RiseToTheTop
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Von would be a defense witness, maybe,THE defense witness, in the AJ case...same prosecutor.
If you don't think you can win the first one, why not just make everyone as miserable as possible?
What sucks is that AJ's trial isn't until late August, right?
So this prosecutor could drag VP's investigation out until right before the season starts, causing him to miss all of fall camp and probably the entire season as well.
I agree, at this point either they have the evidence to charge him or they don't. If they don't they should clear him of the allegation and let him move on with is his life.
I agree, but that's not how this works. Remember? He was accused, so he definitely raped a girl--all that's left to do is figure out the most effective way to screw his life up (and, along the way, win everybody else involved popularity points for being "anti-rape"--you know, as opposed to us regular folk who think rape is awesome!).
I don't agree with that, I don't believe anyone is intentionally trying to ruin him, but they are trying to get to the bottom of the allegations and the incident that he was involved in. Remember, he put himself in this situation, no one else can be blamed here except for him. If he's innocent of the allegations, I hope he is back soon playing for the Vols, if he's not then they need to charge him and let him have his day in court.
Still interested in the details of the situation he "put himself into". Since they're not known...just hinted at. If somebody alleges that you raped them at Walmart, do you "put yourself into that situation" every time you shop for groceries? :hmm:
Yes, but I've gone to Wal-Mart hundreds of times in my life, and I have never had that happen. It's apparent there was much more to the situation than just going to Wal-Mart to shop for groceries or any other casual encounter.
Yes, but I've gone to Wal-Mart hundreds of times in my life, and I have never had that happen. It's apparent there was much more to the situation than just going to Wal-Mart to shop for groceries or any other casual encounter.
Yes, but I've gone to Wal-Mart hundreds of times in my life, and I have never had that happen. It's apparent there was much more to the situation than just going to Wal-Mart to shop for groceries or any other casual encounter.
I suspect this is just the new interpretation of Title IX playing itself out.
Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in education. Its known for being applied in sports programs, but in 2009 or 2010 the Department of Education applied it to allegations of sexual assault. The line of thinking is that a failure of schools to investigate and bring appropriate disciplinary proceedings (not criminal charges) when there's an allegation of assault is discrimination against the alleged victim. Every school receiving federal funding must comply with that process, and have a Title IX coordinator (imo a CYA administrator). Schools are now being put in the position of picking their plaintiff. If an accuser's complaint isn't properly investigated, the school could be subject to suit. The accused could sue as well, but which plaintiff do you want? An alleged victim or an alleged sexual predator?
The fact that criminal charges have not been brought speaks for itself, but the standards of proof in a Title IX charge through the school are not the beyond a reasonable doubt burden in criminal cases. It looks like this is going to go away, but the school is going to cross every t and dot every i to comply with Title IX, so that they don't risk a suit and or potential federal funding. In my opinion, this interpretation of Title IX is BS, but schools have too much on the line to not comply fully.
Hope it wraps up soon.
Pretty sure it wasn't the first...or hundredth...or thousandth social gathering held at that apartment either. My point is that this concept of "putting oneself into a situation" is way overused. If he's innocent, attending a college party doesn't negate that.
All we "know" about what happened is hearsay ... from the alleged victim through a frat member who was out partying and came across her after the fact. That's all we know, is what he said she said. Literally.
And what he said she said is that Von walked into a restroom that the young woman was already in, and exposed himself to her. Unless I misremember what the frat guy said on these boards, that was it. No allegation of rape or molestation or assault.
But again, and this is really important, that's all just third-hand hearsay.
We just need to wait and see. Butch is going to continue to monitor the university investigation and, to the extent that they'll tell him anything, the police investigation. He may decide to change Von's status even before one or both of those inquiries is completed, if he has a good feel for the direction they're going.
Just gotta wait and see how it turns out.