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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: MSN: We need to talk about the child rape lawsuit filed against Donald Trump. [View all]Coyotl
(15,262 posts)30. Why The New Child Rape Case Filed Against Donald Trump Should Not Be Ignored
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. Trumps 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 cases 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:
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" asserted: ..........
..... 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" asserted: ..........
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MSN: We need to talk about the child rape lawsuit filed against Donald Trump. [View all]
Coyotl
Sep 2016
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press corps: child rwhat? sorry, can't hear you over the sound of hillary coughing.
unblock
Sep 2016
#3
Facebook is going to need another server farm for the list of all the crap we block.
Coyotl
Sep 2016
#22
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
And the oligarchy that owns the few media corpoprations are not exactly Americans either.
Coyotl
Sep 2016
#33
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