[IamHD]

It is people like Crystal Mangum and others that make it hard for a woman's allegation of rape believeable.

I believe that the initial calls by Maria to her mother are the truth. She knew that there would be "hell to pay." Why would anyone wish that upon themselves in a man's world? No wonder her stories were changing after the 1st report of rape. She was scared to death.

[Girlene]

This article finally gives a voice to Maria, through her mom, that other reporters have failed to do with regard to the rape allegations. It puts a lot of things into perspective. She tells her mom on May 10 that she had been raped on April 10 by a coworker when the two were assigned to night duty. Her family still believes she was scared of Laurean.

....."She desperately wanted to be deployed to Iraq," her mother said.

Maria confided to her mother that her attacker was "very popular," and said, "I know there's going to be hell to pay for saying anything."".....

....."As the summer wore on, Lauterbach reported several incidents of harassment to her mother. In August, a man called Lauterbach's name and punched her in the face, knocking her down, she said. Lauterbach felt certain it was one of Laurean's friends but never filed a formal complaint.

Later in the summer, somebody keyed her blue 2006 Hyundai Sonata from the front door all the way back to the tail lights."......

I hope the mom keeps the heat on! She wants a change in the way rape charges are handled by the Marine Corps, one of which is to guarantee that the Marine changes bases. Makes sense to me.