I have often wondered why the trail judge was not clever enough to see Nicole’s testimony was contrived... Thank goodness the US did not relinquish Cpl Smith to Philippine authorities..we may not be alive today.
spelling bad today.
actually, I don’t think she made it up...theoretically it was “date rape” since she was drunk at the time. She didn’t remember what happened, so assumed she was unconscious...she wasn’t, too many witnesses saw her leave with Smith, happily drunk.
But the lawyers and activists used her case to whip up anti American sentiment.Hence the “gang rape” charges. Luckily for the Marines, the feminist lawyer got DNA evidence that only showed Smith’s DNA,, which ruined the case for the anti American left.
and the feminist lawyers used the court case to extend rape to cover “intoxicated” not unconscious...a previous case where a British woman was raped after a date drug was throw out a few years ago.
Without the politics, her family probably would have taken a bribe to drop the complaint...here minor theft and assaults are often handled by such settlements.