Eleanor de Freitas commits suicide prior to trial for false accusation of rape. Guardian article asks how we can prevent this in the future. Misses the obvious solution: STOP FALSE ACCUSATIONS

JohnKimble111 · 2016-07-28T23:08:02+00:00

There's a hell of a lot more to this article than most people realise.

Economou was clearly treated terribly by much of the media (particularly the BBC and Guardian) and falsely smeared as a rapist even when his innocence was clear, these are just two such examples:

http://www.thelatestnews.com/lisa-longstaff-cant-stop-lying-about-rape/ https://hequal.wordpress.com/2014/11/08/victory-bbc-backs-down-over-dishonest-rape-victim-headline/

However, the most obvious ommission from the article is the legal case that took place immeiatly before the libel trial, in which Economou was bullied by the state with bogus harassment charges simply for clearing his name and correcting the smears of those associated with his accuser. The full verdict from that case makes for very interesting reading, you can view it in full here: http://annaraccoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/r-v-economou.pdf

Now, back to Bindel's article and one of the key sentences from it is actually the following:

*Her father, David de Freitas, was referred by the charity Inquest to a lawyer with expertise in rape investigations and in holding the state to account.

Now, reading the verdict I posted above, we see that lawyer Bindel uses the article to praise so much is named "Harriet Wistrich" and it's strange she doest' actually name siad party really.

Perhaps it's becasue Bindel is in a lesbian relationship with Wistrich and therefore the entire article represents a massive breach of bassic journalism ethics given that she's completely failed to name her involvement/relationship with one side. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Bindel

Charlezard18 · 2016-07-28T22:28:24+00:00

Ah Julie bindel, the woman who said men should be put in concentration/re-education camps. I'm sure she's 100% objective.

civilsaint · 2016-07-28T21:05:25+00:00

What should be done about those few cases in which women make false allegations of rape? Should libel courts be used to determine the woman’s guilt in such cases?

Wasn't she being charged with false reporting or perverting the course of justice, not libel? It was a (private) criminal prosecution, libel is a civil matter.

So really what she is asking is...should criminal courts be used to try criminal matters? The answer is yes.

Home Office-commissioned research on rape attrition from 2005 found that around 3% of reports of rape are false

I bet China reckons all the people it executes are innocent too.

So how do we deal with alleged false reports of rape?

Notice she never answers this question anywhere in the article.

run_mochila · 2016-07-28T21:05:05+00:00

Any instances of a male committing suicide after being falsely accused of rape? Please post if you have them.

Traiklin · 2016-07-28T19:38:15+00:00

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DrTung · 2016-07-29T00:31:25+00:00

lol

After that title, I got nuthin'.

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