Quote:These are always really tough situations.  On one hand its possible that this is just an attention grab... or even a potential money grab since Winston will probably be a millionaire in 16 months.  However on the otherhand, the number of women who get raped and stay quiet and/or never see justice FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR outnumber the women who make false rape accusations.  So in these matters I tend to naturally gravitate towards the woman's side of the story.  

 

Now we get the article saying the victim was pressured into keeping quiet.  Which honestly is very plausible given the circumstances.  What is essentially a college town even with the state gov't presence, the local rag is in bed w/ the school no pun intended, etc... nobody in that town wants Winston to be guilty of this.  Even if she is telling the truth, its very likely that her life would be made miserable by those not wanting to believe her. 

 

Tough circumstances no doubt.