[Livia]

Originally Posted by lostalex

do you know that only about 10% of rape victims actually ever report their rape? Rape victims not coming forward immediately is not strange or suspicious at all.

So, they weren't willing to report the alleged rape to the police at the time, but they are perfectly willing now to have their faces on the front page of every tabloid in the land. While I have the greatest sympathy for women who have gone through the ordeal of rape, I'm not so sympathetic to people who seek attention instead of justice.

The onus is on the prosecution to prove that someone is guilty, it is not the job of the defence to prove someone is innocent. This though, is another trial by tabloid. We have them a lot in the UK.... and unfortunately the person accused is dead and we will never know for sure whether he was guilty or innocent.