Also important to note that the 2-8% figure is from FBI findings and those are “unfounded” which is not the same as false though false gets lumped into the same group. So the actual stats for flat out lies is even lower than the 2-8% figure according to the FBI.

Look, my only point is that IF this accuser made it up (MEANING: She saw Patrick Kane, went home with him, with the specific goal of accusing him of rape in order to profit), then she deserves to go to jail. I do not know how to prove it, in this or any other case, and I acknowledge that it is ridiculously difficult…

No. Lack of proof that there was a crime not the same a proof of lying about the crime. In other words, once the accuser admits “I made it up” then we can cart her off. I can only think of exactly 2 cases where this has happened in the last 20 years. 1 was Duke Lacrosse, the other was Cowboys lineman Erik Williams.…

The estimates out there - you can find them if you google them are between 3 and 10% which is nothing different than for other crimes.

You have any evidence of the claim they’re not ‘higher...than for other crimes?”

Exactly. False accusations should be prosecuted severely, not because of the damage to the guy with the $10million a year contract, but because, forget thousands, one woman will be afraid no one will believe her and will stay silent. This whole situation is crap. (I still believe Patrick Kane did it, I just think the…

don’t worry about it. The rape deniers will find any excuse for rapists, from victim blaming to exacerbating false accusations, which are not in higher numbers than for any other crime.

I love your posts chronicling the planning experience, Lauren. So I say to you, with love (and because I’ve been there), when you feel yourself about to fall over the edge of a deep, deep wedding inspo hole on the internet, perhaps step away from your connection for a bit. Like, 5 minutes. Clear eyes, full hearts,…

This Kane case is a fucking Law & Order episode.

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Just a note: it was a bag that was said to have contained the rape kit that was reportedly found at the mother’s door—not a rape kit itself.

While I agree with Mignonette that these shoots are fun and super helpful to those of us in the business, I also agree with you that they are COMPLETELY ridiculous and hilarious to look at. So I hope they continue to exist purely for my own amusement.

Hi, Lauren! It’s really fun reading about your wedding-planning progress - I love hearing about real bride’s feelings as they try to plan their days. As a gown designer and the owner of an independent bridal salon, I have to jump in and defend inspiration shoots. We wedding pros know that shoots are often…

One that doesn’t see “forced oral compilation" or whatever the fuck everyone else calls rape as an issue big enough for remand.

Naw - we're doing that by destroying neighborhoods and the water table with fracking. Don't get me started on tar sands.

Exactly. He had to resign because his own party would have removed him for not agreeing to a government shutdown over trumped up videotape. I fear who the next guy will be.

Some judge who knew that he could get 300,000 dollars for a cash strapped city. (Should have gone for a cool million. The prince would have paid it.)

I do not care for Speaker Boehner, but there goes any semblance of order in the House.

He is 100% not on a private jet back to Saudi Arabia right now. He will definitely be at that hearing on the 19th.

Aaaand nothing will come of this, that is if he even sticks around. If we have proven anything, it’s that rich people have a different set of laws. Really rich people even more so.