Slut shaming in the Buffalo News?

This, apparently, is Kane's driver. Can't imagine why anyone would think he's biased:

 

What the fuck is going on with those reporters? Aren't they supposed to be the News' bad-ass investigations team?

English said he supports Kane, a longtime family friend who has employed him for the past five years. In photos that could be viewed on English’s Facebook page as recently as Thursday, he is seen with the Stanley Cup at a celebration with Kane in 2010.

The lieutenant acknowledged that he has no way of knowing what happened between Kane and the alleged victim inside the house. Since the allegation was made, he said, he has had no contact with Kane or his family.

And a bunch more blah-blah-blah about what a good boy Kaner was at the bar.

Jesus Christ.

 

At least this one stopped short of saying she was asking for it.

Of note, though, is that he says there was another male friend in the car with them. One might suspect that could make it easier to keep an accuser's friend occupied during an incident.

 

It also brings back in play the idea that the woman NOT with Kane at the bar was the one who wanted to go to the house.

I thought it was out there before that there was a second man. Kane's cousin, supposedly.

 

I don't expect this board to come around to the idea, but the fact is - as stated by the defense attorney - Kane's behavior prior to the alleged incident is very relevant to this case, and the News is doing a good job tracking down witnesses. It seems pretty clear at this point that this wasn't Madison, Wis., Patrick Kane. There are two people on the record now, including an off-duty police officer, who say that he was acting like a civilized human being that night. And this person's account is particularly significant because at least to a small degree it refutes the previously reported account that the woman was not enthusiastic about going. I think it also is good for Kane that he had a driver - he wasn't driving drunk.

 

So we are now congratulating people who don't drive drunk?

 

No. But for a defendant who is trying to presumably illustrate that he was behaving responsibly that night, it's certainly a good fact.

 

Why?

What percentage of rapists are drunk drivers?

 

"I do crazy shit when I'm drunk. I'd better hire a driver."

More than one way to play that angle. So what are all the facts again?

 

I don't know. But if you're trying to paint a picture of a defendant who respects both the law and the safety of his fellow man, you could do worse than pointing out that he used a driver to avoid drinking and driving.

 

I think it's sweet that people who are financially tied to Mr. Kane are willing to stick their necks out and vouch for his non-rapey attitude on the night in question when he later allegedly raped someone.

 

You're free, as are the police and, perhaps, a jury, to discount the credibility of their accounts because of that. But the fact is that every day in America we convict people based upon the testimony of witnesses with something to gain, usually a lighter sentence in their own case. People have gotten killed going undercover for police to work off sentences. The defense isn't the only side that swims in these waters.

I was pretty shocked that the off-duty cop, according to the story, named the accuser in his conversation with the News. I suspect that it's pretty well-known in the Buffalo area at this point, but so far I haven't seen her named anywhere on the Internet.