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Student faces charges for filing false police report

By Abby Lubbers (Last updated: 09/18/08 10:16pm)

MSU police plan to bring felony charges against an 18-year-old student who filed a false report of a Sept. 11 sexual assault near IM Sports-East, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

The student, who filed the report Wednesday, said she had been assaulted in the wooded lot northwest of the IM building. She said the suspect told her he had a gun.

Further investigation found several inconsistencies in her story, McGlothian-Taylor said.

Students received an e-mail crime alert from MSU police Thursday, saying the woman had been sexually assaulted at gunpoint.

Originally Published: 09/18/08 2:47pm




Commentary:


Ug

09/18/08 3:51pm

This is why so many women (and probably men too) don’t come forward with real sexual assault claims. The people who make false claims such as these are doing a disservice to anybody who could potentially be sexually assaulted in the future. It really is sad that people have to do this.

mary

09/18/08 4:01pm

It is sad, but he libs have to inflate the statistics to make Americans feel that they are unsafe victims. That way they’ll be able to expand the nanny-state and their dreams of controlling every aspect of the private citizen’s life. The means justify the end to the socialists and if a little white-lie proliferates their agenda, who notices?

Jeff

09/18/08 4:17pm

Uhh, where does the article say anything about liberals or conservatives? You’re claiming that a woman falsely reported a sexual assault just to inflate statistics because of her political views? I believe it was G.W. Bush who made a case for the war in Iraq based on false claims that they were involved with the 9/11 attacks. I believe it is the Republicans who claim that we’ll be a less-secure nation and most certainly be susceptible to foreign attacks if Obama is elected.

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GPM

09/18/08 4:17pm

Wow,people like “mary” even have to turn this into a political thing. I’m not sure about anyone else, but when I read the article, I didn’t see an underlying political statements.

Wow

09/18/08 4:27pm

Please disregard Mary’s post, she is obviously a wackjob.
In other, very classic, words

“Mary, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.”

lkz

09/18/08 4:36pm

two words mary … patriot act

lauren

09/18/08 6:05pm

Why do you libs jump all over mary for a concise, well thought out reaction to this article? Why did you libs publish the article in the first place? What purpose does it serve, except to promote your hateful and unholy agenda?

Huh?

09/18/08 6:29pm

Why is everyone harping on librarians?

JR

09/18/08 6:34pm

LOL @ Huh? That’s awesome. Anyway, to be the second one to actually post on-topic – the girl deserves to be embarrassed. She was obviously seeking attention, and probably freaked out more people today than needed to be, and wasting the time of not only our students but also administrators, staff, and faculty alike.

lol

09/18/08 7:38pm

I didn’t get any email. WTF? And why the hell would someone want to say they were raped when in reality they weren’t? Now that police is going to press felony charges on her, did she get enough attention?

anonymous

09/18/08 8:13pm

Ian Smith, I truly hope that your comments were some really bad idea of a joke. Otherwise, the racism in that statement is simply overwhelming.

Steve

09/18/08 8:35pm

I hope the city prosecutor makes an example out of this girl. It’s because of shitbags like this that real victims aren’t taken serious.

Robert

09/18/08 9:26pm

Jeff,

The party trying to exagerate the extent of Rapes, and use it to infiltrate every aspect of life is the author of the “Violence Against Women Act”, AKAVAWA” and now “I-VAWA” or “International VAWA”.

That person would be Veep candidate Joseph Biden.

If you believe that all abusers are men, then Biden’s your man.
If you have come to realize that statistics show women initiate slightly over 50% of domestic violence (as reported by women), then you might realize that Biden is no friend of any man.

@Robert

09/19/08 12:07am

“statistics show women initiate slightly over 50% of domestic violence (as reported by women)”

Show me.

Iidieh

09/19/08 8:30am

What exactly does “initiating” mean….Pissing someone off? Oh, I’m sorry, I pissed you off. Therefore I deserve to get the crap beat out of me.

alumni

09/19/08 12:17pm

Another false sex assualt claim is part of the reason why on-campus tailgating is so weak these days. About 5 years ago (sorry, don’t remember the exact year) there was a Saturday night football game against Notre Dame. ESPN was here and it was a pretty big deal. Tailgating at the tennis courts was HUGE. Anyway, a girl reported she was raped in a car right in the middle of the tailgate that evening.

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Mike

09/19/08 12:44pm

The State News should make it a policy to print the name in bold font on the front page for people who make these fake charges. Considering they print the names of those charged (which i’m not saying they shouldn’t) they should put the names of those who file such terrible false charges. That way, maybe liars would think twice before filing such terrible false charges that make it so much harder for women who are actually assaulted to come forward.

Rape is one of the worst crimes there is. Falsely accusing someone of rape is also one of the worst crimes there is; it should be treated as such.

hmmm...

09/19/08 9:23pm

“statistics show women initiate slightly over 50% of domestic violence (as reported by women)”

First…,

Let’s think about what truly causes someone to get to an extreme point of violence in our lives. Has anyone ever actually made you angry enough where you would actually beat or rape someone? That someone making you angry would be the sole reason for you to rape someone?

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Paul

09/19/08 10:48pm

This girl must be such a lunatic attention craving disaster. I can’t even imagine one reason why someone would even think about doing something this STUPID. I feel like no male would EVER EVER EVER ever pull such a pointless stupid stunt like this. And the fact that SHE got caught is even funnier and much more idiotic – what a retard !!!!!! Women are so rediculous and are impossible to even begin understanding.

Who is it?

09/20/08 4:14pm

They can publish the names of people who got mips in the riot, but cannot publish the name of a person who filed a false police report? This person tied up countless hours of law enforcement time, and instilled unnecessary fear in of countless women. Publish her name dammit!

who is it????

09/21/08 1:21pm

i agree. publish the name of this pathetic attention seeking pig

Jabba The Weis

09/21/08 3:55pm

Tailgating took a HUGE hit when some girl said she was assaulted, and it turned out she was making it up. Yet, the administration didn’t do anything after she was exposed as a fraud. This should be a very serious crime, and she should do time for it, and get kicked out of MSU for life.

Jabba The Weis

09/21/08 4:01pm

Thats right! Publish it! They embarass people, that can die for their country, for drinking beer, but this pos gets anonymity? Whats wrong here? People drink and they get screwed for life, even though they are legally adults, and can fight a war, but this lying scumbag gets a slap on the wrist? And gets to remain anonymous?

Kate

09/21/08 7:37pm

Sexual assault is no joke. I’ll never understand why some people have to make up stories to gain attention.





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