The sad irony is that these students are highly sophisticated and well-traveled. Wise beyond their years. They know what they’re doing.

This happened over 15 years ago. Not 40. And in many, many US states she is not considered a minor where the age of consent is 16, sometimes 15. Why? Because you can go to prison for murder as an adult at 16 so you can obviously consent to sex.

Exactly. And the age of consent is 16 in many US states. California is no liberal state. It’s just because there is lots of money to be made that charges were ever brought over a decade later when the statute of limitations had expired.

16 is not a child. It is a young adult. Age of consent in many US states is 16 as in the civilized western world. This case won’t stand ground in Nevada. It wouldn’t stand ground in all of Europe. In many US states. Why? Because 16 year olds know what they are doing. Especially when they come from an elite private…

yeah except that’s not at all what’s happening. in a civil suit like this, to win, you have to prove damages. so the plaintiff here is arguing how she suffered for over a decade from the trauma of the abuse. that seems reasonable. note, the longer the plaintiff waits to file, the more damages accumulate. for example,…

They are not blaming her for her own abuse. I would not rely on this writer to make a judgment on the legal proceedings in this case.

This type of reporting is irresponsible. Due process is our most fundamental protection for civil rights, yet Gawker sites consistently attack the pleading of affirmative defenses as something inappropriate. Both parties to any litigation are entitled to notice and opportunity to be heard as to their adversary’s…