[Constitutions Grandchild]

"So I wonder what he just learned that makes him think they're innocent now?"

Nothing. She wouldn't be able to testify to penetration, so he has no choice. He's going for the lesser (I guess) charges where he doesn't have to use her testimony or produce any evidence which would lead to his having to admit that he suppressed evidence (CYA). There's still the lineup to get around, but he has moved it to the arena of he said/she said which is impossible to prove and impossible to disprove.

It then drags on to see who is going to chicken out first. In our case, it was our son. In this case, my money is on the D.A.

[Constitutions Grandchild]

"doesn't have to use her testimony, "

Let me re-phrase that..."where he doesn't have her testimony".

[Brilliant]

He's apparently moving forward with assault and kidnapping charges. He's got just as much evidence for that as he did for rape. In fact, it's the same evidence--the testimony of the "victim."