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WOLF! - WOLF!- False charges of rape often a call for help

Freerepublic.com

The news media has held back the name of 19-year-old Katelyn Kristine Faber, for months. After NBA star Kobe Bryant was formally charged with Class 3 felony sexual assault, it was assumed that there would be a presumption of innocence for Bryant, and an expectation of anonymity for the alleged victim.

Tom Leykis, host of a syndicated radio talk-show has been publicly stating her name on the air for days. "We're told that rape is violence, not sex, and if that's true there's no reason she should feel shame or embarrassment," Leykis said, adding that he felt that it was unfair to name Bryant but not his accuser. More recently, The Globe has identified the accuser.

Despite Leykis' take on the matter, rape is a serious and traumatic crime that makes the victim feel ashamed and withdrawn. For those with the courage to come forward, anonymity is often sought as a means for the victim to privately start the heeling process with close friends and family.

In this case, more than a dozen of the American Idol reject's 'friends' have come forward to discuss the matter and their alleged conversations with the accuser. In just the past week alone, Lindsey McKinney, 18, Ashley Scriver, 19, Sara Lombardi, 17, Rachel Yandle, Janelle Medina, 19, Casey Strickler, Sharon Smith, 17, Tyson Ivie, 18, Brigitte Lowry, Sara Dabner, 17, Josh Putnam, Stephanie Morris, 17, Steve Evancho, and Luke Bray, have all had their fifteen minutes of fame to discuss the various aspects of the case - and many have corroborated facts that are not necessarily complimentary to the accuser.

According to a July 22nd NBC report, the alleged 'rape victim' was at a party last week - three days before Kobe Bryant was formerly charged -"bragging" about the incident, and even gave a graphic description of Bryant's anatomy to the astonishment of five witnesses. University of Northern Colorado campus police were called when she overdosed on February 25th, and was taken to the hospital. UNC Police Chief Terry Urista said "An officer determined she was a danger to herself," he said. "It's classified as a mental health issue." The Orange County Register also reported that she had overdosed on drugs - again - a few weeks before the alleged sexual assault. This has also been corroborated by several of her friends.

While one friend said she thought "it was just a cry for help," others
explained the accuser's bizarre behavior on being distraught over a tumultuous breakup with a boyfriend and the death of her best friend in an automobile accident. Regardless, it does nothing to add to the woman's credibility - nor does her recent conduct provide her any exceptional rights to anonymity.

David Silber, a George Washington University psychologist, says many false accusations of rape occur "when there's loneliness, a need for attention, or a need to feel important." Studies also show that the problem of false reporting is more pervasive than many might think. The Institute for Psychological Therapies cites a Purdue University study that concluded that "false rape allegations constitute 41 percent of the total forcible rape cases reported."

Seeming to enjoy the limelight, the young Eagle County District Attorney, Mark Hurlbert, was 'unavoidable for comment' in the days following his charges against Bryant. Hurlbert had recently dropped several other credible sexual assault cases. Since the latest round of news on Bryant's accuser surfaced, he has been uncharacteristically mute, other than to assert that the 'victim' is "strong," and won't buckle under media and defense pressure. It would appear she buckled long ago, and its just a matter of time before further embarrassment is brought to the people of Eagle County, Colorado.

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KenInNJ

DB, so are you going to share some more of your thoughts so that you can focus us to the Kobe and Kate medical issues doc?

I see you lurking just now. What you say?

DB

which medical issue? the drugs or the HIV TEST?

DB

LETS SAY ITS THE DRUGS . if k Faber is using cocaine and pot like it has been reported. should some one file charges against her for health and safety violations?

KenInNJ

Good question DB! But how can a private citizen file charges against say Kate for smoking pot or taking drugs unless the authorities were concurrently conducting a sting operation? Otherwise, it will be another "one's word against the other." Furthermore, what if Kate was under doc's orders with prescription meds or pot prescribed in California where she was supposedly hiding out for the last few months.

DB

most of the people who think she lying and her motivation is money are in california. K FABER ALSO IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SNORTING COCAINE, SO YOU HAVE WEED OR POT WITH COCAINE . that sounds like what the drug addicts use in the black ethnic neiborhoods called premos.

weed smoke with cocaine=premos

KenInNJ

I have no clue as to what premos was until you explained it here, for the simple reason that I NEVER did ANY drugs in my life. Maybe that makes me ignorant as to how experienced Kate is that would require her to go into drug rehab 3 times in 2003. However, she could have gone to rehab for post trauma stress caused by this entire Kobe media episode that now makes her go into hiding. Both she and her mom should have known that from the start, prior to deciding whether to file such a marginal charge. It's coming back to haunt them for a bad discretionary call.

DB

I HAVE NEVER DID DRUGS EITHER
BUT THIS IS NOT THE ISSUE I have never did drugs either but
you here the stories and see the results and profile. she has or seems to have behaivors of someone using those types of drugs together , the scheming , she put kobe in a room away from his entourage/body guards, she braggs about money in a civil suit she make to her friends days after the alleged rape,drug , overdose, attenion in canada flashing for beers,attempted suicide ( possiblly for attention or to gather sympathy) , took 12 long hours to report the alleged rape and the story goes on. MANY OF THE FACTS OR IN AND IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD FOR K FABER.

http://www.bulletinpress.com/forum/...asp?TOPIC_ID=30

THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL INJURIES FACTUALLY ATTAINED FROM KOBE AND HER 20 MINUTE RELATIONSHIP. THOSE INJURIES COULD OF BEEN CASUSED BY HER FAMILY MEMBERS OR SELF INFLICTED AS THE DETECTIVES FAILED TO NOTICE OR DOCUMENT ANY INJURIES. AND THE STORY GOES ON AND ON