*There may not be one charge that can really damage a man for good like rape.
The charge is looked upon as a weak and heinous one both inside and outside the 4 walls of a jail cell.
But what about when you are charged with rape, but never committed it like Brian Banks.
Our partners over at Essence decided to tackle the question. Check out an excerpt below and tell us your thoughts:
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Last week, a former high school athlete was exonerated on rape charges after his accuser admitted she had lied about the sexual assault.
In 2003, Wanetta Gibson, then a high school sophomore, accused Brian Banks, a star athlete, of rape. On the advice of his counsel, Banks, then 16, pleaded “no contest” to forcible rape, and served 6 years in jail for the alleged crime. After Banks was released from prison, Gibson, who successfully sued her school district for a $1.5 million settlement in conjunction with the rape charges, “friended” Banks on Facebook and later met with him to confess she had lied about being raped.
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I sincerely hope this young man can get his life back . . . I can’t begin to really write what I feel about the hoe-bag that damn-near ruined his life. smh
The woman who lied on him should be imprisoned for the same amount of time he spent there plus five years.
Last of the Frozen Chosin and one of the Chosin Few
That chick should get LIFE for what she did. Both for what she did to him and for what she did against rape victims everywhere. There is no justifying what she did and she was well old enough to know better at the time. Lock her and her momma up and throw away the key! Sorry, my forgiveness only goes so far and they went way past the poing of no return. Oh, and get back that money they were given by any means necessary!!!
My prayers go out to the young man and his family. I was glad to hear that he’ll be given a shot at an NFL career. The government needs to pay him and make sure that something like this doesn’t happen again. One innocent man in jail is one too many.