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[SUPREME1]

...and admitted to him that she had lied, but said she wasn't willing to admit it to prosecutors because she had been awarded $1,500,000.00 (via a lwasuit against the school district they attended) and didn't want to give up all that cash.

This bitch needs to ____________ .

Eventually his conviction was reversed.

A former Long Beach high school football star convicted of raping a classmate a decade ago had his conviction dismissed Thursday after his accuser recanted her story.

Brian Banks trembled with sobs after a brief hearing in which prosecutors said they had no objection to his conviction being reversed. His mother and girlfriend, seated in the courtroom, let out cries of joy.

"My only dream in the world is just to be free," Banks said at a post-hearing news conference, his eyes red from crying, his face frozen in disbelief.

Banks was a 17-year-old college football prospect when, in 2002, a classmate accused him of kidnapping and raping her. Banks maintained the sex was consensual, but his lawyer suggested he take a plea deal rather than having the "he said-she said" case go to trial.

Banks pleaded no contest to one count of forcible rape, was incarcerated for about six years and had to register as a sex offender.
In a movie-worthy twist, his former accuser got in touch with him via Facebook after he left prison. The two eventually met in person.

According to court papers, she admitted to him she lied but later refused to tell prosecutors the same thing lest she have to give back the $1.5 million she and her family won in a civil suit against Long Beach schools.

But based on the new evidence, the California Innocence Project took on Banks' case.

CA Innocense Project FTW. I've heard of them a few times. They do great work it would seem.

Poor guy.

 

[BruiserBear]

wow

She should be arrested.

 

[Enco]

Fuck this shit.

Fuckers like this should be locked up for life.

 

[The Elite]

She admitted to him she lied?

Wouldn't he know that since he didn't rape her. He didn't need her to admit it to him in the first place.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I can't think of anything more soul-sucking than serving time for a crime you know you didn't commit.

Sucks so bad.

 

[Makoto]

One of the scummiest things a person could ever do. A life ruined and a reputation tarnished thanks to some shithead who took advantage of the system and decided to lie for some cash.

 

[andycapps]

This man should be awarded the $1.5 million dollars, and the false accuser should have to pay it. Glad they got it right, but man.. His character and name have to be repaired, years of his life down the drain, etc.

 

[computers putin']

How can that woman sleep well at night knowing what she did to him?

 

[Zoe]

She admitted to him she lied?

Wouldn't he know that since he didn't rape her. He didn't need her to admit it to him in the first place.

She told him why she was continuing to lie.

 

[Freezie KO]

And this is why I am against the death penalty. The justice system gets shit wrong. Really wrong.

I can't even imagine how much losing 6 years of your life to prison will fuck with you. Time is so precious.

 

[YAWN]

Disgusting.

 

[Benutzer]

she should get _at least_ 6 years...

 

[The Elite]

This man should be awarded the $1.5 million dollars, and the false accuser should have to pay it. Glad they got it right, but man.. His character and name have to be repaired, years of his life down the drain, etc.

I completely agree with this. Give him the money she got. If she doesn't have it all it should come out of her ass doing hard labour in prison. She needs to do time for this.

 

[SUPREME1]

She admitted to him she lied?

Wouldn't he know that since he didn't rape her. He didn't need her to admit it to him in the first place.

Yes, I know. But maybe it was somehoe tied to the "new evidence"?

 

[rvy]

Cunt.

 

[captmcblack]

I'd love to see a movie about this.

 

[CrankyJay]

Lock her up, 6 years, award this man her 1.5 million.

 

[WrikaWrek]

Facebook saves all your private messages, you're toast bitch.

ARRR, goddamn my heart goes into overdrive just thinking about what this bitch deserves.

She admitted to him she lied?

Wouldn't he know that since he didn't rape her. He didn't need her to admit it to him in the first place.

Ugh...now he has proof?

Read better?

 

[Flo_Evans]

I can't imagine taking a plea deal in a case like this.

I guess in rape cases innocent until proven guilty doesn't apply? Why would you not defend yourself?

 

[Sir Hamish]

she should get _at least_ 6 years...

This. Justice can't really be eye-for-eye in every instance but this seems more than fair. She willingly chose to destroy his life for 6 years

 

[HephalumpsAndWoozles]

I bet a lot of people on GAF would do the same thing for less money.

 

[SolsticeZero]

This man should be awarded the $1.5 million dollars, and the false accuser should have to pay it. Glad they got it right, but man.. His character and name have to be repaired, years of his life down the drain, etc.

Yep

 

[jbueno]

Lock her up. Six years.

 

[The Elite]

I'd love to see a movie about this.

Even if it was a crappy TV Movie?

I bet a lot of people on GAF would do the same thing for less money.

I disagree. I don't think I could destroy a man's life like that.

 

[Alucrid]

It's difficult to express how rage inducing this is.

 

[rvy]

Lock her up. Six years.

12. Add an extra 6 years for fucking his life up for no good reason.

 

[John Dunbar]

How can that woman sleep well at night knowing what she did to him?

many people would do much worse things for 1.5 mil and never bat an eye.

 

[dreamcastmaster]

How can that woman sleep well at night knowing what she did to him?

On a mattress stuffed full of cash. smh.

 

[Emerson]

And this is why I am against the death penalty.

Or we should just use it in cases of people like this woman.

 

[Cat Party]

Now THIS is the case where you prosecute the false reporter.

 

[Neo C.]

The system is broken. So many innocent people are locked into prison.

 

[LegendofJoe]

I bet a lot of people on GAF would do the same thing for less money.

I sure as hell wouldn't, but you're right a lot of people would.

 

[Horse Armour]

If she didn't want to admit to the courts that he was innocent, how did he get his conviction overturned?

 

[Alucrid]

On a mattress stuffed full of cash. smh.

No, she probably blew it all already.

I bet a lot of people on GAF would do the same thing for less money.

Yeah, no.

 

[Flo_Evans]

and how exactly did she win 1.5 mil from the school? what?

 

[computers putin']

I bet a lot of people on GAF would do the same thing for less money.

No, I wouldn't. Would you do something like this?

 

[maquiladora]

I'm never having sex again.

 

[Demon Ice]

6 years for the bitch. For starters.

 

[TheOnlyMook]

What a shitty situation for that guy, losing 6 years of his life for doing nothing wrong. Hopefully he gets something out of this and the woman sees some jail time for lying

 

[Bento]

Awful stuff, I also like how she stole 1.5 million tax dollars with no bad consciousness.

 

[BruiserBear]

I'd love to see a movie about this.

I doubt we'll ever see it happen. Too much sensitivity towards this topic.

 

[BocoDragon]

One of the scummiest things a person could ever do. A life ruined and a reputation tarnished thanks to some shithead who took advantage of the system and decided to lie for some cash.

It really is bad. There's a lot of things I'd do for money... But letting an innocent person rot in jail ....

 

[MThanded]

Put her in jail for 6 years. Its only fair.

 

[WrikaWrek]

It's a tricky thing, but police really need to start finding better ways of identifying rape cases.

I understand shit is a mess out there, but holy crap, women have far too much power when it comes to these situations.

 

[noah111]

This is fucked up. And how do we know there aren't more cases just like this? Scary.

 

[mattiewheels]

I'd love to see a movie about this.

Never seen it, but isn't this the basic story of Atonement?

 

[RumblingRosco]

Worst part is that even after admitting to him that she knowingly lied, she didn't feel guilty enough to give back the money.

 

[Black-Box]

America please make the legal age 16 like most of the rest of the world.

man that is tough, but I do agree what his lawyer told him, doing a he said, she said probably wouldn't help him in the end, since I believe most people would side with the female regardless of evidence.

hopefully she gets screwed over, he deserves all the money.

 

[CrankyJay]

This is one case where I wouldn't mind 4chan detectives exacting internet mob justice.

 

[HephalumpsAndWoozles]

Also, why doesnt the story mention the name of his accuser, its not like she's a victim.