Gibson's Story Doesn't Make Sense
There were no witnesses to the alleged rape, and Gibson's story didn't add up. For example, Gibson said that Mr. Banks ejaculated inside her, but there was no semen in the rape kit -- not a single molecule was recovered. Justin Brooks of the California Innocence Project explained: "[She] said she wiped it all off with a paper towel, but that's impossible." In fact, there was no physical evidence whatsoever to corroborate Gibson's story.
Mr. Brooks explained that the logistics of Gibson's tale didn't make any sense. "For Brian to take [her] from the bathroom to the elevator, he would have had to take her past several classrooms. Someone would have seen or heard a struggle," Brooks said. Brian's story -- that the encounter was consensual --was, in Brooks' words, "the only one that makes sense."
"Brian never should have been charged," Mr. Brooks concluded. "There was a lot of sloppy police work, and I don't know what level of scrutiny the prosecution did." A former Los Angeles County sex crimes prosecutor recently told a television reporter that "the DA never should have filed this case, and they should drop it now" due to the absence of DNA evidence and Gibson's inconsistent statements about what happened.