And calling me a former troll isn't an attempt to deflect or discredit my points?
I still think victim blaming is a stretch here, although I do know the exact definition of the term. I don't understand why it isn't a fair judgment to claim that all parties involved with this case were making really, really stupid decisions, not just BuBu, as some are making it sound. That just leads to a huge, huge double standard. And, although an interesting choice since he already won one case related to this event, it's within Bubu's right and fairness to go after ISU next for the handling of his situation.
Who on earth has said that the girl didn't make terrible decisions?! She absolutely did. Don't get ****-faced drunk and not have a reliable way home. That's Safe Girl 101. However, calling someone who is reportedly a friend and asking for a ride, even if you have a past sexual history with them, does not imply consent for them to tag-team you. She also made, yet again, a terrible decision by ripping the shirt. Whether it was to try and be certain her attackers didn't get off, or to support a story that didn't happen at all, it was a terrible idea.
I have never once said that Bubu had intentions of raping her when he picked her up or at any point. Based off of what I remember of the original court documents, his friend actively raped her while she was near passed-out, and then Bubu went in second. He could have thought she had given the go-ahead, but the simple, very fundamental fact, is that someone incapacitated is not capable of consenting to sex. That doesn't mean that I think Bubu is an active predator, it means that (given the original court documents) he made a decision that would be considered rape by the letter of the law. That means that the girl is, if that evidence is true, a victim in the formal sense of the word. That is the black-and-white, super-stark situation. This particular whole situation has a lot of gray - but I will continue to use the appropriate terminology.
Again, from what I remember, the university conducted their own investigation that differed from the "insufficient evidence" found by the police, and they acted on that. As we are not privy to that information, and it's at their discretion to decide if someone is compliant with university standards, it seems silly to me to think that they're just holding a grudge against a hometown hero very popular with the fans. The university knows how people felt before Leath's decision - it's ridiculous to think that this was motivated by spite or hatred on Leath and the BOR's part, that they'd be willing to take a black eye in many's opinion if this wasn't substantiated.
