what the evidence says.
Okay men, this is it. Your protection against a false rape claim is paper thin. Think about this the next time you want to engage in intercourse. You are not protected against a rape call.
Some wimin lie.
It isn't even necessary to have sex with the liar. She can just make something up whenever she damned well feels like it; whenever she wants to feel powerful.
hey sonja, why are you commenting on this blog...to make yourself feel good?
Guys, a couple weeks ago I clicked on the link under sonja's name, and her profile showed she has her own blog. So I checked it - it is a feminist blog, and in one of her posts she made a general statement about women lying about rape: that the first time is a 'mistake' and sonja implied it shouldn't be punished.
Then I made an comment there disagreeing, signing it 'Norm', and now I notice her profile doesn't have the link to her blog on it anymore. In other words, no quid pro quo on her site, even though she enjoys commenting here, making herself seem like an open-minded woman.
I'm not saying she's a troll as such (though I'm sure lots of you guys will jump to her defense...I can hear you even now: "but I think she is a nice, fair, person!") Just watch out, don't be surprised if she says something really obnoxious down the road.
Norm, I haven't got a clue what you're on about. I have only got a LiveJournal, no other blogs, and even that isn't updated with any kind of regularity. (LJ is here: http://sonja-newcombe.livejournal.com/)
I always use my google details when posting on any website and have never bothered including a link to my LJ.
I'd love to know what blog you were really reading, because it sure as hell wasn't mine.
If you commit rape or murder for the first time should that get a free pass, too? We're talking about malicious acts of fraud that cause permanent damage to the lives of innocent men. This isn't just someone breaking into your home and stealing your credit cards and plasma TV, but a lifetime of discrimination and mental anguish. This is a hate crime which is used to demean men as a social class.
Women would never, ever tolerate this being done to them. If women were being coerced into accepting plea bargains, charged based only on the word of a man, humiliated on internet databases, and often imprisoned for the rest of their lives based on nothing more than a story with their convictions being treated as 100% reliable by a sexist, irrational legal system, then the feminists would be ripping that system apart with their bare hands.
Sonja,
whatever you say. All I know is a few weeks ago someone named Sonja posted here a few times, and their link led to "The Virginal Suicide blog"
Perhaps there is another sonja...sorry if it's a false accusation. (at least it's not one of rape!)
p.s. I checked your live journal just now, I don't really see how you could be the owner of the blog I mentioned. Oh well, another conspiracy theory bites the dust!
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