Patricia firestorm

[jayfan]

Nothing? Where are you guys?

 

[broncosmitty]

Watching Baker Mayfield highlights and writing Jarvis Landry love letters.

 

[Mebert]

I am just not shocked Quinn Half assed his job to hire Patricia.

 

[Old Lion]

Who gives a crap. It was an accusation that was dismissed.

 

[Thruthefog]

 

[Iffster]

Who gives a crap. It was an accusation that was dismissed.

A little bit more than an "accusation". Patricia and pal were indicted.
(legal def: to charge with an offense or crime;
a written accusation charging that an individual named therein has committed an act or omitted to do something that is punishable by law.

''An indictment is found and presented by a Grand Jury legally convened and sworn. It originates with a prosecutor and is issued by the grand jury against an individual who is charged with a crime.'' It serves notice to the accused.....

 

[Iffster]

Lion fans better hope that the lady at the center of this controversy does not get in touch with attorney Gloria Allred....LOL

 

[Gerald]

I was pretty sure most NFL teams hire private security to vet personnel. If this was public record why didn't they know about it?

 

[Mangler]

Not sure what to think, he was indicted, but never tried, either he did it and skated or didn't get a chance to prove he didn't do it....

 

[Old Lion]

A little bit more than an "accusation". Patricia and pal were indicted.
(legal def: to charge with an offense or crime;
a written accusation charging that an individual named therein has committed an act or omitted to do something that is punishable by law.

''An indictment is found and presented by a Grand Jury legally convened and sworn. It originates with a prosecutor and is issued by the grand jury against an individual who is charged with a crime.'' It serves notice to the accused.....

And it never even went to trial. So basically there was not enough to it to even have a court look at it, never mind actually try the case.

Good to know.

 

[Thruthefog]

It figures. We finally get a head coach that doesn't look like a creeper, and he is one.

 

[Mebert]

And it never even went to trial. So basically there was not enough to it to even have a court look at it, never mind actually try the case.

Good to know.

The prosecution had 6 people lined up to testify, and DNA evidence from the hospital, they dropped it because the lady said she could not handle stress of a trial.

Sounds like they had plenty of evidence to take it to trial.

 

[VulturesRule]

An accusation is far different than a series of accusations. I'd be far more concerned if there was a history of NDA's with ladies - or men - that he had previously associated with.

 

[GNG]

Who gives a crap. It was an accusation that was dismissed.

There have been many folks sent to prison just based on accusations and not hard evidence.

 

[GNG]

Lion fans better hope that the lady at the center of this controversy does not get in touch with attorney Gloria Allred....LOL

If Patricia is a Democrat he shouldn't worry about Gloria Allred.

 

[Dolemite censored]

Lion fans better hope that the lady at the center of this controversy does not get in touch with attorney Gloria Allred....LOL

Gloria Allred is a joke. Notice that the only thing she appears at is a press conference.

I doubt if she's seen the inside of a courtroom or even tried a case in decades.

 

[Racer8825]

With Lions coach Matt Patricia vowing on Thursday to “clear my name” but with no specifics provided in order to come to the detached, unbiased conclusion that Patricia was falsely accused of aggravated sexual assault in 1996, reporters will now attempt to fill in the gaps by uncovering forgotten or previously unknown facts. The process already has begun.

According to Tresa Baldas of the Detroit Free Press, police in South Padre Island, Texas have begun searching files in storage manually in an effort to locate a paper copy of the police report.

Currently available documents, per Baldas, show that the alleged victim received treatment on the evening of the alleged incident at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas. Matt Patricia and Greg Dietrich were arrested that same night, and they were indicted by a grand jury four months later.

The case was due to go to trial on October 21, 1997. The prosecution’s witnesses included (beyond the alleged victim) a nurse, a doctor, a police detective, a police officer, and a friend of the alleged victim. Obviously, however, prosecutors did not believe that a conviction could have been obtained without the testimony of the alleged victim, who chose not to testify, citing the stress of a trial.

The Free Press reports that, although a medical examination occurred of the alleged victim, it’s unknown whether DNA samples were obtained from the defendants.

The search for more facts will continue, with the key question being whether the alleged victim will choose to tell her story now, and then whether her story seems credible and persuasive. If that happens, Patricia may have to do something more than generally state that he is innocent.

Again, he may be. Absent proof to the contrary, he’s entitled to the presumption of innocence and the benefit of the doubt. But if there’s contrary proof, professional journalists will be looking for it.

And that’s really what journalism in sports is, or at least should be. The vast majority of the “reports” that emerge every single day amount to advance notice (often as brief as a matter of minutes) of a transaction that is about to be announced by a team or the league office. True journalism entails finding out things that otherwise aren’t known, and won’t be.

Although Lions receiver Golden Tate has objected to the fact that the 22-year-old incident has become a story, Patricia is a public figure whose life is and will be, to a certain extent, an open book. A criminal prosecution for felony sexual assault is a matter of public record, no different (but much more serious) than property transactions, divorce paperwork, and death certificates.

The fact that the Lions didn’t know about the incident before hiring Patricia creates added interest, and his decision to address the situation publicly with a general denial but no specifics opens the door to a search for more.

If it’s a false accusation, Patricia actually should welcome the opportunity for the facts to come out now. “While I’m thankful on one level that the process worked and the case was dismissed, at the same time I was never given the opportunity to defend myself or to allow to push back with the truth to clear my name,” Patricia said Thursday.

Professing innocence into a vacuum of facts doesn’t clear anyone’s name. Proof does. The search for specific proof continues, in part because Patricia and the Lions have declined so far to provide any.

 

[Iffster]

And it never even went to trial. So basically there was not enough to it to even have a court look at it, never mind actually try the case.

Good to know.

Why not try reading some of the info put out before you make your comments. The reason there was no trial was due to the lady's fear of publicity and her refusing to go any farther with prosecuting the case. The police had evidence and witnesses...the lady backed out.

 

[Iffster]

Gloria Allred is a joke. Notice that the only thing she appears at is a press conference.

I doubt if she's seen the inside of a courtroom or even tried a case in decades.

LOL. Ask your President if she is a joke. LOL

 

[RobBase]

Why not try reading some of the info put out before you make your comments. The reason there was no trial was due to the lady's fear of publicity and her refusing to go any farther with prosecuting the case. The police had evidence and witnesses...the lady backed out.

In Texas the could have still gone forward with prosecution without her if they felt they had enough evidence.