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So after recognising "Lehrmann" on TV it was reported as a rape allegation, positively identified, and apparently I'm the bad person for being cynical!

Much like allegations of racism, when we leave the definition of a crime to the alleged victim, those offended or those harbouring regrets we step onto a very slippery slope, and it seems now we should be very worried indeed that the concept of proof might be heading the same way, much closer to opinion than evidence! Crimes that can be settled in cash or come with exclusive contract$!

The plight of genuine victims is diminished by these cases, women (society) should take offense at the spurious claims as much of it seems driven by fame and dollars and it's not going to get better anytime soon. How long before this story is sold to the highest bidder, I expect Ten's wallet will be overflowing with dollars just to have the opportunity for a chat! There should be serious penalties for making false claims, you should lose all that was gained and some, the risk to reputation isn't enough, the people involved simply don't care about losing face!

Now on an adjacent point. Women(or some men for that matter) can wear padded bras, fake hair, fake tan, fake contact lenses, fake nails, corsets, ar5e lift underwear, thigh sculpting stockings, have nose jobs, boob lifts, neck tucks and any other number of synthetic surgery, they unzip and it's like the stay puff marshmallow man exiting pressure suit, and a guy is a bastard for using a fake name! If it's bogus and it fails as a tactic, what will happen, a change of hair colour, a change of makeup, a new address, .............. a new name?

Do you still wonder why the hard right is finding increasing support?

We should all be worried, because the hard right is prepared to lie as much as the extreme left, in the end they meet in the middle and all I can see in the result is anarchy.

The root cause and effect seems to be glossed over, people lie, social media promotes lying!

I'm not sure why this is so hard to follow.

The young lady in question was soused and went home with a bloke who told her his name was Bryce.

They had consensual sex and "Bryce" used a condom as agreed.  The young lady woke up later to find Bryce porking her again, this time without a condom.  Not using a condom can be sexual assault under Queensland law and having sex with a person who is asleep, unconscious or affected by alcohol or drugs is an offence across Australia.  That's not the victim's definition, it's the law, plain and simple.

The young lady later saw Bruce Lehrmann online and recognised him as the "Bryce" who had consensual and non-consensual sex with her.  She told the police, he was charged and the case has proceeded to the committal stage.  There must be a fair body of corroborating evidence if the case has gone this far.

Although QLD law requires the names of alleged rapists to be revealed when cases go to committal, Lehrmann's lawyers fought hard to have his name suppressed.  Why would that be?

Remember that Lehrmann's lawyers argued that he couldn't get a fair trial because, according to Chief Justice Lucy McCallum,  “allegations were published to the effect that the man who had sexually assaulted the complainant was also accused of having sexually assaulted or harassed a number of other women”.

Either there's an organised conspiracy against Lehrmann or he's a sleazebag who gets his jollies from having sex with comatose women.