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Joey T's avatar

So good journalism does exist. Thanks Ethan, this was a treat.

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TJNash1's avatar

Scuttlebut here in the San Diego legal community states that the (alleged) victim is caught on video claiming that she's over 18 (I don't believe she was) and was (allegedly) DTF. She was also apparently heavily inebriated. None of that justifies gang rape, of course, but she's not the kind of witness that will prove helpful in a criminal case. And that, along with unconvincing DNA evidence, is more than enough for a Prosecutor to refrain from going to trial.

The (alleged) victim's civil lawyer did her no favors by publicly trying to bolster his case via overt media pressure on the DA's Office. A lurid complaint might make salacious reading, but treating pleadings as fact is a mistake our media makes all too often.

This is a tragedy for all involved.

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