re: DNA Report Connects Alleged Victim to Winston

Didn't this girl leave FSU and Tallahassee earlier this year?

I mean, I put myself in her shoes.

I am away at school, away from my family and in a town where football is everything.

I'm raped by some guy. I go to the police and get a rape kit done - which can be as invasive and traumatizing as the rape itself.

I identify the guy. I find out he's a big deal football player. The police detective actually tries to persuade me not to press charges because "football is a big deal here and your life will be made miserable".

I get stonewalled by the police and it seems the investigation is going nowhere for months.

I could totally see her realizing she isn't getting any justice so she decides to move away and try and put it behind her and get on with her life.

Acquaintance rape happens every single night on every single college campus and most women do not report it.

It happened to my sister at Alabama.

For every attention whore who cries rape the morning after, there are probably 10 women who are date raped and never tell anyone but their closest friends.

This thing is going to get very ugly, I'm afraid.