Last Halloween, Julian Edelman of the New England Patriots was arrested for groping at night club. In a police report, his still unnamed accuser stated that "she felt the suspects (sic) hand come in contact with her vagina in what she described as 'a purposeful squeeze or swipe.'" She said he groped for two seconds. The woman informed nightclub staff about the incident and requested that Edelman be removed from the club.
According to Prof. KC Johnson, whose chronicling of the Duke lacrosse case helped expose the accused players' innocence: "Early press coverage, especially from the tabloid-ish Boston Herald, presumed if not guilt at the least a demonstration of extremely poor character."
You can watch an actual video of the incident here. You will need to avoid blinking when the alleged "grope" occurs. Edelman, wearing shorts as part of a Reno 911 costume, does not appear to make contact with the woman for the two seconds she alleges. Although the video is difficult to see, you can see Edelman reach out his hand, then look back. Prosecutors say that Mr. Edelman took her hand briefly, that the physical contact between the two was fleeting and did not meet the elements of any crime.
In the video, the woman's face was blurred by the Suffolk County District Attorney's office to protect her identity. The DA issued a statement: "[A] review of both witness statements and video surveillance has revealed that the Commonwealth would be unable to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant intentionally engaged in a harmful or offensive touching of the complainant that would be regarded by society as immodest, immoral, and improper."
According to David E. Frank, writing for the news blog of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly: "Edelman’s lawyer, Amy McNamee, said that his client has maintained from the beginning that he is innocent. Today’s court action, she added, confirms that he was telling the truth. 'Everyone was very quick to immediately accuse him of being some kind of pervert,' McNamee said. 'It’s not easy to have to walk around holding your head up when you know you didn’t do it.'” The video, according to Mr. Frank, "seriously called into question the alleged victim’s account of the incident."
Prof. Johnson noted that the newspapers covering the story have declined to reveal the woman's identity: "Perhaps, as occurred initially when the New York Times refused to identify [Duke lacrosse false accuser] Mangum after the exoneration, the papers didn’t want to do anything that might deter false-grope accusers from coming forward in the future."
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Why is there no horror and hysteria about the prevelance of false rape, sexual assault/assult accusations/allegations/claims as there are for rape(s)/sexual assault(s)/assault(s)?
"Another high profile sex crime that didn't happen"
Or, properly worded:
"A high profile sex crime that could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt"
Anon 3:34, could it be that the level of occurrence for FRA's does not justify mass hysteria.
A young man in Denver is on a sex offender registry for pattting a girl on the butt in a bar.
His girlfriend had stepped away while he was engrossed in conversation. When he felt her bumping next to him, he patted her rear - only it was a different woman who'd stepped into her place.
Lights out. Your life: ended.
3:51: I completely agree. Just as it's been demonstrated time and time again that there is no campus rape epidemic.
3:45: Oh, so there WAS a crime. It just couldn't be proven. Do you realize how idiotic you sound? Even with the fuzzy video, anyone who calls that a crime is pathological. Seriously.
While we don't know exactly what happened, it's far more likely that she committed a crime here than the football player.
Previous anon...
Why is there no horror and hysteria about the prevelance of false rape, sexual assault/assult accusations/allegations/claims as there are for rape(s)/sexual assault(s)/assault(s)?
This anon; because American law enforcement have been told to hide false rape accusations from the public.
Law enforcement have been told the theory that, by charging false rape accusers, it will somehow deter women from coming forward with their rape accusations. Where are the studies that proves this has any truth to it??? one thing this theory IS producing is a "Culture of false rape accusations".
At best it's "he said, she said" and the authorities have doubts about her claim. To call it a "A high profile sex crime that could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt" is to slap a conclusion on it that a crime DID occur here. That's really very dishonest, and very unfair. He's already been tarnished; she's unscathed even though it's more likely that she's the only wrongdoer here.
Proff Johnson is one of the few bold American academics who dare to challenge the deviant "Duke 88". God bless him!!
False rape accusation, after false groping accusation, after false rape accusation, after false sexual sexual harassment accusation, after..
Many in the gender feminist community still think "something happened" at the Duke lacrosse false rape fiasco.
If they gender-feminists can't inflame the public with false rape accusations..Then how will they continue to "Empower" themselves???
"Do you realize how idiotic you sound?"
Archivist, do you mean "me" or the news anchor in the video?
You Americans are fucking nuts. Do you have any idea how insane this looks to normal people?
Some bar girl gets a nanosecond of vague attention, and you all waste this much effort on it.
We love you, too, David.
Anon 3:56: That is scary. Is it really true? Though I do not doubt you I cannot find a news story about this. Cite please.
"You Americans are fucking nuts. Do you have any idea how insane this looks to normal people?"
@ David,
We're a bit bogged down right now in trench warfare trying to return fire and defend the falsely accused while fighting off attacking waves of brainwashed hysterical mobs, marxists, fascists, feminazi supremacists, and other elitists. Things are insane here in America at this time though not as bad as some of my ancestors experienced it in Europe the past 500 years being burned alive at the stake and later in ovens.
AL
Julian Edelman is just another sacrificial lamb at the stake being slaughtered in the feminists more important war against rape.
"Collateral Damage" At its core.
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Anon 3:34, could it be that the level of occurrence for FRA's does not justify mass hysteria.
Dec 21, 2011 3:51:00 PM
The level of occurence for FRAs? How many FRAs do you suppose go underreported? Is it politically correct to even discuss FRAs with members of the general public?
David Collard - ”You Americans are fucking nuts.”
The Society for Cutting Up Men (S.C.U.M.) is getting ready to have a publically announced conference in Perth, and you think we’re nuts?
If it’s nuts to publicly report on a woman’s efforts to make a false claim (likely with a monetary angle in mind) against a man which seriously tarnishes him in the eyes of the public, then, what would allowing a SCUM conference to take place, without protest, make you Aussies?
Axel - ”At best it's "he said, she said" and the authorities have doubts about her claim. To call it a "A high profile sex crime that could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt" is to slap a conclusion on it that a crime DID occur here.”
Exactly!
This whole affair appears to be nothing more than the “procedural” way in which such cases are routinely disposed of. When police cannot disprove an allegation (and when the complainant is pushing them to act), it’s completely normal for the police to hand the case over to the DA so that the DA will be the one to drop it (decline to prosecute).
The only difference between this case and so many others is that, due to the high profile nature of this one, the DA took the extraordinary step of making a public statement in support of the decision to decline to prosecute the case. Pure, unadulterated “ass-covering”.
But, then again, given the current socio-political climate and the constant agitation of the SGI, who can blame law enforcement for wanting to cover their collective asses any time they have to go against some woman’s demands that her target be prosecuted. Making a public statement and releasing the video evidence is a good way to shut the SGI agitators up before they can raise their typical stink about police and prosecutors not taking allegations of sexual assault crimes seriously enough.
This entire hysteria is disgusting.
So what if someone patted someone's ass. Or even touched the Vagina over the clothing for 2 seconds.
Yes, it is tasteless. Yes, should be illegal.
Just as it is illegal to throw beer in someones face, to lightly slap someone in the face.
And it should have similar penalties, and similar burden of proof. For ass groping and throwing content of a beer glass in someone's face. Actually, being drenched in beer is worse then being groped on ass or vagina (or male genitals) for 2 seconds over clothing.
Wet clothing with beer stench wrecks an evening, stays wet all night long, could freeze when walking home in cold.
And the punishment for ass groping should certainly be lower then for a punch in the face.
A punch in the face certainly is more damaging and dangerous then a grope to the ass. Well, if it were not for feminist hysteria, and women who get scarred for life if someone looks at them with elevator eyes.
Or is there anything that I am seeing wrong?
The whole reason she filed this complaint was likely 1) to get the victim stroking and attention radical feminism and the MSM's complicity with a lot of it, has lead most university young American culture to expect; and 2) to effectively blackmail him into a civil settlement of a bogus claim.
This case just proves that sports players & celebrities are at a high risk of being falsely accused(more so than regular men).
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