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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Apparently and sadly this was not shocking news to any of the girls involved with crew in the past 5 years or so. [/quote]

Yikes - and apparently no one did anything about it.[/quote]

PP - I just meant many rowers knew about this apparently. I doubt any adults knew. Sorry if that was the implication. [/quote]

Still if the girls knew their friend was being raped they should have told somebody… police, counselor, parent.[/quote]

I get that it's rape no matter what because of the ages and authority he had over her, but was it consensual?[/quote]

There is no consensual sex with a minor. The law says that an underage girl does not have the capacity to consent to sex.  In addition, DC law says a student does not have the capacity to consent to sex with a coach.

In addition, Shipley was 30+ years older and, as her crew coach, controlled her entire future. He controlled whether she rowed every day, where she sat in the boat, whether she would be boated for each race and championships and whether she was praised or criticized for her endeavors. Those are opportunities that can get kids into college and get them scholarships. Do you think she had the capacity to say “No” to that?  He was known for his mercurial moods. He texted her 4000 times in the space of a a few months.  Do you think she “consented” to that?

How would you feel if your boss did that to you and you felt forced to sleep with him, or worse if you were naive enough to believe that your boss really loved you and wouldn’t do anything to harm you?

GTFO of here with your, “I get that it was rape, but was it consensual?”

As a parent, I knew girl rowers on that team.  Girls were and are scared to stand up to this because of shitty parents like you who blamed them.  There were multiple accusations about Shipley and parents who asked questions like you just did are the reason he got away with it for so long.  That guy was a predator and he was aided and abetted by parents like you. Many girls were traumatized by the betrayal of the adults and the lack of support, not to mention that two girls were sexually assaulted and had to report him to the police and go through the entire trial and investigation and subsequent trauma.

Shame on you. [/quote]

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