To: rawhide
Sorry, but if she was instructed not to make comment, she should have abided by that. Otherwise, put yourself in their shoes.
Let’s say some psycho chick accuses you of something you didn’t do, just to be vindictive.
She goes public with accusations that you did this, that, and the other thing to her, even though you didn’t. But, you’ve already been tried and convicted in the public’s mind. You could go to prison for a long time, even though you’re innocent, and I’ll it’s happened plenty of times. Every now and then, you’ll hear of a man who has spent decades in prison, and then the accuser gets a case of remorse, and retracts..........
Unfortunately there are MANY people in jail based only on “he said, she said” testimony. In particular, the people who cannot afford a real (good) attorney but a provided a “public defender”. Those unfortunates get little to NO defense and wind up doing time for something they a totally innocent of. I am aware of more than one case of such injustice.
"She goes public with accusations that you did this, that, and the other thing to her, even though you didn’t. But, you’ve already been tried and convicted in the public’s mind."
You left the part out of your analogy where you pleaded guilty in court and photos of you assaulting her were discovered.