• druppel@feddit.nl
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    2 years ago

    They can’t say it is sexual assault, until the person has been conficted. So they put it in quotes to indicate that is has been alleged by someone else

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      One might wonder then why the throwing woman and friend into ravine part isn’t also in cover-your-ass quotes.

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        2 years ago

        I don’t make the rules 🤷 Maybe easier to prove? The media just doesn’t like getting sued.

        The article does say:

        The man was reported to have sexually assaulted one of the women