No one sounded like they were blaming the victim- it is just being acknowledged that women sometimes lie and claim to have been raped when that wasn’t the case. I know men that have had consensual sex, only to be accused of rape: its not fair for men to be falsely imprisoned and have their lives ruined all because a woman allowed something to happen that she later regretted. When you drink and smoke or do other drugs, you know that it alters your state of consciousness. The only person responsible for you is you. The article said it happened in their suite. Well, what was she doing there? How well did she know them at the time? Did she know about the drugs? I know that sounds crazy, but some people will take drugs they know nothing about because of peer pressure. ("Take/drink/smoke this, it’ll make you feel better/relax you.") There are a lot of unanswered questions. Personally, I don’t go to hotels/suites/apartments to meet anybody I don’t know like that (especially an athlete) because I already know what’s up. We, as women, have to make better decisions. They probably did rape her. I just know there’s more than one side to every story, and everyone involved has to be held accountable for their actions.

If she got roofied then she is a victim. If she got herself drunk or high then she was just making reckless choices, and not a victim. Taking advantage of someone under the influence is a [email protected]&k move, but it its not illegal to be a [email protected]&k. It its very possible she was down with the foursome, people been "blaming it on the alcohol" long before Jamie Foxx made that song. If they did it they raped her against her will then they should be punished, but if she put herself under the influence then gave verbal consent but now trying to holler rape, then she needs to be punished.

AMEN SISTA

so are you saying that even though a hooker is taking the RISK of HOOKING….. she should not expect to be raped!!?? even though that john was WRONG for raping her, however both parties are responsible for the actions that occurred in the situation.

now the sad part of that is, that there are many innocent woman who are actually being assaulted.

however what everyone forgets is that there are lots of SLUTTY BITCHES out there making it real hard for these stories to be believed until everything is fully investigated.

i do believe these men are sick as phuck, but as a society we also need to except responsibly for our behaviors that lead to tragedy and address these behaviors with our girls when they are little to prevent these kinds of things.

So sad, unfortunately, situations go on like this all the time and some of these girls and women lie to save face and get sympathy when they knew fully well they lied. I had done research about 18 year olds being labeled as child molesters or pedophiles and most were accused of rape when it never happened because of parents’ revenge, or the girl was dumped. Things like this should have a very, very thorough investigation.

Because people will look at the victim like…well why was she there with them? She was asking for it.

I got tipsy in college my freshman year and a boy whom I thought was a good friend afer dealing with him for 2 months on a platonic level walked me back to my room and tried to take advantage of the situation.
What he failed to understand was drunk don’t me helpless to some. I’m from Brooklyn and had the Lord on my side. I whooped his azz with all my might and several pieces of furniture in the room. I bashed his skull open and he ran off.
The next day…I rolled up on him in the student center and put his azz on blast. Called him a phucking predator, he got up to walk but I ESCORTED his azz all the way back to his car screaming on him, everyone staring and let the campus know….he’s a poteetial rapist. NO VICTIMIZATION HERE!

"A woman has the right to give her body away" Is that right no longer hers if she intoxicated? Some people get drunk so they can have "liquid courage" and do things they normally wouldnt. Like let boys run a train on them, perform oral sex in a crowded room or have oral sex performed on them. I have worked in a club in FL and trust me some women throw it back just so they could let that inner freak out then say "Girl it wasn’t me, it was that Hennessy" while they high five their friends.

May I ask did the women later admit that they lied? If no, then I am inclined to believe they were telling the truth. How many rapists actually confess to raping? The problem is a lot of young men are watching all of these gang bang porno’s and are convinced that most women want to have sex with multiple men at one time. Real life is not a porno. Most women even those that are promiscuous s don’t have a desire to be with 2 men at a time, let alone 4 or more.

Amen & it happens everyday