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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed May 6, 2015, 09:58 AM May 2015

Judge orders competency hearing for Ohio woman who accused employer of rape

An Ohio woman was ordered to undergo a competency hearing after she accused her employer of rape.

Dani Brewer had been working as a branch manager in a new office for about a month when she said her employer – a family friend – sexually assaulted her in October, reported WXIX-TV.

She reported the attack late last year, but the case has not yet gone to trial.

Brewer said a judge ordered a hearing this week to determine whether she was competent – which both she and her attorneys believe is unfair. “It’s really ridiculous that it’s being required of me,” Brewer said. “It’s insulting, it’s invasive, it’s upsetting, and I feel like I’m on trial.”

The Justice League of Ohio, a victims advocacy legal group, is baffled by the judge’s order.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/judge-orders-competency-hearing-for-ohio-woman-who-accused-employer-of-rape/

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Judge orders competency hearing for Ohio woman who accused employer of rape (Original Post) DonViejo May 2015 OP
What the hell? ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #1
Women are crazy doncha know? justiceischeap May 2015 #2
Judge is a stupid asshole, there is an interview at the real link "raw story" stole from snooper2 May 2015 #3
"Stole"? LOL!... DonViejo May 2015 #5
There is a good arguement to be made Oilwellian May 2015 #4

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
5. "Stole"? LOL!...
Wed May 6, 2015, 10:18 AM
May 2015

Do you think this story would be getting the publicity it is if Raw Story hadn't "stole" it? If the story gains coverage from the Associate Press and/or Reuters, will they have "stole" it, too?

Oilwellian

(12,647 posts)
4. There is a good arguement to be made
Wed May 6, 2015, 10:07 AM
May 2015

She certainly was competent enough when hired by her assaulter to manage his business, just one month before he raped her. This will be a very bad precedent should it stand. Unreal.

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