Sentences with phrase «rape accusers»

When Susan Brownmiller wanted to defend false rape accusers, she invented the «fact» that only 2 % of rape claims are fabricated.

In taking that action, it seems to me that you not only took the prerogative to act out of the hands of the judges, but also that you took the prerogative to complain out of the hands of the public; specifically, perhaps, in this case, the rape accuser (who, as I said in my blog post on the Robin Camp inquiry, might not have chosen to make a complaint).

Not exact matches

Tyson's 18 - year - old accuser, who was a contestant in the Miss Black America pageant in Indianapolis at the time of the alleged rape, is a freshman at a prestigious New England college who is likely to earn more points for credibility from the jury than did the woman who filed charges against Smith.

A supposed torn and empty evidence bag, reportedly found at the home of the mother of rape suspect Patrick Kane's accuser, is a hoax carried out by the mother.

[61] Pritchard urged a review of the law on anonymity for people accused of rape, saying that it was unfair that he was publicly identified whilst his accuser remained anonymous.

Repeatedly, a series of particularly egregious complaints of sexual harassment or rape has led the Legislature to a watershed moment of sorts, producing much - needed reform in how accusers are treated and how their complaints are handled.

But a jarring moment came when the retired basketball star Kobe Bryant won an Oscar for an animated short based on his farewell letter to the sport, prompting accusations of double standards among Oscar voters, given a rape accusation made against Bryant in 2003 — a case that was dropped when his accuser refused to testify and settled out of court.

Since then, two more accusers have come forward, with one saying Kramer engaged in statutory rape with her younger sister's 16 - year - old friend and a then - aspiring stuntwoman accusing Kramer of forcing her to perform oral sex on him after a party in the»70s or»80s.

«Not one of those fancy people wearing black to honor our rapes would have lifted a finger,» Rose McGowan tweets to fellow Weinstein accuser Asia Argento

And she told the story of Recy Taylor, a black woman from Alabama who was gang - raped in 1944 by six white men, and who never saw her accusers brought to justice.

In an Instagram post published Monday, Chalamet announced he will donate his entire salary to three organizations: Time's Up, the legal fund defending female accusers of sexual misconduct; the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN); and the LGBT Center in New York.

But in addition, a Collin County prosecutor must also prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused caused «serious bodily injury» or attempted to kill the accuser in the course of the rape.

Although Canadian rape shield laws prevent the inclusion of an accuser's past sexual history in trials, judges have discretion to allow certain pieces of evidence in both civil and criminal cases.