HS football star has rape charge dismissed after accuser contacts him on FB...

[WoodysGirl]

One-time football star who spent six years in prison for rape has charge dismissed after accuser contacts him on Facebook to say it never happened


By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 15:08 EST, 24 May 2012 | UPDATED: 15:09 EST, 24 May 2012


A high school football star who was once one of the most highly-sought players in the country has had a rape charge against him dismissed after his accuser admitted it had never happened.

Brian Banks, 26, who spent six years behind bars in California, collapsed in sobs during a court hearing as a prosecutor quickly conceded the decade-old case and moved for a dismissal.

It came after the woman who accused him, Wanetta Gibson, added him as a friend on Facebook when he left prison with a tag. In a message, she explained she wanted to 'let bygones be bygones'.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...acts-Facebook-say-happened.html#ixzz1vpk2MtGr

 

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

Nice job criminal justice system. You let an innocent kid who would've most likely made the pros sit behind bars for a crime he didn't committ.

 

[Hostile]

Oh my gosh I remember this story. This kid was innocent?

This is horrible.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Oh my gosh I remember this story. This kid was innocent?

This is horrible.

I'd never heard the story before it was posted by someone on FB. I truly hope she AND her family gets what's coming to them.

They destroyed this dude's life.

 

[cowboyeric8]

Wow, crazy story. The woman is a ***** along with being a *******.

 

[cowboyeric8]

They destroyed this dude's life.

That's for sure. I bet he can get it back on track, hopefully he will get something in return for having to go through all of that.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Ten seconds until the lawsuit is filed.

 

[trickblue]

Ten seconds until the lawsuit is filed.

Can they file a lawsuit? He plead out to avoid a jury trial...

 

[kristie]

Ten seconds until the lawsuit is filed.

yup.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Can they file a lawsuit? He plead out to avoid a jury trial...

sure, it was malicious prosecution on her part, she forced him to do that by bringing a bogus charge.

 

[trickblue]

sure, it was malicious prosecution on her part, she forced him to do that by bringing a bogus charge.

I agree he should, just wasn't sure being that he plead out...

She is a COLOSSAL ******bag... she's in big trouble...

 

[Hostile]

I cannot begin to tell you how awful and elated at the same time I feel for this kid. Awful that he has endured this. Elated that he is being exonerated.

I hope someone gives him a shot. I really do.

 

[Hostile]

Norv Turner and the Chargers are going to give him a chance.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Oh my gosh I remember this story. This kid was innocent?

This is horrible.

Saw this story tonight on World News Tonight. I'm sure you can catch it on ABC's web site. Sad story.

 

[rocboy22]

Norv Turner and the Chargers are going to give him a chance.

That is awesome.
On the other side of this, he cant sue her. Whats he gonna get? So like someone else said, after doing a plea, can he sue the state/govt whatever?

 

[MonsterD]

Uhh what was her motive to do this? Just to get to the stage where she had a chance to sue the school for money? I mean that was still a long shot with there being 0 evidence against him. Was she just spurned by him or something?

 

[wittenacious]

What a horrible miscarriage of justice. His accuser ought to be sent to jail for AT LEAST the same length of time he spent in jail, plus a day. No early release. No time off for good behavior. This is so bogus.

If Norv Turner/ the SD Chargers are giving him a shot... and I have no reason to believe they aren't, I think that's awesome. Hope he sticks and becomes a success if truly innocent, as it appears he is.

 

[MonsterD]

Norv Turner and the Chargers are going to give him a chance.

MMmm not sure about that
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Update, 4:30 p.m.: Bill Johnston, director of public relations for the San Diego Chargers, says "there's no interest in this time" at letting Banks try out for the team."No one here had even heard of him until this story came out until this story came out today," says Johnston.Cold world.

 

[03EBZ06]

This story makes me angry. That woman needs to be tried for false accusation, but no matter what happens, that young man has lost opportunities that only few can dream of and six years of his life for nothing. His lawyer didn't do his job and took easy way out too.

 

[Hostile]

MMmm not sure about that
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Thanks. I believe this, not the blurb I saw earlier.

So I still hope he gets a shot from someone.