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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2016-12-31 3:34 PM, wrote:
> On Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 11:20:57 AM UTC-6, Brooklyn1 wrote:

>>
> I gotta agree and the woman has the UGLIEST column legs east of the
> Mississippi River; no wonder she wears pantsuits. I would too, if
> my legs looked like the columns at the Capital building.
>
> One thing that has puzzled me after the alleged genital grabbing by
> Donald Trump story came to light. No one ever questioned why Gloria
> Allred came forth with this *news* at the last moment? Don't tell me
> she just found out about it at the time it was released either; that
> won't wash. But I guess since it was reported it simply HAS to be
> true, correct???

Goodness only knows. You should look up the case of Jian Ghomeshi,
former golden boy host for CBC. His career came to an end when it was
discovered that he had penchant for rough sex, plus allegations of
improper and abusive behaviour toward CBC staff. Somewhere in the early
stages of his downfall he announced that he was going to sue the CBC for
something like $55 million and talked about suing his accusers, which
looked like he was trying to intimidate other potential victims coming
forward. That backfired and several more came out with complaints.

He ended up being charged with a a number of counts of sexual assault
and one of overcoming resistance by choking. The trial was a disaster
for all concerned and he ended up being acquitted on all charges. He
had admitted from the start that he liked rough sex, but that all the
encounters were consensual. It turned out that the victims had no
credibility as witnesses. The judge cited problems with unreliable
testimony and outright deception. A couple of the victims admitted that
they had been in contact with each other but denied having discussed the
case. As it turned out, they had exchanged thousands of emails with each
other and that they had indeed discussed the case.

One of those women said that she never saw him again. As it turned out,
she had. They had been on a number of dates after the incident in which
he hit her and forced himself on her. I am sure that some people can
think of excuses for that, but the fact remains that she had made sworn
statements that she never saw him again, so she had lied, and courts
cannot accept the evidence of a person who has lied under oath.

Another witness said that her assault had traumatized her so much that
she could never again listen to his show, that she could not listen to
it even with the new host. She said she never contacted him again.
Then it turned out that she had. She had even sent him an email with a
photo of herself in a skimpy bikini. She denied that she had contacted
him. She denied it under oath. Even when faced with the evidence in the
form of hard copies of the emails, she tried to deny it, and eventually
said she had sent it because she wanted to bait him into a meeting where
she could confront him about what he had done to her.

So here we are with a number of women who claimed to have been assaulted
by the guy. There is no question that he was rough with them. His
argument was that it was consensual. The victims claimed it was not. Non
of them complained at the time. They jumped into the media when he was
accused by others, and all said it was a one time thing. It turned out
that it was not a one time thing, and all the witnesses were caught in
so many lies that the court could not possibly convict him.