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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3482461/British-tennis-prodigy-arrested-over-rape-of-woman-at-party.html

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Sad news but I for one refuse to jump to conclusions until the case is brought forward; without wishing to sound too callus I have read about too many rape accusations as of late that have turned out to be false [although I am not saying, at the moment, that this is one of those..].

-- Edited by James at 14:38, 2008-11-19

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Prodigy? Never heard of him lol

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john wrote:

Prodigy? Never heard of him lol


Ditto. I saw the headline and thought, "Oh God! Who is it?!" But it was no-one I'd heard of.



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How is he ranked in the 400s?

Just like me to ask the important questions at a time like this!

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He was ranked in the 400s in Juniors.

Without trying to prejudge the case itself, I can't say I'd be too happy about having to take my chances on justice in the southern US ...

What I can never understand about rape cases is why the name of the defendant gets released before they are even found guilty - that seems both crazy and cruel to me, because it makes it so difficult for them to escape some kind of stigma even if they are found innocent.

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Metro this morning says he's ranked in the 400s.

I realise this telegraph article isn't so stupid as to print that without checking first! wink.gif

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The good news is that Chris Doerr has been cleared. Link:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1107102/British-tennis-prodigy-cleared-rape-charges-U-S-lack-evidence.html

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Very unfortunate name in the circumstances.

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lol i know what a fake scare, at first i thought jamie baker had been drinking like a agressive scotman and rapping women in the states!

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