Please tell me i’m not the only one who still finds this ridiculous and believes that only a court of law can determine guilt?

  • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
    34·
    22 days ago

    The evidence the victim has already produced is compelling.

    I firmly disagree. The ONLY evidence contemporary to the events that exists are screenshots of facebook messages that do not explicitly state that Platner raped her. Everything else is either recent or has been deleted. Read the original articles carefully, there’s a lot of people spreading misinformation, recasting recent messages as older than they were described in the articles. I don’t think you’re doing that intentionally, but you should be aware you’re spreading falsehoods.

    • velma@sh.itjust.works
      31·
      22 days ago

      Platner could release his side of the Instagram messages.

      He could release his side of the text messages from the night in question as well for that matter.

      • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
        12·
        22 days ago

        According to his side, the damning messages don’t exist. Yes, he dated her, so he would have had some messages from her, but that isn’t in dispute. But if what he says is true, those messages won’t exist.

        How would you feel if someone falsely accused you of a crime, claimed you have non-existant evidence that damns you, and then demanded you produce this nonexistent evidence?

        Again, I am not accusing the accuser of lying. I am not however willing to join a witch hunt that crucifies a man based on suspiciously timed accusations. But if Platner is telling the truth, that is the situation you are placing him in. You are demanding he produce damning evidence, evidence that he’s claiming never existed.