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this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2023
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This is disturbing by itself, but the article putting sexual assault in quotes makes it all that much worse.
They can't say it is sexual assault, until the person has been conficted. So they put it in quotes to indicate that is has been alleged by someone else
One might wonder then why the throwing woman and friend into ravine part isn't also in cover-your-ass quotes.
I don't make the rules 🤷 Maybe easier to prove? The media just doesn't like getting sued.
The article does say: