Oh god, I was so pissed at that lawyer and his stupid pathetic Borat client. His closing statement was unreal! WTF, he dangled a ring and started poking it with a pencil, while smirking, and saying total crap like "Little Mexican" vs a "milky white fleshed soft female" who's "Jodie Foster, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Nicole Kidman all wrapped up in one." OMG.   See 1 other reply

Only slightly kidding, I 'almost' felt sorry for the rapist seeing as he had such an incompetent old coot of a defense lawyer. From his opening statement, in a rape trial no less, where he used the term "love-making" about 5 times, to the obviously intentionally repeated-twice "panties question", to the ring and pencil trick to the "little Mexican" statements, my jaw kept dropping at his ineptness.I believed her but even being a Devil's advocate I could have done a better job.And as a male survivor myself of a physical and sexual assault I can verify that any defensive training you may have prepared can go out the window when confronted with the actual event. That old man had no inkling of what it is like to be helpless on the ground with his pants down.Plus he needs to be made aware that the term "going commando" IS actually a military term. ;)   See 2 other replies

As a 2nd year law student and someone who has dealt with several rape victims, I'd like to say you don't seem to know very much about rape victims or rape cases. Most of the time victims become paralyzed when an assault begins to take place. Her experience in "martial arts" as it is properly spelled has little merit when it comes to sexual assault. It would have more merit if she had been mugged or simply physically assaulted.The verdict was not surprising at all because of the fact that she was physically assaulted, seriously enough to break her jaw bone. This aggravating fact leaves little to question in terms of the defendants intent that night. Had she not been assaulted so extremely, I would also question the verdict and the victim's claims.   See 2 other replies