Here's a case where I bought into the hype for the most part. Strauss-Khan's past history, his high position, the media's coverage leveraging how he was in line for the French Presidency, yadda yadda.... I swallowed it and said to myself, "Yep, the guy probably has an overblown ego, thought he could do whatever he wanted; guilty. The only thing that didn't make sense to me was why he would have left the hotel after the alleged rape, and go to lunch instead of going right to the plane. The guy was perp walked - I mean it's NYC. NOW we find out this may have been a scam... the supposed victim is less than credible and Strauss-Khan may be set free today. I think we as citizens also WANT to believe the victim out of sympathy or empathy... this was a good lesson for me yet again. DON'T BUY INTO THE HYPE - in fact, ignore it. Fact only no matter how bad it looks. I'm reminded of 2006, Crystal Magnum, a DA named Nifong (now disbarred and disgraced) and how this bi-polar, pill popping stripper....
Destroyed the lives of 3 young men. Who is this 32 year old house keeper? Why has she been hidden away?
We need a conversation on how woman have the power to destroy someone's life with an accusation. My opinion here is if such an accusation is false and found to be false - the penalty should be exacting and severe. So severe that it would make such a false accusation to terrible as to not be attempted.