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In reply to the discussion: Tawana Brawley ordered to pay up (over false kidnap/rape claims) [View all]southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)30. Your right he was wrongly accused. However, she was 15 yrs old scared to death of
her parents and what they would do because she came home late. So she made up this crock and her parents went on to prosecute this man. I would have sued her parents and Rev Al. At some point they found out the truth. The parents could have gone on national tv and apologized to the man. I wouldn't be surprised he might not have sued. But none of that happened. They dragged him through courts. I am sure its not about the money. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if he donated it to some place. Now maybe if she got a lawyer and try to contact the man who knows he might say forget it as long as you go on a national tv show and tell the whole truth.
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The Straight Story
Feb 2013
OP
Have you ever been falsely accused of rape, especially in a case with so much national attention?
jmg257
Feb 2013
#2
Oh, it's almost certainly no about the money, which he certainly won't ever see much of.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#12
I thought she had apologized years ago. Apparently she never has, and continued to
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#37
I thought she had apologized years ago. Apparently she never has. So she has no one to blame
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#38
Your right he was wrongly accused. However, she was 15 yrs old scared to death of
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2013
#30
Wow. For some reason I thought she had long since confessed to the lie and apologized.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#32
You hit the nail on the HEAD! No mercy for her, she could probably have settled this matter a long
cecilfirefox
Feb 2013
#40
The incident I refer to is when she was found and claimed she had been raped.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#35
Yep...a grand lie to keep her from getting in trouble with her mother/step father.
jmg257
Feb 2013
#8
Pagones said he will forgive the payment if she tells the truth and apologizes.
Nye Bevan
Feb 2013
#6
Why? I am glad back then someone was willing to stick up for a young black woman.
KittyWampus
Feb 2013
#9
If by "go to the mat" you mean "accuse people of rape with no evidence at all, ruining their lives",
Nye Bevan
Feb 2013
#17
A $431K judgment against a dumb 15 year old kid? And its being pursued into her 40s?
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#26