[VRWCmember]

let me say that in reading your posts on legal issues i can tell you have a low opinion of lawyers in general and defense lawyers in particular. so let's just get your bias out there on the table.

You are correct that I have a bias against lawyers in general and defense lawyers in particular. I hope that I never need the services of one, because I think our system of justice has been perverted and corrupted, even though it is still probably the best in the world which just goes to show how screwed up the rest of the world must be.

Yes, there are false charges of rape, just like there are false charges of sexual harassment, false charges of child abuse, etc. And the accused must be able to put on a defense.

The accuser's credibility in this case has definitely been challenged (as has his with the initial denial of even having sex with her being changed to an argument of consensual sex after being informed that the proof of a sexual encounter was beyond contradiction). It just seems to me that with the attacks on the accuser, it just will serve to demonstrate that if you choose your victims properly, it should be pretty easy to get away with almost anything -- especially if you can afford a high profile attorney.

[xsmommy]

regardless of how this turns out, i doubt it will be a total vindication for him, even if she did consent. it will be impossible to prove that. and he will have financial repercussions, his reputation has suffered, clearly. i am not crying for him. i don't like him, pity him or care about him one way or the other, i am stating a fact. a man's reputation is irretrievably damaged by a false claim, and the accuser needs to be subjected to scrutiny to safeguard men's reputations. if the system is tilted towards the alleged victim, then false claims will be more easily made. it is a balancing of rights.

as to your opinion of lawyers, or that of anyone else for that matter, i am really not hurt by it. there are good and bad in every profession. and this is a job, as far as i am concerned. i happen to enjoy it, but i would never claim it as a high and noble calling.