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In reply to the discussion: What is it about Trump's pending rape case that sets some folks on the DU off.. [View all]WinstonSmith4740
(3,059 posts)While I agree Trump is an absolute slime ball, and I wouldn't put this sort of thing passed him, I've had trouble with this particular story from the beginning. The way I understand it, this young lady went to New York to pursue a modeling career at 13, and I never heard anything about parents, aunts/uncles, older siblings, anything. Really? Alone in New York at 13? No adults in her life? Who'd she live with? I know if this was me, and I told my dad, Donald Trump would not be alive today. I'll never blame the victim, and I'm sure at that young age, she may have honestly thought she was doing what she had to do to break into modeling...but she said nothing? To anyone? Again, no adult around? And this was supposed to have happened 4 times. Even at a very naive 13, I wouldn't have gone back a second time.
I just think there are too many holes in this story, which is why I think even a press as compromised as ours is, didn't go after it. I wouldn't doubt statutory rape for a second. Like I said, she may have felt this was what she had to do to pursue her career. I also don't doubt he would have become more violent as things progressed. I don't know about statutes of limitation on these types charges, but if she had gone after him for statutory rape/assault, she would have been more believable, at least IMHO.