The rape case that wasn't. Student cleared of felony charge, but still leaves school. The case, said St. Joseph County Prosecutor, is a “textbook” example of an alleged rape case when one party is so intoxicated she has no memory of it.

hardwarequestions · 2011-09-18T06:58:43+00:00

i also want to know what the female student told the male student.

but, more than that, i want to know why her sharing something, seemingly some deeply personal and guarded piece of information, with him "meant everything she did was consensual"? i'm very confused by this connection as it doesn't exactly add up.

damn article...y u leave me with so many questions?!

wwwhistler · 2011-09-18T05:52:47+00:00

ok, what did she tell him?

chavelah · 2011-09-18T17:10:59+00:00

When your RA find a girl passed out in HIS living room, wearing your T-shirt, with no recollection of how she got there, and she's wearing a shirt with your name it - yup, that's grounds for a rape investigation.

And if they can't meet the burden of proof, then they drop the case. I have no idea what, if anything, the the girl actually told the boy about herself before she blacked out, but it hardly matters. If the investigation didn't yield any corroborating evidence besides the drunk-and-disoriented bit, then the case shouldn't have proceeded. It's not enough for a conviction.

ForMensRights · 2011-09-18T14:00:46+00:00

Don't stick your dick in drunk.

omegaflux · 2011-09-18T22:26:50+00:00

Rule #1: Do not talk to the police. Rule #2: DO NOT TALK TO THE POLICE.

This applies to all things.

mens_lefts · 2011-09-18T19:08:01+00:00

So is it against university rules for female students who may be underage to get blackout drunk at parties?

And how do they know she wasn't sober at the time and then got smashed right afterward?

And if you can't have sex with someone who has been drinking, then you better arrest most of the faculty. Older generations just love their libations and it's not a social event without at least a few glasses of wine.

ForMensRights · 2011-09-18T09:00:23+00:00

Looks more like a textbook case of a male narrowly avoiding serious prison time because the female is unable to hold herself accountable or be held accountable for her own poor choices. Even if it was true that 'she really wouldn't have had sex with him if she was sober', how could he or anybody else know that? Especially if for instance she said otherwise, was begging for his dick, or had her hands or head down his pants at the time?

If you have a tendency of fucking people you otherwise wouldn't when you're drunk, unless that's something you enjoy doing, I think you should consider not drinking so much. :|

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