Illini92and96
- Austin, TX
Ha! Toupee' my friend!
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Please stop making me laugh this soon into the new year.
That has been my concern. Here is a guy who has poured his heart and soul into basketball for his entire life. (Up at 4-5 every morning to shoot!) How is he dealing with this. It could really break him or could make him stronger if he is able to emerge from it.
I was thinking of a basketball weave play but this of course is even better. Nice.
And add me to the list of those angry at Self who will have found the light if the above is true and plays out.
he didn’t say smells a little fishy. Coal, your comment may be in the Too Soon category.
Exactly. Not hearing much about prior sexual allegations by the accuser since the last thread. IMO, that would be damning to the case especially if both were accompanied by financial demands to keep it quiet. In fairness to the accuser, I'm not saying that happened. I'm just imagining a scenario.
AyoDos11
- Southern Illinois
This might be a dumb question, but can the defense use this in their case to show that the accuser's claims might not be credible?
theNewGuy
- Dallas, TX
If this is true, I feel much better about my homerism telling me TJ is innocent.
FREE TJ!
Of course
Kansas law also states that consent in general must be informed.
It's entirely plausible that the DA and ADA are getting creative with the statutes and inventing a "rape by deception" charge that is somehow equivalent to force.
The inclusion of the radically lesser alternative charge tells us they know they're standing on shaky ground.
drsmitty74
- Rochester
Was there a sale on this .gif that I missed?
Big Jack
- Decatur
Exactly. Although the concept is not exactly “creative” it’s a standard aspect of law that consent/acceptance must be informed.
Again, I want to stress, just because there was possibly a misrepresentation does not mean there wasn’t consent. The bar for that misrepresentation to be material and “void” consent would be very high. In my opinion, WAY high than anything TSJ could have possibly said.
chiefini
- Rockford, Illinois
Not to mention that any chances of being an all-American and big ten honors are probably gone. Especially when he hasn't been convicted of anything yet. Just a big pile of steaming crap the way this has all gone down.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Other useful Groucho quotes relating to the remainder of the Illini season:
“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.”
“If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong.”
And a few that don’t...
“Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough.”
“Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.”
“No man goes before his time - unless the boss leaves early.”
“There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, 'Yes,' you know he is a crook.”
Fighting felony charges is fluid. The range of possible outcomes is insane here, a committee meets tomorrow morning and he's on the court for the NW game, to the other extreme of 50+ years in prison.
As far as being in contention for awards: If charges are dropped by March and a compelling narrative established as TSJ as the real victim, if his play on the court continues it strengthens his case. If he's perceived as yet another athlete whose connections got him off, yea, he's getting passed up.
This is all still very serious stuff, please be considerate of all parties and the narrative you would want made public, as it will reflect on TSJ, the accuser, those trying to help either, and of lessor importance U of I.
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