The following is the latest in a long line of similar stories this blog reports on a regular basis. It is the reason we have this blog. A girl's rape lie damages two men, and she escapes unscathed. All persons of good will should be outraged.
Jess Cooper, 17, was given the kind penalty usually given for minor traffic infringements after her false rape allegation led to an innocent man being beaten up and another man sent to jail.
While Cooper and her then boyfried, Philip Hollyman, 22, were at a bar, she lied to him, telling him that another man at the bar, named Andrew Lester had raped her. In fact, Cooper and Mr. Lester previously had a one night stand. Cooper told her rape lie, according to a Hollyman family friend, to the whole pub, in the presence of Mr. Hollyman's friends and some of his family.
Mr. Hollyman reacted the way impulsive young man too often react to news that a loved one has been raped. He punched and kicked Mr. Lester to the floor, leaving Mr. Lester with eight fewer teeth, a broken cheekbone and nose, and permanently damaged hearing. In short, it was a brutal beating.
Cooper made a complaint about the rape to police, but quickly came to her senses and told them it was not true. Cooper's boyfriend was sentenced to 3 years in prison. The judge who sentenced the boyfriend was shocked that the police had decided not to prosecute Cooper. It ‘beggared belief,’ he said. The judge said she bore a "huge responsibility" for the attack because of her lie. "Crying rape is an extremely serious thing to do. I hope the police will reflect on whether this was the appropriate action to take. It just isn’t right." The judge said he was able to reduce Hollyman’s sentence because the "provocation is very significant." He added -- and this is both telling and correct -- that Mr. Hollyman was "in many ways" a victim.
As for the sentence that Cooper could have received, the Mail Online explains: "According to Crown Prosecution Service guidance, women who cry rape, so risking the arrest of an innocent man, should normally be charged with perverting the course of justice, which carries a maximum sentence of life."
Go to the article and read the comments. Please note these are regular newspaper readers, not regular readers of this blog.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074339/Cry-rape-slap-wrist-Teenage-girl-lies-left-man-prison-savagely-beaten-gets-80-fixed-penalty-notice.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
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More 1 in 5 lies
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/women-raped-u-s-cdc-beena-victim-severe-physical-violence-article-1.991652
Perhaps we can all send Lindsay an e-mail, her address is at the bottom. And this article is in a large NY papaer not the usual blog that a few dykes read.
Don't know if this has been 'picked up' elsewhere?
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Nearly 20% of women in the US are raped or suffer attempted rape at some point in their lives, a US study says.
Even more women, estimated at 25%, have been attacked by a partner or husband, the Centers for Disease Control said.
The findings form part of the first set of results from a nationwide study surveying sexual violence by intimate partners against men and women.
More than 24 people a minute reported rape, violence, or stalking, it says, with 12 million offences reported.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16192494
While on the subject of the harms that men and boy’s suffer due to false rape allegations, or the threat thereof, I’m a bit surprised you have not already addressed this on via Toy Soldiers blog as well:
Woman threatens to cry ‘rape’ over `1,000 loan, boy ends life
And, yet another in the long line of accusing a lover of rape after a woman has her infidelity discovered:
Jody Ryan - Jailed After Filing False Rape Report To Make Husband Happy Following Affair (http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2011/12/jody-ryan-jailed-after-filing-false.html)
In a bit of a twist with this one, seems the cuckolded husband insisted on the FRA for revenge. Not surprising is that the cheating wife feared that she might have become pregnant via her adulterous affair (women having been scientifically demonstrated to be more likely to cheat on their partners when ovulating). My own personal guess is that married women who end up pregnant and claim it happen due to a rape are much more likely than not simply lying hoping to gain a (believable) alibi.
slw, the suicide story is a tragedy. The reason we didn't cover it is because we've made a policy decision to consciously avoid stories out of India. The culture is so terribly foreign to us, and the misandry so deeply entrenched, I gave up on it. But this is a story we probably should cover because it is so terribly tragic.
I always wonder what the results of a "scientific survey" would be if the questions were:
Have you ever been falsely accused of rape?
Have you ever been threatened with being falsely accused of rape?
Have you ever been the victim or threatened with a false domestic violence accusation?
Have you ever pled guilty to a crime you did not commit?
Anon at 4:53
I like that!!
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