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Coyotl

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30. Why The New Child Rape Case Filed Against Donald Trump Should Not Be Ignored
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 12:38 PM
Sep 2016

Why The New Child Rape Case Filed Against Donald Trump Should Not Be Ignored
06/29/2016 01

An anonymous “Jane Doe” filed a federal lawsuit against GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump last week, accusing him of raping her in 1994 when she was thirteen years old. The mainstream media ignored the filing.

If the Bill Cosby case has taught us anything, it is to not disregard rape cases against famous men. Serious journalists have publicly apologized for turning a blind eye to the Cosby accusers for over a decade, notwithstanding the large number of women who had come forward with credible claims. And now history is repeating itself.

In covering a story, a media outlet is not finding guilt. It is simply reporting the news that a lawsuit has been filed against Mr. Trump, and ideally putting the complaint in context. Unproven allegations are just that - unproven, and should be identified that way. (Mr. Trump’s lawyer says the charges are “categorically untrue, completely fabricated and politically motivated.”) Proof comes later, at trial. But the November election will come well before any trial. And while Mr. Trump is presumed innocent, we are permitted - no, we are obligated — to analyze the case’s viability now.

No outsider can say whether Mr. Trump is innocent or guilty of these new rape charges. But we can look at his record, analyze the court filings here, and make a determination as to credibility ...............


Snopes: Lawsuit Charges Donald Trump with Raping a 13-Year-Old Girl

..... The online outlet that first reported the second filing in New York explained that the lawsuit might be allowed to proceed even though the statute of limitations for bringing suit has expired, because (according to plaintiff's lawyer) the plaintiff lacked the "freedom of will to institute suit earlier in time" due to her having been threatened by Trump:

It should be noted that anyone can file a civil complaint in federal court. The statute of limitations in New York for civil rape cases is five years, but [the] complaint argues that the time limit should be waived, noting that the plaintiff was too frightened to report the abuse because Trump had threatened that if she did “her family would be physically harmed if not killed.”

“Both defendants let plaintiff know that each was a very wealthy, powerful man and indicated that they had the power, ability and means to carry out their threats,” the complaint claims.


A copy of the New York-based suit was also uploaded to Scribd, and in the second filing (which asked for no specific amount of monetary damages) the plaintiff was represented by Thomas Francis Meagher, a New Jersey patent lawyer who learned of her allegations via an article published on the GossipExtra web site advertising that she was "shopping for an attorney." In a statement attached to her filing, the plaintiff (aka "Jane Doe&quot asserted: ..........
Then I'm sure he could pass a polygraph....right? Uben Sep 2016 #1
I bet Hillary has "binders" of disparaging stuff on the maggot Motley13 Sep 2016 #2
press corps: child rwhat? sorry, can't hear you over the sound of hillary coughing. unblock Sep 2016 #3
unblock you are a genius jodymarie aimee Sep 2016 #4
... napkinz Sep 2016 #5
Sharing. BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2016 #6
here's another ... napkinz Sep 2016 #12
Love it! BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2016 #16
nothing from the MSM ... napkinz Sep 2016 #24
Flying Monkeys Media. BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2016 #31
This man is going to court for possibly raping someone Matthew28 Sep 2016 #7
Can't he just pay $25,000 to a judge and make it go away? Beartracks Sep 2016 #9
more than sad-- it is criminal and leading us to disaster Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #13
Yes indeed. BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2016 #17
Facebook is going to need another server farm for the list of all the crap we block. Coyotl Sep 2016 #22
I'm not sure I understand what you mean... BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2016 #23
The entire world needs to know about this... Matthew28 Sep 2016 #8
Emails are more important than violent, pedophilia rape. Don't you realize that? Feeling the Bern Sep 2016 #10
Especially when those emails have been investigated tirelessly for months on end and world wide wally Sep 2016 #14
I can only say... Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #20
could our media be any more disgusting and two-faced??? Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #11
The M$M isn't "ours" in the least bit, it is there to control us and sell crap. Coyotl Sep 2016 #29
And owned at the very top by a very few gajillionaires BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2016 #32
And the oligarchy that owns the few media corpoprations are not exactly Americans either. Coyotl Sep 2016 #33
I had not even thought out that far, but I see what you're saying. BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2016 #34
yes, you are right... sorry Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #36
Found this at YouTube major debacle Sep 2016 #15
If it was a Democrat, PatSeg Sep 2016 #18
as they say, IOKIYAR Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #19
also just his level of corruption is HUGE Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #21
His campaign has a TRUE pay play scandal and its not given a 10th of the time the Clemails have uponit7771 Sep 2016 #25
his "campaign" has so many fucking scandals, it's disgusting that he is even close to HRC Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #28
What is the "background" to this story? UCmeNdc Sep 2016 #26
the Huffpo link in the linked piece gives more details Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #27
Why The New Child Rape Case Filed Against Donald Trump Should Not Be Ignored Coyotl Sep 2016 #30
The raped child & the employee wittiness have two lengthy depositions filed with the court papers Sunlei Sep 2016 #35
I've tried not to comment on it JustAnotherGen Sep 2016 #37
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