Kouta? Come on, everyone knows he is homosexual!
Oh hang on, that was just another rumour, wasn't it!?
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Kouta? Come on, everyone knows he is homosexual!
Oh hang on, that was just another rumour, wasn't it!?
Don't want to split hairs Mark, but when has rape ever NOT been a serious issue? And if a woman is going to accept money to 'keep quiet' about it, but accept more money from someone else to 'tell the truth' 5 years later, you have to be sceptical.
Totally agree, footballers SHOULD be treated like everyone else in regards to society crimes, but they'll be standing in line behind a number of pollies, rock stars, actors, etc. We are the ones who must demand it, and stop 'worshipping' anyone noted in the public eye.
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Maybe he was forced into the act by the boys to proove that he isnt a happy little rainbow.
If this is a totally new claim & she's kept it quiet for 5 years I'd be a bit scepticle but one of the reasons I mentioned the article from 5 years ago is to show that this is possibly not the first time its been brought up.
I've been at several functions & pubs when AFL players are present & there's no doubt women throw themselves at players, even the ugly ones (you girls should be ashamed of yourselves) so I wouldn't be surprised if these sorts of accusations start coming out of the woodwork & even though some may have merit I'm sure there will be the odd attempt to simply cash in.
I've been at several functions & pubs when AFL players are present & there's no doubt women throw themselves at players, even the ugly ones (you girls should be ashamed of yourselves) so I wouldn't be surprised if these sorts of accusations start coming out of the woodwork & even though some may have merit I'm sure there will be the odd attempt to simply cash in.
Weren't a couple of Port Power boys accused of rape a couple of years ago?
I didn't mean to imply that it was ever not a serious issue. I don't see any evidence of money being paid to speak out now though. That is unfair speculation at this stage.
I think it has more to do with how the legal system works than hero worship. Take a look at the OJ Simpson case. I don't think it was his previous hero status that saw him acquitted. In the case of footballers there is a long line of club bailouts. They tend to stop after retirement funnily enough.
The incident you are referring to after the 99 GF was the claim that the girl had consensual sex with a player, then later woke to find another player attempting to have sex with her. She claimed she recognised the player after seeing him in a team photo in the newspaper a couple of days later.
This new accusation is not the same one!
The speculation is as unfair as that being allegated against the 'high profile AFL footballer' atm.
Do they get bailed out because of the 'public perception' (against player AND club)? Almost certainly, but that has nothing to do with the legal system, only the means for the player/club in which to utilise it, as opposed to Joe Blow in the street who often cannot. If we continue to acknowledge their crimes (much like society has with Gary Ablett) no matter how small, the players MAY reconsider what they are doing with the standing they hold in the community.
No it isn't at all because the rape allegation is coming from the alleged victim whereas the payment are coming from people who made it up as a guess as to why the claim has been aired. If you know the woman in question is being paid to make claims then you are entitled to be skeptical to a point but where does that suspicion come from?
one of the mentioned players here always did fancy a bit of the old "pig on the spit".
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As you insinuated earlier, clubs will pay money to 'cover up' these sorts of actions, so given the allegation is over an act that occured 5 years ago, and is only coming to public attention now, you would have to be skeptical, in the current climate, that she is being payed (again) to 'come out'. If the allegation has perceivably hurt and traumatised her so much that she feels the need to go public with it, why not go public at the time?? Or a year later, or 2 years later?? As much as the player in question (if that comes to light) will be asked to answer the allegations, so should she be made to answer (legitimately) why it has taken so long to address it. And presumably, why she has not told police about it earlier. Because she was payed?? Yep? Then you would have to be skeptical about it.
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From what i heard about this incident three footballers and a girl went across the road of Heaven (nightclub) into the Park. She was then heard by a couple of cops, who investigated the noise. Dont know if she was r*ped. But if she was i would like to think that the cops would have charged them and thrown their arses in jail.
Why in the hell whould a person who has women throwing themselves at him need to rape a woman. Hope they get what they deserve.
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From SBS talk of this show, the girl was an audience member in a panel discussion. She made the allegation that she was r*ped by a current AFL star player and his mates, apparently not AFL players, in a private room of a nightclub.
Rape is so serious an allegation that we should not be throwing the names of players around. Just about everyone agrees with that.
Equally, we shouldn't really be rubbishing the alleged victim by throwing doubt on her allegations. We have NO CLUE as to what actually happened in any of these cases. For years, part of the clubs' "management" of these sorts of pants problems has been to create doubt about the motives of the women involved. (And that's one reason we think that girls "always" make up these charges, for money or fame or out of hurt feelings or whatever.) We'd be wiser to just suspend judgment until we have any idea at all.
PS, funnily enough, the overwhelming majority of women in the world -- even the overwhelming majority of women who are football barrackers -- are not throwing themselves at footballers.
what was wrong with the guy who was "attempting to have sex"?
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