Aussie wrote on Oct 18
th, 2022 at 8:17pm:
UnSubRocky wrote on Oct 18
th, 2022 at 8:09pm:
Surely, you have some doubts that Lehrmann has committed an act of rape.
I have no doubt he did*. But, I have every doubt he will be convicted.
*His story made no sense in that each of his various reasons for going to the Suite, taking her with him, and then leaving her there 'hurriedly,' do not add up to get anywhere near passing a pub test.
What removed all doubt in my mind was when he did not give evidence.
Just like Trump makes all sorts of denial claims in social media, he NOT once yet has had the balls to make those infamous claims under oath. Talk is cheap, being in the witness box, under oath, being closely questioned efficiently is a whole different kettle of fish.
The doubt I have is that Lehrmann claims to not even have had sex with Higgins. I find this unlikely. Though, I would find that Higgins has a tough time convincing me and a lot of others that she was nonconsensual to the act.
Lehrmann claims that he went to Parliament House and was there at some time of night to do a few things. Lehrmann had Higgins going with him into Parliament. He left without Higgins sometime later. Lehrmann allegedly claims that he never saw Higgins again that night.
If Lehrmann claims that Higgins was very drunk that night, it would be reasonable to assume that he could have checked in on Higgins. I doubt Lehrmann never did a welfare check on Higgins. A drunk Brittany Higgins might well have been easy for Lehrmann to rape. But, I figure that some kind of sexual activity between Lehrmann and Higgins would have taken place.
It is just the way Higgins tells her story. She claimed to have said "no" half a dozen times at least. If she was that lucid in her recollections, she could have been able to stop Lehrmann from committing rape. Anything forceful would have resulted in bruising or other types of tell-tale injuries during a rape.
It seems as if this is a case of a casual fling getting turned into a rape allegation over a change of mind after the fact. But, I cannot prove anything on any account. And I figure that, unless Lehrmann goes on the stand and makes an arse of himself, he will be acquitted.