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We really need a statute of limitations...

 ...on crap like this*
A former Penthouse magazine model sued Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose on Wednesday, claiming he raped her in a 1989 attack at a New York hotel that left her with anxiety and depression and harmed her career...
34 Years ago

Thirty Four years ago!

No forensic evidence, no reliable witnesses, nothing more than he said, she said
There's no possibility of a fair tial here. Everyone involved in this action probably understands that and is just hoping for an out of court wedge of cash to make it go away

Hopefully this former stripper, down on her luck and chancing it, will be told where to take a running jump from

Of course it's always possible that these allegations are true, but after so long, there's no way of proving it and it's unlikely anyway. If they were true, she would have come forward a lot sooner
We need a statue of limitations on allegations of sexual assault, if only to put to bed frivolous claims against famous people who might just stump up rather than accept the hassle of defending it

If it were up to me, I would make the time limit something in the region of 24 hours

And
He's seen better days:



*The article is behind a paywall, which is why I only quoted the bit I could read

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