1 in 5 women get raped?

this story is people's willingness to swallow the most unlikely story, without question

Unlikely story such as a fairly large group of college males was all willing to gang rape some woman.

Three more charged in Ramapo College sex assault
November 24, 2014,

The scope of an investigation into an alleged sexual assault at the Ramapo College campus in Mahwah broadened Monday as three students, including an 18-year-old woman, were accused of encouraging the reported attack, and authorities said a second victim was sexually abused.

The announcement of additional charges prompted the college president, Peter P. Mercer, to issue a statement saying the new charges raised a “fundamental issue” about “personal responsibility and respect for one’s fellow students” that he said were “at the core of collegiate life.” He also said the college planned to have an outside group conduct an independent review of some of its policies and educational programs, and that he planned to conduct a campuswide discussion in light of the charges.

Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli issued a news release on Monday afternoon announcing that three students had been charged with endangering an injured victim, adding that they “aided or encouraged” two other students during an alleged assault in a dorm room following a fraternity party that took place the evening of Nov. 14. Additional charges have been filed against the two students who were arrested last week on the sexual assault charges, he said.

Jordyn Massood, an 18-year-old woman from Wayne, and two 18-year-old men from Staten Island, Justin Sommers and Christopher Rainone, were arrested on the campus “without incident” on endangerment charges, Molinelli said. Sommers and Rainone also were charged with invasion of privacy for allegedly taking photos of the victim without her consent, Molinelli said. The three students were released after being issued summonses. None could be reached for comment Monday night.

Nakeem D. Gardner, 18, of Paterson, and Christian A. Lopez, 24, of Secaucus, had been charged last week with first-degree sexual assault and other offenses. Authorities filed additional charges against both men on Monday, including a criminal sexual contact charge against Lopez for allegedly “inappropriately touching” another woman.

Molinelli said that Lopez also faced new charges related to the original sexual assault: criminal restraint, endangering an injured victim and invasion of privacy. Gardner, who was charged last week with invasion of privacy for allegedly taking photos of the victim, is now additionally charged with endangering an injured victim, Molinelli said. Gardner and Lopez remain in the Bergen County Jail on $350,000 bail apiece, according to jail records.

The new charges come as students and educators engage in national discussions about rape at colleges, and growing concerns have been expressed about campus culture, with allegations that sexual assaults and other sexually abusive behavior often go unreported. Just three days ago, the University of Virginia responded to a report of an alleged gang rape at a fraternity by temporarily shutting down all fraternities.

Mercer, Ramapo’s president, said in a message to students posted on his Web page that alcohol consumption appears to have been “a factor for the accused in this case” and added that he plans to intensify educational efforts that focus on the dangers of binge drinking. He also expressed disappointment about the accusations against the three newly charged students. He said their alleged offenses “have to do with invasion of privacy and failure to render aid.”

“It is distressing to think that none of those who were aware of this incident at the time appear to have intervened even by reporting it anonymously,” he wrote. “This is not who we are and does not reflect the values that we, as a college, uphold and promote..."
http://www.northjersey.com/news/three-more-charged-in-ramapo-college-sex-assault-1.1140711

Judge reduces bail for Secaucus man charged in Ramapo College sex assault
December 2, 2014,
By PETER J. SAMPSON
The Record

Over the objections of Bergen County Assistant Prosecutor Catherine Fantuzzi, Judge John A. Conte lowered bail for Christian A. Lopez to $300,000 from $350,000 and ordered that he surrender his passport and avoid contact with the victim.

The judge cited Lopez’s strong family ties and lack of a criminal record.

Defense attorney John J. Bruno Jr. said 31 family members and friends, who packed a Hackensack courtroom, have “rallied around” Lopez to help him make bail. Otherwise, Lopez could be sitting in jail for the next two years, the lawyer said.

“We feel very confident he’s going to be exonerated of these charges,” Bruno said after the hearing. Bruno added that he is “looking forward to sharing information” with the prosecutor that “will shed a different light” on the facts of the case.

Lopez, 24, and Nakeem D. Gardner, 18, of Paterson, have been charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault and other offenses in connection with the alleged rape of an intoxicated female student in a dorm room following a fraternity party on the night of Nov. 14.

Fantuzzi said the 19-year-old victim met Lopez at the party and became intoxicated after consuming “a number of shots.” Lopez allegedly locked her in a room. He was later seen pulling up her pants and carrying her over his back on the way to the dorm, she said.

The prosecutor said Lopez admitted to a friend that he had sex with the student and that she was passed out on a bed. When Lopez later asked Gardner if “you want a piece of that,” Gardner allegedly got into bed with the victim, whom he had never met before, Fantuzzi said.

The victim went to the hospital the following day and was found to have vaginal lacerations consistent with non-consensual sex, the prosecutor said. She added the victim had been “highly intoxicated” and was not in any position to give consent.

Three other students, including an 18-year-old woman, were later accused of encouraging the attack and endangering an injured victim.

In arguing for lower bail, Bruno said there won’t be any DNA evidence against his client and that he believes the facts will show “the victim was highly sober.”

“I understand that the video statement to law enforcement is compelling and very disturbing. However, I believe that there is different version that must be as thoroughly investigated as her version,” Bruno said after the hearing.

“My client’s life has been turned upside down as has his entire family’s,” Bruno said.

He said he believes he can provide proof to the prosecutor that the woman was not intoxicated.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/judge-reduces-bail-for-secaucus-man-charged-in-ramapo-college-sex-assault-1.1144923

New details in William Paterson gang rape allegations: Men blocked door during violent attack
By James Kleimann
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
December 01, 2014

WAYNE — The men accused of sexually assaulting a William Paterson University student blocked the residence hall doorway, restrained the victim, and demanded that she have sex with all five of them, according to criminal complaints filed against the students on Saturday.

The criminal complaints, though brief, detail an alleged violent sexual attack involving the five men–all William Paterson students–and the female student in the dorm room Tuesday night.

The criminal complaints allege freshman students Noah Williams, Termaine Scott, Darius Singleton and Garrett Collick, all 18, conspired to sexually assault the victim.

Before the attack began, Collick allegedly said that if the victim "wanted to have sex with him she would have to have sex with all of them," the complaint says. He then made the statement, "Well, let's have sex," according to the complaint.

The lights and television at the dorm room in Overlook South were shut off and someone blocked the door, according to the court documents.

At some point during the assault, Jahmel Latimer, an 18-year-old student from Hoboken, allegedly walked into the room asking what was going on, according to one complaint. When another defendant replied that they were having sex with the victim, Latimer said, "Oh word, can I jump on that?" according to the complaint. Latimer then allegedly forced the victim to perform oral sex before penetrating her, the complaint says.

A university police detective filed for probable cause warrants on Friday. The defendants were subsequently arrested the following day. All are being held on $200,000 bail.

The complaints do not make clear a timeline of the alleged events, nor do they detail how the victim knew her alleged attackers.

Latimer is charged with multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault. Collick, a Paterson resident, is charged with conspiracy to commit sexual assault, criminal restraint, multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated sexual contact. Williams, of Camden, is charged with conspiracy to commit sexual assault, criminal restraint, aggravated sexual assault. Tremaine Scott, of Vineland, is charged with conspiracy to commit sexual assault, two counts of criminal restraint and attempt to commit sexual assault.

The final defendant, Singleton, of Jersey City, is charged with conspiracy to commit sexual assault, criminal restraint, aggravated sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual contact.

University officials refused to answer questions related to the case, referring all queries to the Passaic County Prosecutor's office. The prosecutor's office did not return requests for comment.

In a statement issued Sunday night, university president Kathleen Waldron said she was "angry and dismayed that this crime was committed on our campus and allegedly by students," adding that she had "deep concern" for the "courageous victim."

"No expression of anger or sadness on my part can alleviate the harm done to the victim and my heart goes out to her and her family," Waldron said. "I offer the full support of the University community."

Joanna Maziarz, of Queens, N.Y., lives in Overlook South, the freshman dormitory where the alleged sexual assault is said to have taken place on Tuesday. With an impending snowstorm on Wednesday and Thanksgiving falling on Thursday, there were few people on the campus, she said. And most people commute to class anyway.

"There wasn't anybody here," she said. "It was kind of like a ghost town."

The defendants are scheduled to make their first appearance in Passaic County Superior Court at 10:30 a.m.Tuesday.
http://www.nj.com/passaic-county/index.ssf/2014/12/william_paterson_students_gang-raped_student_criminal_complaint_claims.html

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2014/12/sabrina_rubin_erdely_uva_why_didn_t_a_rolling_stone_writer_talk_to_the_alleged.2.html

Various writers and media outlets have now started to pick apart Erdely’s reporting, as well as the details of Jackie’s story as reported by Rolling Stone. That’s because, even by the standards of horrific, despicable frat behavior, this story stands out. Jackie, who says she was sober, was allegedly led upstairs by her date into a dark room, where seven men allegedly raped her as others egged them on. She tells Erdely that she was smashed into a glass coffee table and raped by a beer bottle. Drew, who had invited her to the frat party as his date, allegedly stood by and orchestrated the whole thing. When he later ran into Jackie, she says that he told her he’d had a “great time.” That’s not expected behavior even by the standards of rapists. That’s psychotic.

You are really missing the point. I don´t think anyone, even BillRM, is saying that there aren´t gang rapes. Certainly no one is saying that rapes shouldn´t be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

rape some woman?

By the way if eight men have violently rape a woman she should had ended up either in an ICU or in the morgue.

You are really missing the point. I don´t think anyone, even BillRM, is saying that there aren´t gang rapes.

Unlikely story such as a fairly large group of college males was all willing to gang rape some woman.

Not one not two but four or five rapists at one party but after all almost all straight males would rape if they thought they could get away with it at least in the opinion of the feminists.

It would be nice to be able to have a reasonable, fact-based discussion on this without ideologically laden accusations and anecdotes hurled who dares question the narrative.

The important discussion is over policy, specifically what policy is appropriate to address and prevent rape

Rape is a serious crime that merits a serious response.

This is the moral equivalent of saying that David Duke represents a legitimate point of view

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ad+hominem

ad hominem
[ad hom-uh-nuh m -nem, ahd‐]
Word Origin
adjective
1.
appealing to one's prejudices, emotions, or special interests rather than to one's intellect or reason.
2.
attacking an opponent's character rather than answering his argument.

Are you aware that hawkeye10 and BillRM have mocked actual rape victims who are members of this forum? Yet not a peep from you! This is the moral equivalent of saying that David Duke represents a legitimate point of view and, as such, should be included in a debate on affirmative action. If you defend lowlife, that makes you lowlife!

This is the moral equivalent of saying that David Duke represents a legitimate point of view

Rolling Stone issued a statement today saying it can no longer stand by its story about a brutal gang rape of a young woman named Jackie at a University of Virginia fraternity party. “In the face of new information, there now appear to be discrepancies in Jackie's account, and we have come to the conclusion that our trust in her was misplaced.” The magazine did not elaborate on the new information but the Washington Post, which has essentially been re-reporting the story since it broke last month, and representatives for the Virginia chapter of the fraternity, Phi Kappa Psi, started providing the details.

According to Phi Kappa Psi lawyer Ben Warthen, the frat apparently did not host a party on the night of Sept. 28, 2012, which is when Jackie said she was lured upstairs by her date, “Drew,” and gang raped by seven men. Jackie had said she met Drew because they were lifeguards together, but no member of the fraternity was employed by the university’s Aquatic Fitness Center during that time frame. Also, the Rolling Stone story implied that the rape was some kind of an initiation ritual, but pledging takes place during the spring semester, not the fall.

Up until now, Jackie had been reluctant to reveal the name of the man who took her on the date. But this week, according to the Post, she told it to some of her friends—activists who had supported her since the alleged rape. The man whose name she gave belonged to a different fraternity, not Phi Kappa Psi