Breaking: Carman rape accusation at Clemson

[CJD]

(05-01-2022, 02:14 PM)fredtoast Wrote: If you believe in "character" then you don't punish someone on baseless allegations.  That is not what people with "character" do.  

Based on everything I read there was clearly evidence in the girl's phone records that cleared Carman. What authority should we have to punish a guy like that?

From what I read, it sounded like they were unable to get the phone records from the phone that she had in 2018 because she was unable to recall the number and carrier. She only had a screenshot or two for whatever reason.

If I misunderstood what the article was saying there and they actually did find that 2018 number with the full text records and those records cleared him, then I retract my complaints.

But it sounds more like they just couldn't find evidence necessary to proceed to charging him. Like you said earlier in this thread, it's not unusual for a rape victim to not come forward until it is essentially impossible to get charges or a conviction and that they do tell people close to them. Those details match what happened here.

Like I said, I am not saying he was guilty of this crime and if there are more details that fully exonerate him that the Bengals had access to, so be it. But when building the culture that Zac was building, I find the selection of someone who was investigated for rape (and who definitely had sex with a 15 year old as an 18 year old, which is borderline pedophilic) just bizarre. Jackson isn't some generational talent where you can justify ignoring his red flags because of how talented he is. I just don't see why the risk was taken.