Reply #16: Rape case [View All]

[HockeyMom]

There was a certain "news show", which will remain nameless, which jumped on this story. A teacher/football coach was accused of rape. The victim named him and picked him out of a lineup. One little problem was that there were 20+ staff members at school who said he was there at school all day except for his 30 minute lunch. The crime occurred 30 miles away. Could he drive 30 miles round trip, beat and rape a woman, and be back at work in 30 minutes? He was not late in getting back from lunch. I could not go to lunch myself until he came back.

He was taken into custody, until DNA results came back. Who would you belive? Guess who the news show believed? My husband, who is a great fan of this show, went along with their "analysis" until he finally realized I WORKED with this man. Hmm. "I saw him all day, except for those 30 minutes."

Anyway, the DNA came back not his. It turned out there was another man with the same name, who lived in that other town, and knew that woman. There was a slight resemblence between the two men. Many people said he should have sued that show. They had him convicted before those DNA results came back. This coach was just too upset and wanted to forget about the whole thing and get his life back. For what it's worth, he was a black man and the woman was white. I guess it made for GREAT COPY for this "news" show. Unfortunately, the outcome wasn't what they were looking for.