Comments on: Actual Rape Victim Jailed for “False Report” http://thecurvature.com/2009/04/03/actual-rape-victim-jailed-for-false-report/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:19:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cara http://thecurvature.com/2009/04/03/actual-rape-victim-jailed-for-false-report/#comment-16261 Cara Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:12:00 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=4560#comment-16261 Tina, I'm very sorry that someone did that to you. You're not alone. Have you checked to see if there is a rape crisis service in your area? If you're in the U.S., <a href="http://centers.rainn.org/" rel="nofollow">the Rainn website has a list of local services</a>. Just type in your zip code. These types of services are often able to provide short-term counseling and support, and also help in dealing with law enforcement, and their victim-blaming and rape apologism. If you're outside the U.S., let me know and I'll see what other info I can find. I think that they would likely be able to help you with what you're dealing with in terms of law enforcement right now. I'm very sorry they're doing that. The rape wasn't your fault, and this isn't either. I wish you all the best. Tina, I’m very sorry that someone did that to you. You’re not alone.

Have you checked to see if there is a rape crisis service in your area? If you’re in the U.S., the Rainn website has a list of local services. Just type in your zip code. These types of services are often able to provide short-term counseling and support, and also help in dealing with law enforcement, and their victim-blaming and rape apologism. If you’re outside the U.S., let me know and I’ll see what other info I can find. I think that they would likely be able to help you with what you’re dealing with in terms of law enforcement right now.

I’m very sorry they’re doing that. The rape wasn’t your fault, and this isn’t either. I wish you all the best.

]]> By: Tina http://thecurvature.com/2009/04/03/actual-rape-victim-jailed-for-false-report/#comment-16259 Tina Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:48:42 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=4560#comment-16259 I was just raped on Friday night. The police are already questioning and accusing me of making it up because there are some inconsistencies. Why the f@@# would i make it up? THe cop is a female! I was just raped on Friday night. The police are already questioning and accusing me of making it up because there are some inconsistencies. Why the f@@# would i make it up? THe cop is a female!

]]> By: Beatriz-Maria http://thecurvature.com/2009/04/03/actual-rape-victim-jailed-for-false-report/#comment-14202 Beatriz-Maria Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:40:35 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=4560#comment-14202 This scares me. A lot. I'm only in high school, and have been asked to do a report on a book about rape. That's how I came across this. The statistics tell me that all I have to do is think of 2 other girls I know, and one of us have been or will be a victim of rape or attempted rape. And if we try to report it, we will get in trouble. Such as the stories of Nancy, (Your story made me cry), and Brandy and Ista, and of course, Vicki. I'm only a little girl, but allow me to help in any way I can. I'm moving to Japan whenever I get the chance- did you know that the rape statistics over there are 20 times less than here in America? This scares me. A lot. I’m only in high school, and have been asked to do a report on a book about rape. That’s how I came across this.
The statistics tell me that all I have to do is think of 2 other girls I know, and one of us have been or will be a victim of rape or attempted rape.
And if we try to report it, we will get in trouble. Such as the stories of Nancy, (Your story made me cry), and Brandy and Ista, and of course, Vicki.
I’m only a little girl, but allow me to help in any way I can.

I’m moving to Japan whenever I get the chance- did you know that the rape statistics over there are 20 times less than here in America?

]]> By: Feminism: Concrete Policy Suggestions « Pizza Diavola http://thecurvature.com/2009/04/03/actual-rape-victim-jailed-for-false-report/#comment-14162 Feminism: Concrete Policy Suggestions « Pizza Diavola Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:26:24 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=4560#comment-14162 [...] help but think about how as a woman of color, if a man raped me, I couldn’t necessarily trust the police to help me. Even if they did, I might have trouble getting a rape kit. The hospital might [...] [...] help but think about how as a woman of color, if a man raped me, I couldn’t necessarily trust the police to help me. Even if they did, I might have trouble getting a rape kit. The hospital might [...]

]]> By: Julia http://thecurvature.com/2009/04/03/actual-rape-victim-jailed-for-false-report/#comment-14082 Julia Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:26:39 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=4560#comment-14082 Thank you for this post. Just saw it in the blogosphere. Sorry for the late comment. Just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for this post. Just saw it in the blogosphere. Sorry for the late comment. Just wanted to say thank you.

]]> By: What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it. « OneCockerLady’s PackHouse http://thecurvature.com/2009/04/03/actual-rape-victim-jailed-for-false-report/#comment-12255 What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it. « OneCockerLady’s PackHouse Thu, 07 May 2009 03:28:03 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=4560#comment-12255 [...] dismissal of a federal lawsuit against the city of Cranberry, PA. She has posted a good analysis here. The woman was working as a service station clerk in Cranberry on July 14, 2004, when a man entered [...] [...] dismissal of a federal lawsuit against the city of Cranberry, PA. She has posted a good analysis here. The woman was working as a service station clerk in Cranberry on July 14, 2004, when a man entered [...]

]]> By: Mark http://thecurvature.com/2009/04/03/actual-rape-victim-jailed-for-false-report/#comment-12117 Mark Sat, 02 May 2009 05:03:51 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=4560#comment-12117 Utter bullshit. But expected from the fascist police state we live in. Don't trust them to protect you. Trust them to fuck you whenever they can. Learn how to protect yourselves! Utter bullshit. But expected from the fascist police state we live in. Don’t trust them to protect you. Trust them to fuck you whenever they can.
Learn how to protect yourselves!

]]> By: Megan http://thecurvature.com/2009/04/03/actual-rape-victim-jailed-for-false-report/#comment-12096 Megan Fri, 01 May 2009 22:26:46 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=4560#comment-12096 Here's the address and phone number for the Cranberry Police and Sheriffs Department, for those that wish to write a letter: 2525 Rochester Road Cranberry Twp., PA 16066 724-776-5180 And here is Vicky Beatty's law firm's name, address, phone number, email, and website: Campbell, Durrant & Beatty, PC 555 Grant Street, Suite 310 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Contact: Vicki Beatty, Esq. (412) 395-1280 vbeatty@cdblaw.com www.cdblaw.com Here’s the address and phone number for the Cranberry Police and Sheriffs Department, for those that wish to write a letter:
2525 Rochester Road
Cranberry Twp., PA 16066
724-776-5180

And here is Vicky Beatty’s law firm’s name, address, phone number, email, and website:

Campbell, Durrant & Beatty, PC
555 Grant Street, Suite 310
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Contact: Vicki Beatty, Esq.
(412) 395-1280
vbeatty@cdblaw.com
http://www.cdblaw.com

]]> By: abyss2hope http://thecurvature.com/2009/04/03/actual-rape-victim-jailed-for-false-report/#comment-11972 abyss2hope Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:34:06 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=4560#comment-11972 Nancy, my heart breaks for you. Those who claim to be against false allegations yet who ignore or deny cases such as yours prove that they are not reliable. Nancy, my heart breaks for you. Those who claim to be against false allegations yet who ignore or deny cases such as yours prove that they are not reliable.

]]> By: Nancy http://thecurvature.com/2009/04/03/actual-rape-victim-jailed-for-false-report/#comment-11794 Nancy Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:50:28 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=4560#comment-11794 I am a rape victim who is currently a convicted felon after reporting my rape, I was accused of intimidating/misleading a police officer and filing a false police report. My life is forever changed as I have lost the right to my professional career, face doubt and had to listen to my attacker and his wife testify in court that I had ruined their lives. The female judge who listened to them intended to send me to a correctional facility for 2 years, but my lawyer talked her down to 2 years of probation. Yet none of it really matters my life as I know it is over, thanks to the state of Massachusetts and police officers who I won't name. My attacker is a very wealthy man and I am not a wealthy woman- I don't have to think hard about how he got the upper hand in this. Every DA and detective I dealt with was a man and questioned my motive for being in closed quarters with this man from the beginning-never mind that I had to have surgery for the vaginal lacerations he inflicted upon me! I am a rape victim who is currently a convicted felon after reporting my rape, I was accused of intimidating/misleading a police officer and filing a false police report. My life is forever changed as I have lost the right to my professional career, face doubt and had to listen to my attacker and his wife testify in court that I had ruined their lives. The female judge who listened to them intended to send me to a correctional facility for 2 years, but my lawyer talked her down to 2 years of probation. Yet none of it really matters my life as I know it is over, thanks to the state of Massachusetts and police officers who I won’t name. My attacker is a very wealthy man and I am not a wealthy woman- I don’t have to think hard about how he got the upper hand in this. Every DA and detective I dealt with was a man and questioned my motive for being in closed quarters with this man from the beginning-never mind that I had to have surgery for the vaginal lacerations he inflicted upon me!

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