The same thing happened to a friend of mine. He was exonerated but the legal fees were terrible and the entire ordeal was extremely stressful. It can happen to anyone.
The girl should be locked up untill she is 18.
Child Protective Services in the state of Washington has a simple philosophy. If a child states that his parents are abusive he is telling the truth. If the child refuses to accuse his parents he has been intimidated, coerced or brainwashed by the parents. If the child accuses a CPS worker or school “counselor” of misdeeds they are liars.
Once a man is falsely accused of rape, there is no getting away from the stigma, short of getting away, where no one knows about it, and that is impossible these days. The girl and her family should be made to pay every penny this has cost him, and a lot more.
Fairfax County ping!
There is no way to protect yourself from this type of charge.
Never being alone in a classroom or anywhere else with any child makes no difference. The lies can be spread and you have no defense.
The girl’s family should be made to pay the legal fees and she ought to spend a couple of years behind bars.
Teaching just is not a job for men anymore.
Frightening story. Although we must protect youngsters from adult sexual predators, there has to be some balance. The 12-year-old girl should have had her accusation better verified by the police before they moved on Mr. Lanigan. The concept that if a child (especially at that age) makes an allegation of sexual abuse by an adult, especially a teacher, it has to be taken at face value with scant investigation is absurd and can lead to this kind of tragedy for an innocent man. Like the jurors that quickly acquitted him, I too hope this man is someday able to ‘get his life back’. Even if he does, it will never be the same. All because some pouting 12-year-old girl decided to ‘make him pay’ for ‘speaking harshly’ to her. Insane - and very, very wrong.
The TSA actually is allowed to grope 12 year old girls.
Hooray for the jury!
Has the girl been expelled?
Female circumcision:
It’s not just for moslems anymore.
It happens more than we think too. Years ago a family firend happened to have car troubel on the wrong road. A 14 yo gilr who lived close by told her Mother she had been raped by a stranger and he ended up arrested and went through several years of h*ll because of this girls lies. When it finally went to trial his lawyer was ab;e to get her to breakdown and admit she lied. Guess she had slept with her boyfriend and was afriad of what migth happen if she got pregnant so made up a lie just incase. The family lost everything because everyone believed the young girl. They ended up with thousands of dollars in legal fees and the girl walked away scot free....just doesn’t seem fair that that could happen that way but it does.
On a similar note, I have just been through my companies’ “Sexual Harassment Training Classâ€. The course is total BS but I understand completely why my company does it. We were taught never to put yourself into any position where you “might be vulnerable to being accused†of sexual harassment. This is very frightening. If has turned us into Robots in the work environment. At lunch the other we were discussing the finding of porno in the material confiscated when the Seals took out Bin Laden. This was in the company cafeteria. We were discussing just what this meant in light of Islam’s treatment of women. When a woman came to sit at our table, I changed the topic of conversation. Just broaching this topic should be seen as sexual harassment. This is madness I know as I watched this topic on a number of TV and radio shows. But that shows where we are at.
I think this happens more than it is reported. From what I gather, many allegations are left without action beyond the initial investigation. The problem of course is the accused will always have this hanging over him from the gossip that follows.
I don’t understand why any male would want to become a teacher. And here’s Exhibit A.
That 12 year old girl was FULLY aware of what the consequences would be.
Now she should pay hers.
Why can’t he file suit against this little slut and her parents for the amount of the legal fees?
You can put me on the falsely accused list. I never met the child in question, but the child was well known by my parents and siblings. Fortunately for me I was out for the country for an extended time that including the time of the accusation, and it only took a quick look at my passport by the sheriff sent to investigate to clear me. My brother was not as lucky, and spent quite a bit of time trying to get clear of accusactions by the same girl.
Prisons are filled with such innocent men.
just out of curiosity, where is his teachers union? You'd think this would be an important benefit, a far better use of dues than political contributions.