Why do high-profile campus rape stories keep falling apart?

Going through this one by one.

Statement 1: This claims the sex was consensual as if that is a fact. Just because you write it down in your lawsuit doesn't make it true.

  1. Context of this statement from Emma: "I haven't faced him since he assaulted me, and I want to talk with him about what happened. I try to say this in a friendly tone, so that he doesn't get scared. I don't want him to avoid the conversation. I'm being irrational, thinking that talking with him would help me."

  2. Context of this statement from Emma: "Paul wants to know what time I plan to come to his party at ADP, I'm currently at a fencing party. Paul wants me to bring other girls, I agree to do so. Michael Josephs is one of our mutual friends. Michael is no longer Paul's friend. At Paul's party, all of our interactions are stiff and superficial. I remind him that I want to have a "talk soon", but neither of us makes it happen."

  3. Context from Emma on statement 4: "We do not talk again for a little over a week. We both pretend nothing is wrong. But knowing that I am going to have to see him at our first weekly ADP meeting of the Semester (sept. 9) I reach out to him and ask him if we can meet up beforehand. I want to talk about the night in question. I'm depserate to have this talk, as is evidenced by how many times I message him in a row. It's hit me how uncomfortable it is to continue as if nothing happened. He replies in two minutes after the meeting has started, which is unhelpful. After the meeting, I approach him and say that I want to talk. He says that he isn't free to talk at that time. We don't communicate again until my birthday (Oct. 3) almost a month later."

When Emma replies "I love you Paul. Where are you? Emma's context is: "I'm still open to having this "talk" with him. He seems prepared to meet, but we end up flaking out on each other. We go through the motions, but neither of us takes the initiative to meet up. It is clear that we are avoiding each other. By this point, I have given up on trying to have this talk with him. Here, we are simply discussing the logistics about an ADP party that all members are involved in putting together. We are polite to each other, but we do not pretend we want to hang out."

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