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  • 09-21-2018, 02:08 PM
    hr for me
    Re: Forcable Rape in Missouri
    have to agree with the others....and yes, I have been in a situation where I was assaulted, did call the police, etc. But it was a stranger and they never found him, so there was never a prosecution there either. For 28+years, I've dealt with it and gotten help/counseling and live a pretty normal life. If your wife is still experiencing issues, I highly suggest she get therapy/help/counseling. She may think a prosecution now will do something for her, but I can almost guarantee it won't. And as other said, it is going to be virtually impossible to prove especially if she told no one at the time. And even then it would be tough this much later.

    What Mr Cosby had against him were multiple allegations over a long time period (if I understand it correctly) and that possibility that he drugged them unbeknownst to them, not that they had made a bad choice of downing shots.

    I truly feel for your wife that she has carried this for so many years. At some point though it is in her best interests to deal with it through therapy/counseling rather than the courts at this juncture.
  • 09-21-2018, 02:10 PM
    jrmo
    Re: Forcable Rape in Missouri
    hr for me - Thanks for your personal advice, this came about several weeks ago and doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon.
  • 09-21-2018, 08:06 PM
    Mercy&Grace
    Re: Forcable Rape in Missouri
    Unless this man has a history of assaulting women. I do not see any prosecutor believing prosecuting this case would be a wise use of resources. You have no way of knowing if evidence presented. Would be enough for a particular crime. You do not know how to interpret the evidence or the law. But, lets say a prosecutor went ahead with the case. Do you or she have any idea the trauma a trial can cause ? Having it played out in the media. The defense attorney trying to make it look like your wife was,the one that did something wrong ? None of this would go away after the trail. No matter the verdict. It would be on the internet, in newspapers archives in your local library, etc forever. Not to mention in the back of the publics minds. Things would come out your wife prefers be kept private. Do you have children? Would your wife mind your children reading the slanted medias view points ?

    The above things are all things your wife would have to carefully weight. Your opinions and feelings do not matter. Your wife needs to contact a Rape Crisis Center in your area. They might be able to suggest a mental health professional that deals in cases like hers. Some centers have counselors trained to work with victims of sexual assualt.
  • 09-26-2018, 09:40 AM
    jrmo
    Re: Forcable Rape in Missouri
    Thanks to all that have provided legitimate input. I'm not sure what the next step will be for my wife, but it is clear if this dirt bag ever runs for office we will get a change to throw mud. How is it that it has become the "norm" for a young man to treat girls this way? Am I blind or was I just raised differently? How do we stop the sexual sin against young women and get boys be respectful?
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