On September 19 of this year, an intoxicated 32-year-old woman was asked to leave a party. She thereafter accused four young men who were at the party, ranging in age from 17 to 26, of raping her. Despite their denials, despite the fact that they had alibis, they were incarcerated for two weeks, with bail set a levels designed to insure they wouldn't get out. All on one woman's word. The young men could have received life imprisonment for this alleged crime.
Sources: http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2009/09/23/news/news092309_08.txt and http://www.kfsm.com/news/kfsm-river-valley-ozark-gang-rape-police,0,2312687,print.story
Today, a local newspaper reported that the woman recanted:
Police Say Woman Recants Rape Claim Against Four Males
By Hicham RaacheTimes Record • hraache@swtimes.com
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 8:37 AM CDT
A woman who accused three Franklin County men and one teen of holding her down and raping her has recanted.
Bobby Wilson, 23, Morgan Applegate, 20, Ashley Wheeler, 26, and a male teen, all of Ozark, have been released from jail, where they were held after the woman accused them of raping her with a foreign object at a party in Ozark on Sept. 19, according to Lt. Steve Coppinger of Arkansas State Police.
The four males were released Monday after the woman recanted her statement, in which she accused them of beating and raping her, Coppinger said.
“There was some type of consensual contact between them, but she recanted the rape allegation and beating,” he said.
“There was contact and horseplay between her and all four (males).”
Ozark Police Chief Jim Noggle said State Police were called upon to investigate the woman’s recantation.
It will be up to Prosecuting Attorney David Gibbons to determine if the woman will be arrested on suspicion of falsifying a police report, Coppinger said.
Link: http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2009/10/06/news/news100609_08.txt
And the men speak out about how their lives have been ruined:
Men Cleared Of Rape Charges Speak Out
Jared Broyles
Reporter
October 6, 2009
OZARK - They were accused of gang rape and held in jail for more than two weeks. But as we reported Monday, the four Ozark men were cleared and released. Now, they're talking exclusively to 5NEWS about their innocence and why they say these allegations have ruined their lives.
The former suspects praised an Ozark officer and a state police investigator for clearing their names and getting them released. The men said all they had was the support of one another to survive the inside. The trio was arrested two weeks ago along with a 17-year-old for allegedly raping a 32-year-old woman in Ozark.
Ashley Wheeler told 5NEWS the woman was drunk and told to leave the party after she became belligerent.
"The girl had lied from the get go and was ready to ruin our lives over this; over being made to leave the party," he told 5NEWS.
Wheeler, Morgan Applegate, and Bobby Wilson say they had nothing to hide and cooperated with police.
"I told them the truth," Wilson said. "None of us did this. The rape never happened."
They fear that this will follow them for the rest of their lives and that people will always look at them with contempt.
All three say this has left them emotionally scarred.
"I have a baby with cancer, and I am a good father and to be put in jail for something I didn't do..." Wheeler said.
The friends say this is the most difficult time in their lives.
"I lost my dad recently, a few weeks ago," Applegate explained. "I lost my house. I have nothing. All I had was my job, and I lost that too because of this."
In fact, all of them lost their jobs. Now, they're left to try and find work in a small town during a down economy.
The men expressed their gratitude to Ozark officer Justin Phillips and ASP investigator Sgt. Kim Warren for clearing their names.
They're understandably angry at their accuser.
"I think she needs to serve time," Applegate said. "I do. I think she needs to be in there like we were cause she's guilty, and we weren't and that's the difference."
The woman who accused them could now face charges for filing a false police report, a Class D felony.
They also thanked attorney Dan Ivey, Wheeler's mom, along with other family and friends who supported them.
The men have now been accused of huffing a substance while in custody at the Franklin County Jail. All three say it's a trumped up charge they'll fight. The charge is a misdemeanor.
Link: http://www.kfsm.com/news/kfsm-news-rv-rape-exclusive-cleared-ozark,0,5330836,print.story
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Disgusting! Disgusting! I can't believe how angry this has gotten me.
What does "huffing a substance" mean? Sounds like they are trying to frame them for some crime so LE feels better about the arrest.
She does need to be arrested. This will not stop until these false accusers are taught about repercusions. For every action there is a reaction. False police reports=prison!
Sorry I seem so suspicious of LE but because of our situation, I am very reluctant to trust anyone let alone LE. They KNOW the truth and allow an innocent man to rot in jail.
CBGirl
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8293437.stm
A doctor who was accused of raping a woman at her home in South Lanarkshire has walked free after the judge dismissed the case against him.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8293760.stm
Police are investigating the rape of a student at a university halls of residence - on the same night as an 18-year-old student was also attacked.
The second rape involved a 20-year-old woman at the University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, say police.
AfOR
False Rape is fallout from 40 years of rape hype and rape lies from feminism.
Woman = Victim
Victim = Woman
It is inseparable. Women wear victimhood like skin.
This is a separation tactic. While we are not totally separated yet, it remains to be seen what the future holds for Western society.
Astounding number of gang rape lies on this blog. These women are shameless.
Indeed they are. Which is no surprise, since our legal system usually doesn't hold them accountable. And if men were allowed to lie about women this way I'm sure that there would be plenty of false accusations against women.
But I agree with the point about modern women wearing victimhood like a skin. Most of them would not sink to the depths of what the Hofstra liar did, but many women think that they are entitled to something extra because of the imaginary persecution that they suffered for centuries (always ignoring everything that men suffered throughout history!).
This is a huge problem, and it is a challenge to western society. In the end I think that feminism will be recognized for what it is, though.
My false rape accuser was an angry violent pig also.
Why wasn't my false rape accuser charged, and why is society enabling these sick / violent /perverted/ callous women???
So ridiculous. It's to the point that if this ever happened in my area I would organize a rally at the court or where ever to have the false accuser charged if I even thought they might walk.
There has to be something we can do? I mean awareness is the first step but what is the second?
How can we garner public support enough to change policies and practices?
llyando, you raise the most important question of all. Getting countless municipalities, their police forces and judicial systems to change can't occur quickly. What we need to do is inject ourselves into the public discourse on rape -- which we are doing. It is virtually impossible to research false rape claims on the Internet without having this blog in your face.
We need to pick our spots where we will do the most good. I am going to be publishing a major piece in the next few days (probably over on Glenn Sacks' site first) that is going to propose a simple, but common sense -- and irrefutable -- change in how we look at the prevalence of false rape claims. I've alluded to it a number of times here, but we need to make a splash and insist this is the new standard.
We need to get politicians talking about anonymity for the presumed innocent charged with rape.
We need to get politicians talking about jacking up the sentencing maximums for false reporting of rape.
We need to get politicians talking about insisting on restraining orders for the presumed innocent instead of automatically arresting them on the basis of a lone accusation and allowing some judge to set unreasonably high bail that keeps our young men locked up -- again, on the basis of nothing more than a woman's allegation.
My short term dream, aside from finishing my book on this subject, is to start a billboard campaign in a major city -- "Rape is an awful crime. So is lying about rape." I expect that this would garner nationwide publicity for the cause.
One step at a time. We just started this blog last year and already we are the world's leading site on false rape claims. I know you follow this blog, and your help is very much appreciated.
It's a step in the right direction for the falsely accused to speak up about their ordeal, their mistreatment, and - God Forbid! Their FEELINGS!
Expecting the Justice System to teach false accusers about repercussions is pretty futile.
The thing I respect MOST about the men I like most is they DON'T whine or complain...but it works to their detriment.
My son rarely speaks about it -- he answers questions briefly,cuts off further discussion and never brings the topic up himself.
Like a veteran who witnessed horrific battle, he won't relive it with words...which makes it too easy for those guilty or inexperienced with such horror to think it wasn't so bad.
These guys spoke of the harm done them with dignity. They were exonerated which allows them a small freedom to do so.
You'd think those guys released after years of prison would be screaming to high heaven - but you rarely hear from them. When you do, they maintain dignity and rather underplay what happened.
It's a shame a man's better qualities works to his detriment.
""False Rape is fallout from 40 years of rape hype and rape lies from feminism.""
False rape accusations have been condoned and encouraged for much longer than that.
The 40 years before the past 40 years false rape accusations were enthusiastically directed toward black men.
Anti-Lynch laws were established in the early 1960's.
Feminism piggybacked onto the civil rights movement in the later 1960's, rendering ALL males fair game.
Archivist,
Though I think you're doing a great work here, I think that getting the politicians to even ACKNOWLEDGE our concerns, let alone do anything about them, is wishful thinking. Women comprise a majority of the voters, and they'll NEVER sign off on anything that's fair to men-never! The politicians know who butter their bread (women do), and they won't do a damn thing to piss off their prime demographic. If we're going to do anything, it'll have to be by violent means. Sorry, but the system isn't going to work on our behalf here.
MarkyMark
Go away, Sgt Mom.
The SMTroll is back folks.
Thank you Sgt Mom. you make a couple of really good points:
1) Being sotic is generally a f=good thing, but it can work against you when it makes you overlook an atack. Chiavlry towards women is one example of this.
2) Certain women have always gotten away with false rape accusations, and denying it by playing innocent and asking all wide-eyed "why would any woman lie about it" is just another lie.
SgtMom is speaking our language now, but she can turn on us on a dime. It's all an act.
I think we need both practical forcefull methods and those that can talk and change things politically.
do what your good at.
'SgtMom is speaking our language now, but she can turn on us on a dime. It's all an act."
It doesn't matter what someone really truly feels deep inside. What matters is what they do and say in public, sich as forum like this. Then we just ignore the deviations into nothingness.
In the meantime, don't chase potential allies off.
Jim,
are you new here?
I'm asking because it seems like a funny coincidence you just happened to show up in the Sgt. mom thread.
So what do you say, Sgt. Jim...er excuse, me, Jim?
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