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Hate to see this coming back up. Didn't he move on to play at Colorado state?
Former athlete sues
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Re: Former athlete sues
The Rock wrote:http://www.goblueridge.net/news/1/26250 ... ues-school
Hate to see this coming back up. Didn't he move on to play at Colorado state?
Yeah he transferred to CSU. I could understand him wanting the record clearing but the money grab is a bit much. He claiming it cost him an NFL career?
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I would guess the financial damages are probably your typical pain and suffering variety ones. The kid was accused of being a rapist, villainized on campus, online, and kicked off the football team.ASUPATCH wrote:The Rock wrote:http://www.goblueridge.net/news/1/26250 ... ues-school
Hate to see this coming back up. Didn't he move on to play at Colorado state?
Yeah he transferred to CSU. I could understand him wanting the record clearing but the money grab is a bit much. He claiming it cost him an NFL career?
Personally, I hope he wins. The amount of over-reach on college campuses right now in this area is absurd.
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In the lawsuit, it claims the Carolina Panthers contacted his agent regarding a tryout, but then later cancelled the meeting after findout about his "conduct". More than anything, he is likely seeking for his name to be cleared, and have the school pay for it so he can get a job.
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bigCasu wrote:In the lawsuit, it claims the Carolina Panthers contacted his agent regarding a tryout, but then later cancelled the meeting after findout about his "conduct". More than anything, he is likely seeking for his name to be cleared, and have the school pay for it so he can get a job.
I would hope that's the case and not, "I was a sure fire pro bowler I want millions" type lawsuit. Innocent until proven guilty is a farce and most are condemned and judged well before they have a chance to defend themselves. Even if cleared many still paint that picture of the person in their head regardless.
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I gotta tell ya', this is one of the most strongly worded complaints I have ever read. I'm still reading but this included things like "all hell broke loose" and bolding of black male and white female.
The causes of action are mostly Constitutional, naming state agents as parties, and violations of some federal laws.
Causes of Action:
Denial of due process under the IX Amendment
Violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the IX Amendment
Discrimination based on gender under Title IX
The causes of action are mostly Constitutional, naming state agents as parties, and violations of some federal laws.
Causes of Action:
Denial of due process under the IX Amendment
Violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the IX Amendment
Discrimination based on gender under Title IX
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After reading the complaint, it matched up with everything I had heard at the time of the event. The field hockey player had a horrible reputation and cried wolf. Unfortunately her post occurred during the PSU scandal and the university acted swiftly without evidence.
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He should not have been out acting like an idiot gang banging girls with his thug buddy. Go back to Shelby. There's a street over there behind the hospital where you will fit in just fine.
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Ok I've read the complaint. I'm stepping out of objective lawyer mode for this post.
This whole unfortunate story represents the cultural shift we're experiencing, as I like to call it: collective "rape culture" overcompensation and the War on Men. The media, and a lot of high-profile feminists, have convinced a large percentage of Americans that crimes of sexual assault (that are almost exclusively, at least in the eyes of the public, committed by men) are somehow distinct from other crimes, and men shouldn't be affording the same rights of due process as other criminal hearings.
In the 1980's, changes were made to the Federal Rules of Evidence, which changed the rules for these sorts of crimes:
Rule 412: Aka the "Rape Shield Law," this rule denies a defendant the right to subject his accuser to the crucible of cross examination when the questions center around the accusers other sexual behavior or their sexual predisposition. That sort of evidence is very relevant in cases like this one, where we have conflicting stories, one detailing a night filled with indiscriminate fellatio.
Rule 413: Under 413 a prosecutor may introduce evidence of other sexual assaults to prove that the defendant has a propensity to commit the crime. Propensity evidence is barred in any other case because a trial's purpose is to identify the truth for one particular occasion, not someone's propensity, and that sort of information is unfairly prejudicial in relation to its probative value. The big kicker with this rule is that THERE DOESN'T"T EVEN NEED TO BE A FORMAL CHARGE TO INTRODUCE THIS EVIDENCE. Anyone willing to testify, so long as their accusation us sufficiently similar, can present evidence that whoever is accused at trial had "done it before and likely did it again." (This rule hasn't been adopted in North Carolina State Court, or most State courts)
There are a few more that have to do with molestation and applying these rules to civil hearings.
My point is to say that congressional legislation has yielded tangible evidence of the War on Men. It's not just a viral bias anymore.
The campus hearing wasn't a beacon of fairness by any standard either. Apparently the poor bastard was denied representation while his accuser retained an attorney.
If I remember correctly the panel of fact-finders were a mix of students and professors, none of whom were properly instructed to even remotely comply with standard operations in our State or Federal Courts.
I don't blame Tanyi in the least for suing the school. I'm pulling for the dude.
This whole unfortunate story represents the cultural shift we're experiencing, as I like to call it: collective "rape culture" overcompensation and the War on Men. The media, and a lot of high-profile feminists, have convinced a large percentage of Americans that crimes of sexual assault (that are almost exclusively, at least in the eyes of the public, committed by men) are somehow distinct from other crimes, and men shouldn't be affording the same rights of due process as other criminal hearings.
In the 1980's, changes were made to the Federal Rules of Evidence, which changed the rules for these sorts of crimes:
Rule 412: Aka the "Rape Shield Law," this rule denies a defendant the right to subject his accuser to the crucible of cross examination when the questions center around the accusers other sexual behavior or their sexual predisposition. That sort of evidence is very relevant in cases like this one, where we have conflicting stories, one detailing a night filled with indiscriminate fellatio.
Rule 413: Under 413 a prosecutor may introduce evidence of other sexual assaults to prove that the defendant has a propensity to commit the crime. Propensity evidence is barred in any other case because a trial's purpose is to identify the truth for one particular occasion, not someone's propensity, and that sort of information is unfairly prejudicial in relation to its probative value. The big kicker with this rule is that THERE DOESN'T"T EVEN NEED TO BE A FORMAL CHARGE TO INTRODUCE THIS EVIDENCE. Anyone willing to testify, so long as their accusation us sufficiently similar, can present evidence that whoever is accused at trial had "done it before and likely did it again." (This rule hasn't been adopted in North Carolina State Court, or most State courts)
There are a few more that have to do with molestation and applying these rules to civil hearings.
My point is to say that congressional legislation has yielded tangible evidence of the War on Men. It's not just a viral bias anymore.
The campus hearing wasn't a beacon of fairness by any standard either. Apparently the poor bastard was denied representation while his accuser retained an attorney.
If I remember correctly the panel of fact-finders were a mix of students and professors, none of whom were properly instructed to even remotely comply with standard operations in our State or Federal Courts.I don't blame Tanyi in the least for suing the school. I'm pulling for the dude.
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Urban Dictionary
gangbang-
When multiple partners, usually 3 or more, engage in sexual intercourse with a single willing partner.
This wasn't a gang bang but a rather common occurrence on college campuses called a consensual threesome.
gangbang-
When multiple partners, usually 3 or more, engage in sexual intercourse with a single willing partner.
This wasn't a gang bang but a rather common occurrence on college campuses called a consensual threesome.
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Wow. For the record, gang-banging girls with your thug buddies isn't against the law.appbio91 wrote:He should not have been out acting like an idiot gang banging girls with his thug buddy. Go back to Shelby. There's a street over there behind the hospital where you will fit in just fine.
And I went to a wedding in Shelby this summer. Beautiful little town.
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Lastly Lanston is currently working on his PHD in marketing, if that's a thug, I guess we should all aspire to be more thuggish.
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Wow.appbio91 wrote:He should not have been out acting like an idiot gang banging girls with his thug buddy. Go back to Shelby. There's a street over there behind the hospital where you will fit in just fine.
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Read it again and I don't give one shit what he is doing.ASUPATCH wrote:Lastly Lanston is currently working on his PHD in marketing, if that's a thug, I guess we should all aspire to be more thuggish.
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Idiotappbio91 wrote:Read it againASUPATCH wrote:Lastly Lanston is currently working on his PHD in marketing, if that's a thug, I guess we should all aspire to be more thuggish.
Gang Bang
Thug buddy
Pretty easy to read between the lines.
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Someone has their jimmies all rustled up. A former FB player must have cuckolded you and performed a job you couldn't, to wit: satisfy your wife.appbio91 wrote:Read it again and I don't give one shit what he is doing.ASUPATCH wrote:Lastly Lanston is currently working on his PHD in marketing, if that's a thug, I guess we should all aspire to be more thuggish.
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Completely uncalled for. Did you not attend parties on Thursday nights as a college kid? I sure as hell did...appbio91 wrote:He should not have been out acting like an idiot gang banging girls with his thug buddy. Go back to Shelby. There's a street over there behind the hospital where you will fit in just fine.
This, to me, is unsurprising behavior from college students...and doesn't make anyone a thug. It certainly isn't anything someone should be kicked off a team for, nor have your name dragged through the mud by administrators, message board denizens, and other students.
Like I said - I hope he wins.
