How on earth do we change public perceptions and sentiment? It's ... "you're male ...GUILTY!!!" Of course, there are horrific male-female rape cases, but these stories make me shudder. The assumption that every woman or complainant is Bambi is just so wrong. The hypocrisy makes me sick, but ... there has to be a way to get some balance. At the moment, Bettina fights the good fight, and she needs support. I would love to hear suggestions>
Another shocking account of systematic injustice even to the point where, as I understand it, our police seem to be actively concealing or destroying evidence that would exonerate men who are falsely accused. Your article is a good counter argument to a recent article I read from Oz legal counsel Justin Quill complaining about the "legal loophole” of the Open Courts Act allowing judges to suppress the identity of defendants on the basis of mental health, which he apparently drafted himself. Quill claims this is a "house of cards built on untested assertions" and he hopes that judges will give little weight on the opinions of psychiatrist reports in support of suppressing the identity of the defendant prior to conviction. Your account of Aaron Peapell and others is an antidote to such views. Quill is expressing the views of a large media organisation, so it’s hardly surprising that he should be pro-publicity. Nevertheless, as these tragic cases make plain, if the identity of false accusers which have resulted in cost orders are suppressed from the public, I see no reason why the identity of defendants who supposedly have the presumption of innocence are also suppressed until such time as they have been convicted of the offence.
The first paragraph of this article is interesting , police refused to consider evidence which would have proved the accused man could not have done it . This is happening more and more , if a woman says she was raped , then that’s all the prosecution needs to charge and they will deliberately ignore evidence to the contrary .
This is not how a justice system should work , justice is blind they say it sees only the evidence and the facts ignoring the persons individual characteristics , but this has changed apparently , women are now to be treated differently just because they’re women .
The police should be the first step in weeding out false or weak cases ,this was how it used to be , but to appease the feminists police have thrown principles out the window , and they still expect the public to respect and trust them .
Feminists claim false rape accusations are very rare. But the easiest way to see this isn't true is to note all of the high-profile cases that have turned out to be false or very suspicious, e.g., the Duke lacrosse team; the Rolling Stone University of Virginia gang rape; the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case; the Brian Banks case; the Jian Ghomeshi case; the Rockville High School bathroom rape; the case of Jordan Johnson highlighted in Jon Krakauer's book, Missoula; three of the four cases highlighted in the movie The Hunting Ground---Andrea Pino, Jameis Winston and Brandon Winston; Lena Dunham's accusation; the Nikki Yovino case, Judy Munro-Leighton’s false accusation against Supreme Court Justice Brett Cavanaugh, student Mustafa Ururyar, Vancouver Canuck Jacob Virtanen, University of Ottawa hockey players Guillaume Donovan and David Foucher, NFL punter Matt Araiza, Dodger pitcher Trevor Bauer, Yale basketball captain Jack Montague, five members of the Canadian World Junior Hockey Team, Australian artist Anthony Lister, Australian actor Craig McLachlan, and the case brought by mattress girl, Emma Sulkowicz. Could there be so many false high-profile cases if false accusations were extremely rare?
Feminists also claim that prosecuting women who make false rape claims would discourage real rape victims from coming forward with accusations. This implies that we shouldn't prosecute false accusers. Apply this logic to any other crime. For example, say we can't prosecute any false accusers of robbery because then real robbery victims won't come forward. Who would ever propose such nonsense?
Most aren’t because that would require a different case. The accused would have to bring the case against the liar. It takes a lot of money and even greater emotional strength of which there is very little after going through a rape trial.
I was a Jury Foreman of a rape Court Case back in the 1990s . The Jury consisted of 3 men & 9 women . The young man was charged with 3 accusations of rape by a young lady. They were in their early 20s.
After the trial we were informed by the Judge not to come back into Court with a verdict until we had 100% agreement of either guilty or not guilty on each of 3 counts of rape. After one & half days of discussion & deliberation it was impossible to get a unanimous decission .
We went back into the Courtroom and I announced to the Judge we could not come to a 100% agreement hence it was a hung Jury. He would not accept that & ordered us to go back to the Jury room until we came to a unanimous decision , no matter how many days it took.
When we got back into the Jury Room & after a few more hours deliberation I realised we would never achieve 100%. Hence as Foreman I gave a speach to the members of the Jury telling them that because we would never agree 100%, the majority votes had to be respected & accepted by the minority . Otherwise we will be here for weeks . Everyone agreed. Except one stuborn man who thought the accused was guilty. I took him into the men’s toilet and had a private discussion explaining the seriousness of the situation . And he was holding up the 100% verdict which the Judge demanded. Also the two young people had been through enough trauma being interorgated in Court and it had to be resolved immediately. Reluctantly he agreed. Thus 100% was achieved .
The majority vote was Innocent on all counts and was delivered to the Judge .
The interesting phenomenon was how often the women would change their minds. In the morning they might think he was innocent , then a few hours later say he was guilty but the next day say he was guilty on one count but but innocent on 2 . Their decisions were in a perpetual state of flux.
One lady said the accused reminded her of her Son and as her Son wouldn’t rape anyone neither would the accused.
Also some threw tantrums with hysterical crying and would lock themselves in the Ladies toilet .
Many of the Jury said they couldn’t sleep at night worrying. I suffered from hair falling out which caused a bald patch. Fortunately it grew back.
That's so interesting, Philip. I would like to talk to you further. Could you please send me a note via my website and we can get in touch? I was intriguing by your comment about jurors determining he was guilty on some counts, not others. I hear the same from my criminal lawyer friends. There are always jurors who kid themselves that it is fairer to determine guilt on some counts.. rather than let him off altogether. Totally illogical stuff.
The trouble with juries is that personal prejudices can influence a jurors decision , this is nothing new , the jury selection process is seriously flawed , there is no vetting of the jurors past , no psychological assessment , a better system would be professional jurors , trained and selected to be unbiased . But this would cost money and take courage to change the system , and isn’t that the crux of the matter , lack of courage on the part of politicians to make necessary changes which might be unpopular.
What's really sad is that most of the comments under these articles are from women who are wives, mothers, and sisters of innocent men inside prison, with childred deprived of good fathers. These are the women the 'feminists' aren't interested in and don't care about...
Bettina, thanks again for your advocacy for men. Much needed to combat gynocentic toxicity.
You say at the end of your article.
"belief without scrutiny doesn’t protect victims — it protects liars, at the cost of the innocent men they’ve accused. And the men paying that price could be your sons, your brothers, your friends."
That seems totally fair, but I fear doesn't go far enough.
Here's a train of logic I've had reading that....
For as long as women can use false accusing as a form of violence against men, there will also be a cost, not just to men but women also, indeed to societies at large.
By that I mean that it is now common knowledge internationally amongst many millions of men that women can (and too often some of them do) excercise the power to vindictively, falsely accuse men and get away with it or at most be treated leniently for having done so.
As you point out men, even if they are rightly acquitted get their lives turned upside down, and are traumatised by the process which becomes the punishment as unwarranted lawfare ensues.
A simple search on Youtube will make this point very clear, whether it be videos about the "grass eating" men in Japan, the Anti-feminists men in South Korea, The "lay down flat" men in China or the MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way) men of the west.
For anyone not in the know, just search using the term "men opting out".
This contributes to why millions of young women are now in turn complaining and/or distressed because they are no longer approached and dated by men who as a demographic are becoming increasingly relationship/marriage aversive.
You can see these women every day, often in selfie videos on YT, Instagram, Tik-tok etc
A well you can see many counterpoint videos from men on YT channels such as "Fresh and fit" and "Menneedtobeheard" explaining that the risk to reward ration for men means appraoching women has simply become too dangerous, or as is often expressed "The juice aint worth the squeeze".
This in turn feeds into the recent phenomenon of reproductive decline, whereby many nations (South Korea being the most extreme example at 0.7 childen per couple) are far from breeding at replacement level. More than half of all countries — 99 of 194 — are already below replacement..
Some green minded folks will rejoice at this saying that a reduction in the global, human population will be good for the planet. Even if that were true (and I have serious doubts), they seem to overlook the fact that an inverted demographic pyramid means a future where less and less young people will carry the burden of caring for a comparably much larger old age demographic. That burden (largely paid for by working people's taxes to fund state care of elders or caring for elders in person) in turn takes away from their ability to reproduce..
There's a vicious cycle here, isn't there?
I'll end here, as this is turning into a full blown essay LOL! and thanks again for the male-sensitive articles and food for thought.
My son was just weeks into being 18 when he slept with a fellow classmate who was 17 at a party. She went to work hungover the next day and instead of copping a rap for that she played the victim and said she’d been sexually assaulted. Her boss did the right thing (the girl was a minor) and reported to police. A week later my son was charged with rape and a 2yr and close to $100,000 battle ensued. He lost opportunities to play professional rugby league due to the NRL “no fault policy”. He lost job opportunities due to have to declare criminal charges. He lost his youth as he stopped going out and drinking with mates because he was scared to put himself in a vulnerable situation. Finally we went to court. Being a minor at the time of the alleged offence her statement was prerecorded and we were not allowed in the court room to see it. But apparently she got caught out lie after lie! There was also zero evidence to back up her claim. Out of about 400 at the party that night the police only questioned 2 - both were her best friends. And both had given original statements and later court evidence that contradicted what the ‘victim’ had said. The jury deliberated over their decision for maybe a whole 20mins!!!!! My son had been charged on 3 counts of rape (because apparently according to the prosecutors positional changes equate to different opportunities that he should’ve stopped). The jury acquitted my son on all 3 counts. Afterwards I saw a juror outside the court house. I looked at her through my tears and saw she was crying too. She came up to me and I said Thankyou! She hugged me and told me, “I’m so glad this is over for your family now.” But it isn’t. We are now fighting for my son’s blue card so he can one day coach his children. While our community has never wavered from their belief and support in my son he still carries the weight of having to explain to new people (he has a new girlfriend) what happened to him. I still carry the fear every time he (or my other son) goes out, or pisses off a woman that they will retaliate with false claims. We are still trying to get back on our feet financially as we covered the bulk of our son’s legal costs. And I carry a heavy heart for all the men and boys (despite being 18 my son was still only boy!!) who will go through similar experiences and for the young girls who are actually raped but may never be believed because false accusations are becoming too common!
We are in QLD and have been told we can’t sue the girl or get any compensation for our legal costs. However reading stories like the one above or hear Craig McDermotts podcast have made me realise my sons case should never have even made it to court! There was no evidence! If police had only done their job!
I am so glad the jury saw through her lies. Sadly this isn't always happening with too many jurors, particularly young women, determined to just believe the "victim."
Yes it was our fear leading up and through the proceedings. I believe what helped us was spending our life savings (which sadly a lot of people don’t have) to pay for a brilliant barrister. And thankfully she was such a terrible liar and our barrister was very good to catch her out. I can’t bare to think how it would’ve turned out without hiring him! But now we are trying to put our finances back together while she still walks around untouched! But we do still have our son!
>> There is not one safe corner for men in our society.
And that includes a squeaky clean past. The feminists are seeking out men to convict of "rape" everywhere that they might appear safe, such as never being alone with a woman, but they are also seeking to find a "rape" allegation in a clean past.
They started this years ago by having the statute of limitations removed for SA offences, under the guise of "recovered memories", "trauma", etc. I genuinely fear that a woman from my past will accuse me, so I keep my current circumstances as confidential as possible to be beneath the radar for women who knew me in the past. Of which there was only the small number which a man of average attractiveness has, BTW.
To chase innocent men now they have absurdly broad definitions of "consent" and "violence", and restrictions on exculpatory evidence, and removal of Presumption of Innocence (effectively).
They have not yet succeeded in making these definitions retrospective. The female judge who acquitted actor Craig McLachlan notoriously and gratuitously added to her statement that if the current definitions had applied at the time of the alleged offences the verdict MAY (sic) have been different.
However, we can be sure that they will attempt to make the broad definitions and restrictions on exculpatory evidence retrospective, and remove Presumption of Innocence, such that consensual sex with an ex-wife, twenty years ago, can become a "rape" allegation and conviction now. The better parts of the legal fraternity will rightly oppose such changes, but the feminist stranglehold on government will push them through, all under the guise of "justice for survivors".
The first account of a court victim named Alan is a shining example of why even a female jury member is a crime against humanity and justice. Most women are incapable of it and there are psychological studies proving this that have been IGNORED.
Women on positions of authority are UNIVERSALLY UNETHICAL.
As I sometimes say.. Men in power pander to women, but with some sense of justice towards other men, but women in power (which they call "leadership") just pander to women, with no sense of justice towards men.
Thank you for this Bettina. Dr. Helen Smith said, "only 5% of rape claims have merit" She also said "only 5% of the male population rapes" The John Davis graph shows that 97 to 98% of rape claims are LIES. Dr. Stephen Baskersvile also touches on the fact that MOST rape claims are phony on the face of it.
Bettina had an excellent interview with a former QLD police officer, female, who made several important observations from her time with police call-outs, including that "rape", as it's commonly understood, is very rare (sic). Curiously, all of her observations were what any reasonable person would see anyway, but are strenuously denied by the feminist dominated MSM, academia, etc.
Yes, she in Australia. "QLD" is Queensland :). As I recall, she didn't put a number on how many rape cases are genuine, apart from "very rare". Which would coincide with what people expect.
In fact, she said "only 5% of rape cases have merit. She was interviewed by Bettina. Maybe there's another one? I remember a fe-MALE detective interviewed by Bettina who was fired or blacklisted, if it's the same one she definitely said only 5% of rape cases have merit.
There are thousands of innocent men in prison who have been told to plead guilty to lessen their sentences or those found ”guilty” by female loaded juries 🥺
It happened to my cousin. He fell into drugs culture while at school and was a heroin addict in his 20s. By his late 20s, however, he'd gotten himself clean, attended rehab, and was attending university. He continued to go to NA meetings, where he met a girl with a similar past.
They'd been going out for a few months when she accused him of rape. It later transpired that she had a history of doing this - she'd accused her own family members in the past but the accusations had clearly been fabricated so nothing came of them. None of that made it to court. He was sentenced to five years and served all five because he protested his innocence throughout. While in jail, the authorities tried to have him chemically castrated, again, because he 'wouldn't accept his guilt'.
He did re-enrol in university after leaving prison but ended up dropping out and fell back into drugs again, in large part because they had been so easy to come by in jail - not least because legal versions were readily prescribed to him by doctors.
It would be interesting to know what evidence convinced the jury he was guilty , but in these cases just the fact that the woman is a woman is enough . But in cases where the people were in a relationship the bar should be set much higher , the classic idea of rape is a woman dragged off the street by a stranger , it’s a very different matter when they are lovers already .
The old saying should apply to these women “ you made your bed “ , in other words personal responsibility for your actions , women want to be promiscuous but don’t want to accept the outcome if it goes wrong.
There wasn’t any evidence, it was literally his word against hers. They both accepted they were in a sexual relationship. He believed it to be consensual. She, as far as I can tell, woke up one morning and decided it wasn’t.
No evidence, apart from her claim,so why was he even charged , what’s going on? A proper police investigation should have quickly sussed out the truth , and unreliability of the woman , a drug addict.
The claimant was an unreliable witness and no corroborating evidence presented , sounds like good grounds for an appeal , so why didn’t he appeal or did that fail too?
I have a suspicion that he was the subject of prejudice. His father is Iraqi and he has an Arabic name (on his birth certificate and passport), but he is not Muslim and is known by an Anglicised version of his name. However, the judge insisted that the court use his Arabic name and made derogatory remarks in court about Muslims.
How on earth do we change public perceptions and sentiment? It's ... "you're male ...GUILTY!!!" Of course, there are horrific male-female rape cases, but these stories make me shudder. The assumption that every woman or complainant is Bambi is just so wrong. The hypocrisy makes me sick, but ... there has to be a way to get some balance. At the moment, Bettina fights the good fight, and she needs support. I would love to hear suggestions>
Another shocking account of systematic injustice even to the point where, as I understand it, our police seem to be actively concealing or destroying evidence that would exonerate men who are falsely accused. Your article is a good counter argument to a recent article I read from Oz legal counsel Justin Quill complaining about the "legal loophole” of the Open Courts Act allowing judges to suppress the identity of defendants on the basis of mental health, which he apparently drafted himself. Quill claims this is a "house of cards built on untested assertions" and he hopes that judges will give little weight on the opinions of psychiatrist reports in support of suppressing the identity of the defendant prior to conviction. Your account of Aaron Peapell and others is an antidote to such views. Quill is expressing the views of a large media organisation, so it’s hardly surprising that he should be pro-publicity. Nevertheless, as these tragic cases make plain, if the identity of false accusers which have resulted in cost orders are suppressed from the public, I see no reason why the identity of defendants who supposedly have the presumption of innocence are also suppressed until such time as they have been convicted of the offence.
This is so common, our men and boys are suffering, imprisoned, lives ruined; families shattered ❤️🩹
The first paragraph of this article is interesting , police refused to consider evidence which would have proved the accused man could not have done it . This is happening more and more , if a woman says she was raped , then that’s all the prosecution needs to charge and they will deliberately ignore evidence to the contrary .
This is not how a justice system should work , justice is blind they say it sees only the evidence and the facts ignoring the persons individual characteristics , but this has changed apparently , women are now to be treated differently just because they’re women .
The police should be the first step in weeding out false or weak cases ,this was how it used to be , but to appease the feminists police have thrown principles out the window , and they still expect the public to respect and trust them .
Feminists claim false rape accusations are very rare. But the easiest way to see this isn't true is to note all of the high-profile cases that have turned out to be false or very suspicious, e.g., the Duke lacrosse team; the Rolling Stone University of Virginia gang rape; the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case; the Brian Banks case; the Jian Ghomeshi case; the Rockville High School bathroom rape; the case of Jordan Johnson highlighted in Jon Krakauer's book, Missoula; three of the four cases highlighted in the movie The Hunting Ground---Andrea Pino, Jameis Winston and Brandon Winston; Lena Dunham's accusation; the Nikki Yovino case, Judy Munro-Leighton’s false accusation against Supreme Court Justice Brett Cavanaugh, student Mustafa Ururyar, Vancouver Canuck Jacob Virtanen, University of Ottawa hockey players Guillaume Donovan and David Foucher, NFL punter Matt Araiza, Dodger pitcher Trevor Bauer, Yale basketball captain Jack Montague, five members of the Canadian World Junior Hockey Team, Australian artist Anthony Lister, Australian actor Craig McLachlan, and the case brought by mattress girl, Emma Sulkowicz. Could there be so many false high-profile cases if false accusations were extremely rare?
Feminists also claim that prosecuting women who make false rape claims would discourage real rape victims from coming forward with accusations. This implies that we shouldn't prosecute false accusers. Apply this logic to any other crime. For example, say we can't prosecute any false accusers of robbery because then real robbery victims won't come forward. Who would ever propose such nonsense?
Are these women being charged for making false claims
Most aren’t because that would require a different case. The accused would have to bring the case against the liar. It takes a lot of money and even greater emotional strength of which there is very little after going through a rape trial.
Hello Bettina,
I was a Jury Foreman of a rape Court Case back in the 1990s . The Jury consisted of 3 men & 9 women . The young man was charged with 3 accusations of rape by a young lady. They were in their early 20s.
After the trial we were informed by the Judge not to come back into Court with a verdict until we had 100% agreement of either guilty or not guilty on each of 3 counts of rape. After one & half days of discussion & deliberation it was impossible to get a unanimous decission .
We went back into the Courtroom and I announced to the Judge we could not come to a 100% agreement hence it was a hung Jury. He would not accept that & ordered us to go back to the Jury room until we came to a unanimous decision , no matter how many days it took.
When we got back into the Jury Room & after a few more hours deliberation I realised we would never achieve 100%. Hence as Foreman I gave a speach to the members of the Jury telling them that because we would never agree 100%, the majority votes had to be respected & accepted by the minority . Otherwise we will be here for weeks . Everyone agreed. Except one stuborn man who thought the accused was guilty. I took him into the men’s toilet and had a private discussion explaining the seriousness of the situation . And he was holding up the 100% verdict which the Judge demanded. Also the two young people had been through enough trauma being interorgated in Court and it had to be resolved immediately. Reluctantly he agreed. Thus 100% was achieved .
The majority vote was Innocent on all counts and was delivered to the Judge .
The interesting phenomenon was how often the women would change their minds. In the morning they might think he was innocent , then a few hours later say he was guilty but the next day say he was guilty on one count but but innocent on 2 . Their decisions were in a perpetual state of flux.
One lady said the accused reminded her of her Son and as her Son wouldn’t rape anyone neither would the accused.
Also some threw tantrums with hysterical crying and would lock themselves in the Ladies toilet .
Many of the Jury said they couldn’t sleep at night worrying. I suffered from hair falling out which caused a bald patch. Fortunately it grew back.
Kind Regards and keep up the good work Bettina.
That's so interesting, Philip. I would like to talk to you further. Could you please send me a note via my website and we can get in touch? I was intriguing by your comment about jurors determining he was guilty on some counts, not others. I hear the same from my criminal lawyer friends. There are always jurors who kid themselves that it is fairer to determine guilt on some counts.. rather than let him off altogether. Totally illogical stuff.
The trouble with juries is that personal prejudices can influence a jurors decision , this is nothing new , the jury selection process is seriously flawed , there is no vetting of the jurors past , no psychological assessment , a better system would be professional jurors , trained and selected to be unbiased . But this would cost money and take courage to change the system , and isn’t that the crux of the matter , lack of courage on the part of politicians to make necessary changes which might be unpopular.
Thanks for all your efforts to raise awareness of this Bettina.
Sadly the UK seems to be just as dire as Australia. A look through the online prisoner support website Inside Time finds plenty of such cases:
https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ainsidetime.org%20false%20accused
What's really sad is that most of the comments under these articles are from women who are wives, mothers, and sisters of innocent men inside prison, with childred deprived of good fathers. These are the women the 'feminists' aren't interested in and don't care about...
Bettina, thanks again for your advocacy for men. Much needed to combat gynocentic toxicity.
You say at the end of your article.
"belief without scrutiny doesn’t protect victims — it protects liars, at the cost of the innocent men they’ve accused. And the men paying that price could be your sons, your brothers, your friends."
That seems totally fair, but I fear doesn't go far enough.
Here's a train of logic I've had reading that....
For as long as women can use false accusing as a form of violence against men, there will also be a cost, not just to men but women also, indeed to societies at large.
By that I mean that it is now common knowledge internationally amongst many millions of men that women can (and too often some of them do) excercise the power to vindictively, falsely accuse men and get away with it or at most be treated leniently for having done so.
As you point out men, even if they are rightly acquitted get their lives turned upside down, and are traumatised by the process which becomes the punishment as unwarranted lawfare ensues.
A simple search on Youtube will make this point very clear, whether it be videos about the "grass eating" men in Japan, the Anti-feminists men in South Korea, The "lay down flat" men in China or the MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way) men of the west.
For anyone not in the know, just search using the term "men opting out".
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=men+opting+out
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TDek3MJaoz8
This contributes to why millions of young women are now in turn complaining and/or distressed because they are no longer approached and dated by men who as a demographic are becoming increasingly relationship/marriage aversive.
You can see these women every day, often in selfie videos on YT, Instagram, Tik-tok etc
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=where+are+all+the+good+men
They're bemoaning this modern phenomenon
A well you can see many counterpoint videos from men on YT channels such as "Fresh and fit" and "Menneedtobeheard" explaining that the risk to reward ration for men means appraoching women has simply become too dangerous, or as is often expressed "The juice aint worth the squeeze".
This in turn feeds into the recent phenomenon of reproductive decline, whereby many nations (South Korea being the most extreme example at 0.7 childen per couple) are far from breeding at replacement level. More than half of all countries — 99 of 194 — are already below replacement..
https://www.populationpyramids.org/fertility-rate-by-country
Some green minded folks will rejoice at this saying that a reduction in the global, human population will be good for the planet. Even if that were true (and I have serious doubts), they seem to overlook the fact that an inverted demographic pyramid means a future where less and less young people will carry the burden of caring for a comparably much larger old age demographic. That burden (largely paid for by working people's taxes to fund state care of elders or caring for elders in person) in turn takes away from their ability to reproduce..
There's a vicious cycle here, isn't there?
I'll end here, as this is turning into a full blown essay LOL! and thanks again for the male-sensitive articles and food for thought.
My son was just weeks into being 18 when he slept with a fellow classmate who was 17 at a party. She went to work hungover the next day and instead of copping a rap for that she played the victim and said she’d been sexually assaulted. Her boss did the right thing (the girl was a minor) and reported to police. A week later my son was charged with rape and a 2yr and close to $100,000 battle ensued. He lost opportunities to play professional rugby league due to the NRL “no fault policy”. He lost job opportunities due to have to declare criminal charges. He lost his youth as he stopped going out and drinking with mates because he was scared to put himself in a vulnerable situation. Finally we went to court. Being a minor at the time of the alleged offence her statement was prerecorded and we were not allowed in the court room to see it. But apparently she got caught out lie after lie! There was also zero evidence to back up her claim. Out of about 400 at the party that night the police only questioned 2 - both were her best friends. And both had given original statements and later court evidence that contradicted what the ‘victim’ had said. The jury deliberated over their decision for maybe a whole 20mins!!!!! My son had been charged on 3 counts of rape (because apparently according to the prosecutors positional changes equate to different opportunities that he should’ve stopped). The jury acquitted my son on all 3 counts. Afterwards I saw a juror outside the court house. I looked at her through my tears and saw she was crying too. She came up to me and I said Thankyou! She hugged me and told me, “I’m so glad this is over for your family now.” But it isn’t. We are now fighting for my son’s blue card so he can one day coach his children. While our community has never wavered from their belief and support in my son he still carries the weight of having to explain to new people (he has a new girlfriend) what happened to him. I still carry the fear every time he (or my other son) goes out, or pisses off a woman that they will retaliate with false claims. We are still trying to get back on our feet financially as we covered the bulk of our son’s legal costs. And I carry a heavy heart for all the men and boys (despite being 18 my son was still only boy!!) who will go through similar experiences and for the young girls who are actually raped but may never be believed because false accusations are becoming too common!
We are in QLD and have been told we can’t sue the girl or get any compensation for our legal costs. However reading stories like the one above or hear Craig McDermotts podcast have made me realise my sons case should never have even made it to court! There was no evidence! If police had only done their job!
I am so glad the jury saw through her lies. Sadly this isn't always happening with too many jurors, particularly young women, determined to just believe the "victim."
Yes it was our fear leading up and through the proceedings. I believe what helped us was spending our life savings (which sadly a lot of people don’t have) to pay for a brilliant barrister. And thankfully she was such a terrible liar and our barrister was very good to catch her out. I can’t bare to think how it would’ve turned out without hiring him! But now we are trying to put our finances back together while she still walks around untouched! But we do still have our son!
Yours is an important document, Bettina.
“We tell ourselves that believing women protects them. It’s a good instinct, and mostly, it does.”
I don’t agree with that statement at all. Time and time again it has proved to be untrue.
When a society makes laws that destroy the life of another person based on the fallacy that women never lie, the law is truly an ass.
There is not one safe corner for men in our society.
>> There is not one safe corner for men in our society.
And that includes a squeaky clean past. The feminists are seeking out men to convict of "rape" everywhere that they might appear safe, such as never being alone with a woman, but they are also seeking to find a "rape" allegation in a clean past.
They started this years ago by having the statute of limitations removed for SA offences, under the guise of "recovered memories", "trauma", etc. I genuinely fear that a woman from my past will accuse me, so I keep my current circumstances as confidential as possible to be beneath the radar for women who knew me in the past. Of which there was only the small number which a man of average attractiveness has, BTW.
To chase innocent men now they have absurdly broad definitions of "consent" and "violence", and restrictions on exculpatory evidence, and removal of Presumption of Innocence (effectively).
They have not yet succeeded in making these definitions retrospective. The female judge who acquitted actor Craig McLachlan notoriously and gratuitously added to her statement that if the current definitions had applied at the time of the alleged offences the verdict MAY (sic) have been different.
However, we can be sure that they will attempt to make the broad definitions and restrictions on exculpatory evidence retrospective, and remove Presumption of Innocence, such that consensual sex with an ex-wife, twenty years ago, can become a "rape" allegation and conviction now. The better parts of the legal fraternity will rightly oppose such changes, but the feminist stranglehold on government will push them through, all under the guise of "justice for survivors".
The first account of a court victim named Alan is a shining example of why even a female jury member is a crime against humanity and justice. Most women are incapable of it and there are psychological studies proving this that have been IGNORED.
Women on positions of authority are UNIVERSALLY UNETHICAL.
As I sometimes say.. Men in power pander to women, but with some sense of justice towards other men, but women in power (which they call "leadership") just pander to women, with no sense of justice towards men.
Thank you for this Bettina. Dr. Helen Smith said, "only 5% of rape claims have merit" She also said "only 5% of the male population rapes" The John Davis graph shows that 97 to 98% of rape claims are LIES. Dr. Stephen Baskersvile also touches on the fact that MOST rape claims are phony on the face of it.
Bettina had an excellent interview with a former QLD police officer, female, who made several important observations from her time with police call-outs, including that "rape", as it's commonly understood, is very rare (sic). Curiously, all of her observations were what any reasonable person would see anyway, but are strenuously denied by the feminist dominated MSM, academia, etc.
I think I remember that interview and if I'm not mistaken, she also said "only 5% of rape cases have merit" I'm in USA, I think she was in Australia.
Yes, she in Australia. "QLD" is Queensland :). As I recall, she didn't put a number on how many rape cases are genuine, apart from "very rare". Which would coincide with what people expect.
In fact, she said "only 5% of rape cases have merit. She was interviewed by Bettina. Maybe there's another one? I remember a fe-MALE detective interviewed by Bettina who was fired or blacklisted, if it's the same one she definitely said only 5% of rape cases have merit.
Thanks for all your work. This is an important underreported issue. I can't help but think of all the unknown cases without successful court endings.
There are thousands of innocent men in prison who have been told to plead guilty to lessen their sentences or those found ”guilty” by female loaded juries 🥺
It happened to my cousin. He fell into drugs culture while at school and was a heroin addict in his 20s. By his late 20s, however, he'd gotten himself clean, attended rehab, and was attending university. He continued to go to NA meetings, where he met a girl with a similar past.
They'd been going out for a few months when she accused him of rape. It later transpired that she had a history of doing this - she'd accused her own family members in the past but the accusations had clearly been fabricated so nothing came of them. None of that made it to court. He was sentenced to five years and served all five because he protested his innocence throughout. While in jail, the authorities tried to have him chemically castrated, again, because he 'wouldn't accept his guilt'.
He did re-enrol in university after leaving prison but ended up dropping out and fell back into drugs again, in large part because they had been so easy to come by in jail - not least because legal versions were readily prescribed to him by doctors.
It would be interesting to know what evidence convinced the jury he was guilty , but in these cases just the fact that the woman is a woman is enough . But in cases where the people were in a relationship the bar should be set much higher , the classic idea of rape is a woman dragged off the street by a stranger , it’s a very different matter when they are lovers already .
The old saying should apply to these women “ you made your bed “ , in other words personal responsibility for your actions , women want to be promiscuous but don’t want to accept the outcome if it goes wrong.
There wasn’t any evidence, it was literally his word against hers. They both accepted they were in a sexual relationship. He believed it to be consensual. She, as far as I can tell, woke up one morning and decided it wasn’t.
No evidence, apart from her claim,so why was he even charged , what’s going on? A proper police investigation should have quickly sussed out the truth , and unreliability of the woman , a drug addict.
The claimant was an unreliable witness and no corroborating evidence presented , sounds like good grounds for an appeal , so why didn’t he appeal or did that fail too?
He did appeal but it failed.
I have a suspicion that he was the subject of prejudice. His father is Iraqi and he has an Arabic name (on his birth certificate and passport), but he is not Muslim and is known by an Anglicised version of his name. However, the judge insisted that the court use his Arabic name and made derogatory remarks in court about Muslims.
This is in the UK.
That's such a tragic story, Donna