Maher Garada loves America. It was always his dream to come here from his native Egypt. When he finally made it, he did what many other hard-working immigrants do: he started a business.
Then, last week, Maher Garada's dream was shattered by a false claim of attempted rape.
His business, Gelato Cafe, is down 80%. Customers are afraid of him. His health has suffered.
Maher Garada's life has been destroyed by the malicious false accusation of a lone accuser.
Garada doesn't even know the woman who lied about him, Angela Poindexter, 22. Last week, Poindexter came to police headquarters distraught, her T-shirt torn and the zipper broken on her pants. She claimed Garada ripped her clothes and tried to attack her while they watched a movie at his house.
"This isn't your run-of-the-mill set-up," Insp. Steve Todd, head of Bartlett's investigative services division, said of the lengths Poindexter went to support her accusation.
But days later, Poindexter admitted she made up the story after Garada's family was able to prove he was set up by a man who has a grudge against him. Garada's family brought tape-recorded telephone calls to detectives indicating the whole case was part of a vendetta against Garada's family over money.
Poindexter has been charged with making a false report and is being held in a local jail.
But the damage to Maher Garada has been done. He was handcuffed, arrested and spent almost a week in the local jail. The claim, and Garada's photograph, were featured in the local newspaper. See here. The accusation was so shocking to Garada, it landed him in the hospital.
Even though Garada was cleared of the charges, his wife says he may never recover: "His mind is not ok. His health is not ok. Nothing is ok for him," said GuGu Garada. And that's not even to mention what's happened to his business.
Garada came to America from Egypt eleven years ago. It was always his dream to come here, and he says he still loves it.
"What do I do now? Everything is down," said Garada. "I don't know what is going on now in my life. What do I do? Everybody sees me. Somebody believe, some not believe," said Garada.
Even after she admitted the lie, a local newspaper continues to describe her as the "victim."
We will be following this case and fervently hope that if she's found guilty, Poindexter will spend many years behind bars.
SOURCES:
http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-man-falsely-accused-of-attempted-rape-says-life-is-ruined-20111006,0,4675636.story
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/oct/05/woman-admits-false-rape-charge-against-bartlett-ma/
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/sep/30/bartlett-man-held-30000-bond-following-attempted-r/
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INFURIATING!-That guy should Sue the woman 4 everything she's got!-Although i doubt he would be successful in getting a lot of cash but people might see after him winning that he's not a rapist & that could help his business out a lot!-I think the woman should pay back whatever he lost due 2 her claim & more 4 distress!-Again,-INFURIATING!
More proof that there is no due process for men!!!… If the founding fathers were still alive, this wouldn’t stand.
--FWO
I see things that are far worse than the protests on wall street. People tend to forget the fact that their taxes are often wasted when a false accusation is made. Most people do not realize how their public servants are breaking the laws they are paid to uphold and obey. People are barely making it as it is. We do not need liars abusing the system or the laws and wasting our money. I, for one, do not want my tax dollars used to fund corruption in the law enforcement community/industry. I do not pay taxes to fund police misconduct or police brutality. I do not appreciate my taxes dollars being paid to judges who accept bribes. I have known for years the fact that some defense attorneys, prosecutors and judges have held negotiations in private or in public (having lunch or dinner together). Nobody is the wiser when files are being exchanged (the file with the money/gift is handed to the judge). I theorize that it is during these negotiations the fate of the accused is decided and a jury during the trial is just a formality. Trials cost the state money. What state is not going to find a way to save money? If the accused is poor, what value are they to the state?
The collapse of equal protection for men, and the now "culture of false rape accusations", can be tracked down to a distinct cause, and its not just the women making the false rape claims, its those that handle the claims, and don't hold the false accusers accountable for what they have done.
[We will be following this case and fervently hope that if she's found guilty, Poindexter will spend many years behind bars.]
In otherwords, throw the book at her, even tho Garada's family was able to prove he was set up by a man who has a grudge against him.
So what is your fervent hope for the set-up man?
Anon, its a no-brainer really..Jail for the set-up man, and jail for the women who did it.
But in Americas new "pervert courts", the women will be told to just go home, instead of goto jail.
Judges and prosecutors are above the law in the respect that there is no recourse to a false prosecution.
Thus they have insulated themselves from a natural corrective mechanism.
It is time for judges to do HARD TIME when knowingly breaking/altering the "law."
Fucking disgusting women!!! At 22 she's destroying people's lives and businesses. What's next?
What's the news groups name? I will send a letter of disgust; we all should write them letter, especially to tell them to write the bitch's name as the perpetrator and the man as the victim
So what is your fervent hope for the set-up man?
That he finds a blade in his future. A sharp blade that helps him discover his femininity. If you catch my drift.
I pray for Maher and his family to recover from this trial, as far as the set up couple, I also pray that the court of law take proper measures and punishment, against them. After all, God will Reward and Will Punish severly. Mohammad
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