(that quote is from a commenter on the Feministing thread.)
This story disgusts me on so many levels.
I will recap. Girl meets boy. Girl and boy have relationship. Girl and boy have sex. Girl and boy break up. Girl attends party where boy is also present, wakes up the next morning with no recollection of the night before with bruises and tears near her anus. Girl gets rape kit–which states there is evidence for anal rape. Girl takes boy to civil court. Judge decides that the girl got the cuts from shaving (even though she denies she shaves there) and the bruises could have been from anything…declares that GIRL pay the boy $150,000.
Did I mention the Boy was the son of state Rep. Burke Day, the family who owns Days Inn?
So, Daniel Day is part of the good ol’ boys network. Which means he pretty much can get away with rape. Oh yeah, he did.
What is really sickening to me is the fact that Melissa Ross’s complete sexual history was disclosed in court; and apparently, since she has consented to sex with Day (and others) in the past, she has no case, since now her body is considered as accessible as a public restroom.
As a non-virgin who lives in Georgia…this really worries me. If I am raped (again…third time’s a charm, right?) I do not have any case.
This really really REALLY sucks.
Oh, and if you really want your blood pressure to rise, check out the comments on this story.
Sometimes, all you can do is laugh.
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May 16, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Ryan
Why was this trial in a civil court? Why wasn’t there a trial in a criminal court?
May 16, 2008 at 8:14 pm
goingtomontreal
Ryan–
I am a little unsure. I think a grand jury through it out, but I cannot find the reason why.
May 16, 2008 at 10:03 pm
You know
Isn’t it possible that someone else raped her? Don’t get me wrong I know the statistics when it comes to sexual assault would dismiss that, but without hard evidence it’s difficult to prove a case. As such, you can’t really say he raped her, he did in fact allegedly rape her though.
Just my 2 cents I suppose.
May 17, 2008 at 12:15 am
goingtomontreal
Well, that is possibility…except that Daniel Day never denied having sex with her…he just said it was consensual…while she woke up with no recollection of the events, covered in the signs of a sexual battery.
May 19, 2008 at 6:12 pm
la pobre habladora
Wow, this is a horrifying story. It is shameful that the judge would permit this ‘if you’ve consented once, you’ve consented with anyone for always’ non-logic to even be used in court. It’s sickening.
May 21, 2008 at 3:00 pm
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June 22, 2008 at 4:46 am
Burke Day
Too bad so few have read the facts of this case. Daniel is my son. If he so much as shoved a female, my boot would be so far up his ass it’d pop off.
Some of you are concluding without giving anyone the inclusionof facts….the trademark of bigotry.
Shame on you.
June 22, 2008 at 9:50 pm
goingtomontreal
Shame on YOU, sir, for not caring so much about respecting another person (oh, or are women sub-human to you?) that you jumped straight to your son’s defense automatically. You weren’t there that night. And yes, neither was why, but a woman has nothing to gain from “crying rape” and everything to lose.
Stay off my blog and go roll in your millions and protect your rapist son.