General Discussions

[Lods]

With respect Crash, you’re unlikely to be in a position where you have to decide whether to report a rape.

One of my sisters was raped.  She told me about it many years later and explained why reporting it wasn’t an option; fear of reprisals, shame, questioning by male police, going to court with male judges and lawyers, embarrassing the family …

The judge in this case is convinced that neither Higgins nor Lehrmann has been totally honest.  It will come down to whether the judge accepts that intercourse took place.  If he does, Lehrmann is screwed.

That's really where this needs to be decided.
In a court of law.
With a body of testimony.
With an experienced adjudicator.
Not in the court of public opinion, where bias, personal perception, and limited information will rarely deliver a sound assessment.