Veritas: I hope she's charged with making a false report and later sued for damages.

Maybe she was mentally unstable or something, maybe there is some deeper underlying reason behind what she did, but hey, that's what a fair trial is for. Something Banks never got, thanks to her. I reckon the least she should get in return is to have to run that particular gauntlet.

So many people are too scared to come forward about being raped, and every person who makes a false accusation only puts that back another ten years.

Five years is a lot of your best years to lose.

Wait, you think that prosecuting people for false rape allegations will make people more likely to report rapes? Rape cases are incredibly hard to prove and predict so the threat of being punished if you don't win your case would make it far more likely that rape victims wouldn't step forward.

You know what? I hate these threads. A bunch of people coming in this thread and begging "this coont needs to die and raped" and all this shiat.

While this story is HORRIBLE and he should sue the shiat out the state, the girl, and everyone involved (and win), let's not get drastic and say "False accusations of rape need to be tortured and raped and killed".

Women who are raped have to deal with a lot of problems. If a girl was raped, and accuses her rapist, and the evidence doesn't support her claim, should we lock her up? These type of laws will scare the shiat out of women. And I know, there is a difference between no evidence vs false accusations, but I just see more harm coming from it than good. If a man rapes a young girl or boy, they will use the "No one will believe you, and you will be sent to jail if you tell" line to scare their victims even more.

Women will doubt themselves even more. More rapes will go unreported because of fear of being labeled a false accusation.

This world is filled with evil people that will lie, steal, cheat, rape and kill to get what they want. Putting the blame on victims will not make it go away.

I'd absolutely accept that friend request. Because then you can start making Facebook posts like this:

May 24: Five years ago today was my first day in prison for a rape I did not commit! It was sad - my mom couldn't stop crying that morning- but I made it through without much trouble. My cell mate says he can get me into his gang for protection, if I'm willing to get the right tattoo and do a week of solitary for starting a fight with a Mexican. I didn't sleep a wink, as I couldn't stop thinking about how the life I'd worked so hard for was essentially over now, and if I was lucky, when I got out I could get a job as a janitor, with a crooked boss who would take 10% of my checks to keep him from selling me out to my probation officer.

MBK: You know what? I hate these threads. A bunch of people coming in this thread and begging "this coont needs to die and raped" and all this shiat.

While this story is HORRIBLE and he should sue the shiat out the state, the girl, and everyone involved (and win), let's not get drastic and say "False accusations of rape need to be tortured and raped and killed".

Women who are raped have to deal with a lot of problems. If a girl was raped, and accuses her rapist, and the evidence doesn't support her claim, should we lock her up? These type of laws will scare the shiat out of women. And I know, there is a difference between no evidence vs false accusations, but I just see more harm coming from it than good. If a man rapes a young girl or boy, they will use the "No one will believe you, and you will be sent to jail if you tell" line to scare their victims even more.

Women will doubt themselves even more. More rapes will go unreported because of fear of being labeled a false accusation.

This world is filled with evil people that will lie, steal, cheat, rape and kill to get what they want. Putting the blame on victims will not make it go away.

True story:
MBK raped me several times when I was a child.

LA Times version

"According to Banks and his private investigator, Gibson refused to tell prosecutors that she had lied, so that she wouldn't have to return the money she and her family had won in court.

"She also said she feared it would affect her relationship with her children, Banks' attorney alleged in court papers."

"the classmate Gibson first told about the alleged attack - via the note - said Gibson later admitted to making up the story so her mother wouldn't find out she was sexually active, attorneys said."

"prosecutors had no plans to charge Gibson, saying it would be a difficult case to prove."

JohnnyRebel88: violentsalvation: That b*tch should go to prison and be on the sex-offender registry for life.

She should have to do the same time and pay twice as much. Since this kid was given a free ride to USC, he must of been good. Hope an NFL team gives him a chance.

Even if this kid never made it to the pros, he was robbed of playing for an elite program. And even if he made the league in a back door way (undrafted FA) he'd STILL have earned the league minimum if not more. The NFL is one of those places where minimum wage is around what a good doctor makes. Now I'm not claiming he would have made it, but that's not the point. B*tch took even that possibility from him, at least via traditional routes.

You have the rare dude like Antonio Gates who never played college ball (IIRC) and turned out great. Thing is, that's like lightning striking twice. Still, I'd love to see a team give this dude a chance if only for empty PR reasons. Let this dude at least suit up.

odinsposse: Wait, you think that prosecuting people for false rape allegations will make people more likely to report rapes? Rape cases are incredibly hard to prove and predict so the threat of being punished if you don't win your case would make it far more likely that rape victims wouldn't step forward.

MBK: Women who are raped have to deal with a lot of problems. If a girl was raped, and accuses her rapist, and the evidence doesn't support her claim, should we lock her up?

Okay, so since the point somehow hasn't been made yet, NO. Do you get why people are so upset? You think people who are livid that this kid was railroaded into pleading guilty to a crime he didn't commit by a woman he never attacked want to deny a potential rape victim due process? Court is not a "2 people enter, 1 person leaves" system, if an accuser can be PROVEN beyond a reasonable doubt to have lied about the attack, only then should there be punishment. The same level of justice we wish this young man had been given, no more or less.

And as this kid sat in prison watching his life rot away I'm sure there were people cursing how short his sentence was.