I've seen it happen to men I know. A girl gets mad because the director doesn't pick her for the lead in the play for her senior year, and she expected to get it. Then, she's suddenly involved in a whispering campaign, asking other girls if they don't think maybe he's been too friendly.
He gets placed on suspension, a new director comes in, and guess who gets the lead?
There are evil 17 year olds.
He was never fully vindicated, and it ruined his career.
In general, I dislike hyperbole, but I am noticing an alarming trend in the last 20 years. I can't put my finger on why. Back in the mid-1970's we knew a man in his 60's, married for over 30 years. His back-door neighbors' daughter used to come over as a tot, then as an adolescent and visit him when he was retired and puttering around the garage.
Of a sudden, she came up pregnant at 16. She told the police it was our friend. I was so shocked because I knew this man had done nothing of the sort. Turns out it was her Guidance Counselor at high school who fled the country when she finally spilled the beans. Our friend received an apology and the bill for his defense. It was a quirk to have something of this nature happen back then. Now? Well, I'll leave it to you young folks to figure out where the wrong turn was made.
hmmm....looking back at the search warrant affidavits, we can now see that the wording of them is at least a little shady, given what we know now.
The makeup bag, ID, and cell phone were not actually found in the house, but outside and brought in by the guys because CGM left them in the yard.
The fingernails were not found consistent with CGM's story, but were found in the trash can and turned over by the guys.
Why was a subpoena needed for the medical records and interviews conducted at the hospital?
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