Captain_Emily wrote:But as far as I'm concerned, the victim should be afforded perhaps a bit more consideration- especially with an alleged crime like this. (Some of you may not know, but pseudonyms are sometimes used even on the initial police reports when the crime is of a sexual nature.) In this case, the woman is already in an awkward situation, and it seems as though she's not seeking fame from the incident, or she would have released her name by now. (This is my opinion though, so some of you may disagree.) She and she alone should have been the one to decide whether or not she wanted her name released. I personally feel that some form of legal action should be taken against the radio host for his callousness and invasion of privacy.
Unfortunately, the woman has not exactly been a private person. Well, yes, she herself is hiding away and refuses to give any official statement, or allow her official statement to be said. However, she has apparently told about 10 or so of her close friends the details of the incident. (Not very like a raped woman, is it? Nonetheless, I won't debate the case -- just the privacy). So while she isn't all over the media, doing a Clinton girl thing, all of her friends are. Each of them has a slightly different version of the story, but all of them are quite willing to talk about the press (up to the point where 'he just snapped', because they refuse to talk about the actual details of what that means.) Now, I'm not sure whether you want to blame her friends for this, or blame her for blabbing to all of her friends, but the point is, she
is all over the press with her story. The media whores it up, and thus, you get the impression of a woman who really wants to get her story out there, instead of keeping it bottled up.
If that sounded a little ranty about the situation, I'm sorry. My point is, she appears to want the media attention. Unfortunately, the media are hounds, and you wonder who to blame. Ultimately, I'd argue that neither one of them should be in the press spotlight. However, the media perpwalks the accused in any crime that sounds interesting to them, muchless one that has superstar status. It's syndicated crime. In the justice system, it may be innocent until proven guilty. But the media is another matter entirely.
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