No, please don't make up facts. Let's stick to what actually happened, not what you wish had happened.
Police received information that a 14-year-old runaway from Garland was at the camp. Police checked the area and found the girl. During an interview, she revealed that she had had sex with a man in a tent. Armstrong was identified as that man and arrested.
Did you read the article? You seem to have judged him, convicted him and are apparently making up the facts as you go along. So far, we have cops looking for a runaway; they find her. She said she had sex with 'that' guy. So far, so good?
Not the article goes on to say that she told the guy that she was 19. Does that establish the reliability of the girl's integrity? She lied to the accused 'rapist' about her age. That is what she freely admitted to the police; as part of their interview.
So, what do we have? We have a girl who told a guy she was 19, and then she said she had sex with him. How old do you THINK he thought she was? All factual evidence points to 19, right?
Those are the facts ... all right there in the article for you to read.
The difference is the bartender is trying to do an honest day's work! This guy accused of this rape has a bit of a history of sex with young girls....and doesn't seem to learn his lesson! His history suggests that he would have done the same thing whether she told him she was 19 OR 14!
And don't think I'm putting angel wings on the girl! A 14 year old doesn't run away from home and start sleeping with strange men in tents unless she has a screw or two loose!
Quite frankly,they both seem like a twin pair of idiots,but the fact still remains that he is accused of sleeping with a 14 year old;and like the bartender,it doesn't matter if she lied about her age...according to the law! Fair or not is another story!