False rape and kidnapping charges, WoW.
 

After 5 years in prison, former prep football star exonerated for rape, kidnapping; Something really needs to be done to anyone falsifying charges and ruining lives.

"While the accuser, a woman named Wanetta Gibson, told Banks she wanted to "let bygones be bygones", she was hesitant to repeat the story she told the former Long Beach (Calif.) Polytechnic High football star to prosecutors because she was afraid that she would have to forfeit the $1.5 million civil settlement her mother won against the Long Beach school district in connection with the case."

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highsc...210345660.html

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They should have to pay the money back, she should have to serve 5x the amount of time he did and pay him $1 million for each year of his life lost.

Rape is a tricky thing though. There are some people that never see justice and there are some who use the accusation to punish.

Without going into details, rape is a very sensitive subject for me.

I just read that, too. Possible 41 years, or plead guilty and do less time. Tough choice, but I would have fought it. Article said there was no physical evidence.

The most fucked up thing?

She hit him up on facebook and asked if they "could let bygones be bygones" :mad:

Tell Wanetta how you feel about what she did. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...586456&sk=info

rough, man. I hope he gets his NFL shot.

My thoughts exactly.

As for Wanetta, with any luck, she'll soon be learning firsthand what prisons are all about.

She was on local LA news tonight. Unbelievable. Showed no remorse, talking heads noted she does not even grasp the wrong she did to the guy...Already they are saying the money is gone...nothing can be done.
I hope Banks gets his shot, makes it, makes a gazillion bucks then hires a couple mechanics to wax her ass.

That is messed up.

There was a similar case involving Marcus Dixon a while back. At the time he was a senior in high school and was a football star with a nearly 4.0 grade point average and scholarship offers from a ton of schools. He accepted one to Vanderbilt.

One afternoon he had sex with a girl (she was white he was black) from his school. He was 18 and she was 3 months shy of 16. Two days later she reported that he had raped her. The story that went around was that her dad was a racist, found out she had lost her virginity to a black guy and was furious.

There was a trial, but he was found innocent. However, since he was more than 2 years older than her and she was a minor he was found guilty of statutory rape and aggravated child molestation. He was sentenced to 10 years.

Sometime into his sentence the state changed their sentencing guidelines, but didn't make it retroactive. Among the sentences they changed were the things he was charged with. Eventually he was able to to be released after serving about 2 years.

On the positive the college honored his scholarship and he eventually ended up in the NFL.

what epitome said

I dont see how that is similar, she was 15 - therefore he actually was guilty of statutory rape

if their good at acting your ass is fucked. just think if she stuck to her original story.

What a cunt.

I hope she does get raped!!

She ruined his life and to top it off was financially rewarded for it.

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Bullshit the money is gone. He will sue them and the school until he gets his fill.

And she should serve time in prison for this.

Yea, there's probably a house, cars, jewelry, etc that can be attached. Leave them nothing but legal bills and jail time.

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You are correct. Technically he was guilty of the crime he was convicted of. The whole story is complicated, but essentially she and he were starting to secretly date and had sex. She only lied about the rape when her racist dad found out so that she wouldn't get into trouble. Also, her dad sued the school district.

So yes, he was guilty, but the whole prosecution was based on her lying to her dad who then called the police. Had she told the truth and he not been a racist there is a good chance none of it would have happened.

One of the interesting parts of the story is that while the guy was in jail the state change its sentencing guidelines, but refused to make them retroactive. They were going to force him to serve the full 10 years. Because of the way the guidelines were had he actually raped her he would have served less time because of parole and time off for good behavior.

Anyway, I know they aren't the same, it is just that this case reminded me of the Dixon case.

If there is stubble on the field... something something something

The fucked up thing about our justice system, which is admitted to by judges and lawyers...

If you are truly wrongfully accused, you usually refuse the plea because you're innocent and end up getting fucked in the end.

Guilty people usually always take the plea offer.

The US Judicial and LAW System has huge leaks, obviously.

Smart Lawyers have figured out how to trick and hack the system by now.

Her dad's not black? She looks pretty black. How can he be racist? What info am I missing?

I agree, I think the money is gone story is BS...Probably buried in the back yard somewhere. lol

He was talking about a local story, not this story.

After serving time this is a real long shot. The conditioning of a football player cannot
be gotten in jail, and can't be gotten in a year out of jail.
Look at Tyson after jail; he never regained his full form.

You could start with Al Sharpton and the Tawana Brawley case.

:1orglaugh

She confessed that they NEVER had sex.

So even when a person is completely exonerated, they still have to worry about you
reporting the news about it.

:1orglaugh

Problem with that is i'm sure there are many more lying cunts out there and theres zero chance of them changing their story after a year or 3 of feeling like an asshole if they are looking at jail time for admitting it.

hhmm kinda makes you wonder about people you may know who suffer from the same BS from our system..??

At least the guy was lucky and had his record expunged. There are many states where they don't even do that so you are still considered a convicted felon in the eyes of the state. There was a movie I watched a while back about innocent guys who were exonerated and one of them carried his exoneration papers everywhere with him because he was paranoid a cop would stop him and think he was an escaped prisoner.

Not to mention that he is 28. It is sad to say but most guy's NFL careers are over by that age.

we need to get her on Ghetto Gaggers ;)
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I read that he's currently 27 and even that was a bit confusing considering that original charges were brought against him when he was 17 and he served 5 years. Looks like he had to sit in jail for 5 years before he was able to agree to a plea for 5 more years. Seems weird that it would take 5 years before he was offered a plea bargain.

Seems the system failed this guy. Most likely couldn't afford an attorney and was appointed a public defender. There was zero physical evidence, yet his attorney recommended he accept a plea of a 5 year sentence after he had already sat in jail for 5 years rather than risk getting an additional 41 years. I'm sure Brian just felt no one believed he was innocent at that point and was scared into accepting the plea.

And you only need ONE case like this to make it obvious why the death penalty is a bad idea.

Exonerating a corpse doesn't really mean much.

Yes and no.

Clearly this guy got screwed royally and, as someone else pointed out, there was absolutely zero physical evidence aside from the bitch's assertions.

But truly horrific crimes do happen and it is oftentimes possible to prove without any shred of doubt whatsoever who the perpetrator was.

I'd be cool with setting the bar for death sentences considerably higher than that required to simply convict, but, let's face it, there are some people out there who really do deserve to be put down.

It looks like that is likely what happened. That is a damn shame. I hope they throw the book at the woman who did this to him.

I'm wondering from a criminal standpoint what they could really charge her with. Since it appears there was no trial, don't think a perjury charge is there, maybe obstruction? From a civil standpoint, would be nice to see the LB school district file suit against her mom to recover the 1.5 million. Even if she's broke, just getting a judgement on her assets and future earnings would make her and her daughter suffer some.

I personally believe that it's more important to get innocent people out of jail than it is to punish the liars. Don't get me wrong, it's really terrible what this girl did and I would not cry if old school justice caught up to her? But, if there are more people out there just like her that are solely responsible for destroying someone's life, it's much more important to get these people to come forward than it is to make them pay for their own crime. Charging her and suing her mother will only keep others from telling the truth.

Yea, that was a very fucked up case of hysteria wasn't it. Sharpton's a piece of shit just looking for attention.

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Excellent point, I think we read a story like this and get so caught up in wanting justice for the false accuser rather than trying to focus on how to make sure this doesn't happen again.

He served the 5 years and has been out since 2007. I was under the impression he just got out too.

I do to, just not sure what exactly they can do.

Ah, that would make more sense, although i don't see those details in the article posted above.

I read it from the site you posted, http://brianbanks.org/the-incident/

Yeah, I too wonder what they could get her with. I guess they could get falsifying a police report since she lied, but that isn't going to be put her away for very long. I guess they might be able to do perjury if she ever testified under oath during a deposition or anything like that, but I'm not sure.

A civil suit, if nothing else, would make sure she lost any of the money that is left and send a message, but it still seems pale as compared to sitting in jail for multiple years.

I guess we can just hope that Karma eventually gets her.

A bad case to be black in.

Hopefully he'll make a splash in sports.
The 1.5 million makes me rage at the cunt.

I don't think you can Plea to the Death Penalty.

You Have to go to trial and mandatory appeals.

Have lots of Innocent people been let off death row with new technology, YES.

Does the system need redone now to put people on there, YES.

Totally screwed, the guy deserves millions of dollars, the mental damage will never be forgotten.

Thanks, I missed that, certainly sheds some light on how things went down.