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[quote=Anonymous]Oh wow, I am so offended by that letter.  Wow.  Its one thing to write an open letter to the public, saying you believe the guy is innocent.  Its another thing entirely to write to the alleged victim, pressuring him to drop the charges.

And the language.  "By your own volition and your parents permission, you were alone with him."  That sounds awfully close to saying he brought whatever happened on himself, by being alone with the man.  Is that a crime?  Cause it sounds like they are accusing the alleged victim of doing something wrong.  And his parents of bad parenting.  Wow.

I have no idea if the accusations are true or not but the letter does nothing to clarify the situation.  if the accusations are true, this is bullying and intimidation and just wrong.  And if they aren't true (and the writers offer no reason for why the person would lie) then the accuser has committed a crime that should be handled by the criminal justice system, not friends of the defendant.

I don't know why everyone assumes "no supporting evidence."  That phrase doesn't actually mean anything.  There is evidence, sufficient evidence to get a grand jury to indict the man.  The burden for the jury will be higher,  and I assume if the evidence is insufficient to meet that burden, he will be acquitted.  But it seems to me that the folks accusing the alleged victim of lying have absolutely no evidence to support that, while the grand jury has found sufficient evidence to indict.

Raise money for a defense fund, fine.  But back off the accuser.  [/quote]

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