couple things: if jameis is guilty, he should be prosecuted fully. if this woman made false accusations, obviously, she should also be prosecuted. but here's some insight on to why it's taken 12 months so far.
i was accused of a sexual assault several years ago in a completely consensual sexual experience. we were both sober, zero alcohol or drugs were involved, and afterwards we hung out at my house and watched a movie, then i drove her home.
the woman in question was on a break from her long time boyfriend, who has a history of physically abusing her and being a general psycho. a few weeks later, i woke up to 32 voice mails and about 144 texts. no bullshit. it was her boyfriend, and they were back together. most of the voice mails talked about how i was going to go to prison, and how he's taking his girlfriend to the sheriff's office and he's gonna laugh when i'm arrested. i was freakin out, and my heart sunk 1000 feet with every new voicemail and text.
i called a friend of mine, who is also a defense attorney and he told me to cut off all contact with the boyfriend and the woman in question and to just shut my mouth. he also told me that if this ever makes it to court, i'm fucked. at the time, i was a single male pretty much just hanging out and having a good time. i visited a lot of strip clubs, casinos, and basement bars and engaged in a lot of tom-foolery in general. i wasn't exactly employed at the time, and i was usually out at night, hanging around some interesting characters, if you catch my drift. my attorney told me that if we got to court and this woman's attorney started calling the strip club bouncers, bartenders, casino employees, and other people i spent my time with to the stand asking how many times per week i was showing up, or how many of the strippers i'd slept with, or the nature of my relationship with some of the people i surrounded myself with, it would be a major problem in a civil case. it sure wouldn't help in the criminal case, but my attorney was more afraid of these witnesses fucking me in the hypothetical civil case. these witnesses would essentially be character witnesses against me. especially considering i have a criminal record as it is, nothing like what i was being accused of, but still. being a convicted felon wasn't helping me.
translation: i would go broke trying to defend my name because i was a man-whore, and had a criminal history.
the case against me was open for about 9 months. the cops never talked to me. the district attorney never talked to me, and the charges were eventually dropped.
my attorney talked to the district attorney, and the cops for me. he sent all the text messages and voice mails i received from the crazy boyfriend.
it was a horrible time for me, and to be honest, it changed the way i live. i mean, i still frequent strip clubs, but i'm not as regular as i used to be, and i'm not runnin around town dirt-bagging anymore.
eventually i heard through friends that she wanted to apologize about the whole thing, and that her boyfriend had a lot to do with what they were doing.
i'm not saying jameis is a dirt bag or anything like that, i'm not even saying he's innocent of anything, what i'm saying is sometimes this shit gets dragged out. and it's not always so cut and dry. and it's not always a conspiracy. investigations sometimes take a real long time, especially when it's just someone's word against yours.
