One-time football star who spent six years in prison for rape has charge dismissed after accuser contacts him on Facebook to say it never happened | DailyMail [2014]

sameCrime · 2017-12-30T18:33:28+00:00

I want the people that say false rape accusations don't happen / are a minor issue to look at his face: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/24/article-2149462-1346DBA4000005DC-625_634x422.jpg then say it again.

shmegana · 2017-12-30T19:07:20+00:00

I hope that the penalties continue to get stricter on those who falsely accuse others of sexual abuse/rape. It’s disgusting and is incredibly disgraceful to those who have actually had to endure such things. Liars of rape - you are hurting your own cause. Idiots.

nascarracer99316 · 2017-12-31T22:03:24+00:00

This is the part that pisses me off the most.

In March 2011, Gibson contacted Banks on Facebook, met with him, and admitted that she had fabricated the story. Banks secretly recorded Gibson's confession, but she refused to tell prosecutors that she had lied so she wouldn't have to return the money she and her family had won in court. Nevertheless, with Gibson's taped admission and help from California Innocence Project attorneys, Los Angeles County prosecutors overturned Banks' conviction on May 24, 2012.

She did not want to return the money. She would rather keep lying than give the money back.

Wanetta Gibson and her mother Wanda Rhodes sued the Long Beach Unified School District, claiming the Poly campus was not a safe environment, and won a $1.5 million settlement.

This is what she was awarded.

But the good news is that in the end she had to give the money back.

On April 12, 2013, the Long Beach Unified School District announced it was suing Wanetta Gibson for $2 million in an effort to recoup the $1.5 million she received, along with attorney's fees and punitive damages. On June 14, 2013, the school district won a $2.6 million judgment against Gibson, which includes the $750,000 settlement initially paid to her along with attorney's fees, interest, and $1 million in punitive damages.

So not only does she have to give back the $1.5 million she also owes $1.1 million more.

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