How did she get off? She witnessed her FRIEND getting raped, and instead got her coat and left the bar like nothing was happening. Then later she tries to act like she doesn't know what happened when Kelly McGillis questions her, and then had the gall to go on the witness stand and make Jodie look bad. She belonged in jail.
shareShe did not see the rape happening. All she saw was a crowd. She knew something was going on, but didn't wait long enough to see.
shareI do not buy for one second that she didn't piece together what was going on. Especially after she was told "you're next" and then promptly left.
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That was my impression also. When Leo Rossi (Scorpion) said "You're next," she seemed to get very frightended, and she may have assumed something bad was going on, but she did not know what was actually occurring. How can you prosecute someone for being frightended, not knowing what was going on, and not reporting it? Neither the prosecutor nor her boss mentioned prosecuting the waitress, as they shouldn't have.
I wonder what the sentences were of Leo Rossi and the other white trash who cheered the rapists on. I seem to recall that he three rapists each got 5 years. I don't know whether it was with or w/o parole. But I bed the rapists, especially if they looked like the college punk (the one with the "little fuxxxcxking college asxxs"), would have gotten raped in prison.
That was my impression also. When Leo Rossi (Scorpion) said "You're next," she seemed to get very frightended, and she may have assumed something bad was going on, but she did not know what was actually occurring. How can you prosecute someone for being frightended, not knowing what was going on, and not reporting it? Neither the prosecutor nor her boss mentioned prosecuting the waitress, as they shouldn't have.
Everyone who knew what was going on and did nothing should have been charged including the waitress. Its understandable leaving because you don't want to be targeted but she could have at least called the police.
shareNo, she did not belong in jail. Unlike the guys who were cheering, the waitress did nothing to urge on the rape or the rapists. It is not a crime to not report a crime. Force of one, my man. Stick em.
shareIt is not a crime to not report a crime.
Are you an attorney? If not or even if you are, please prove your claim. Please cite a statute confirming your view.
I is uncertain exactly what she saw. In any event, she was not prosecuted, nor was there any iota of negativity directed toward her by the prosecxutor in the case.
Did you ever think that she may have been afraid of these slime balls in the back room? And with good reason. Force of one, my man. Stick em.
First of all, you don't have to be an attorney to have the common sense to know that certain things are criminal offenses. In some cases, not reporting a crime is a criminal offense. Generally speaking, being an accessory to crime is knowing something took place, but did nothing to stop it or did not alert authorities. Tell me why family members of murderers get charged with accessory or obstruction of justice when they don't disclose what they know of a crime? For more specifics, refer to the following.
Exhibit 1: For this example, we will site Ohio state law. Reno Saccocia. He is the coach of the Steubenville high school football team. According to witness testimony and evidence (text messages), he knew about the rape but did not report it. That is a crime under Ohio State Law. In fact, it is mandated in pretty much ALL states for doctors, nurses, teachers, counselors, and other professionals to report a crime or suspicion of a crime against a child to the police.
Exhibit 2: For this example, Texas law will be sited. Texas Penal Code - Section 38.171. Failure To Report Felony. Per the texas penal code, this is a class A misdemeanor. Although not a felony, it is still considered a crime nonetheless.
Did you ever think that she may have been afraid of these slime balls in the back room? And with good reason.
Force of one, my man. Stick em.
I think you do have to be an attorney or otherwise have knowledge of law to know conclusively whether certain acts are a crime.
What is the puurpose of your examples? This was not a crime against a child. To my knowledge, this incident did not occur in Ohio. There is your Exhibit 1.
What "example" are you referring to in your Exhibit 2? Did this incident occur in Texas?
The word "cited" is spelled "cited," not "sited."
In my view to prosecute the waitress and send her to prison would be ridiculous and overkill. She could not see exactly what was going on. She was afraid of those animals. And you have not proved, at least not to me, that exactly what the waitress did not do or did is a crime in the State in which the inclident occurred, nor what kind of crime.
I do think those words are funny. And so are other comments of the dirtball Leo Ross played. Not in the context of this horrific incident. But they are funny in other contexts. If that is "alarming" to you, I'd suggest you lighten up a bit.
You seem very serious and intense and that is ok. But you do not have all the answers. Aplogies in advance for any typos.
I think you do have to be an attorney or otherwise have knowledge of law to know conclusively whether certain acts are a crime.
But, she is nonetheless a despicable human being.
It is not a crime to not report a crime.
I am not an attorney, but your points sound reasonable to me.
It was not clear to me what the waitress actually saw. And, of course, we don't know how closely the movie followed the actual case.
I could not tell if the waitress saw Sarah being dorked, although it may have been a sound conclusion. There was no question that Ken saw Sarah taking it from all three of those jerks.
I do not know what actual laws say about the criminality of people cheering and goading the rapists. And I don't know how much of this occurred in the actual case.
It would never happen, but one could almost wish that the three rapists and three cheerers all went to prison. And the worst of the six- Danny, Kurt, and Scorpio (Played by Leo Rossi) were bent over a workout bar and browned many nights and then had their teeth knocked out to facilitate ease of entry. Well, that's following a terrib;e crime with another crime, but those dirtballs- they should have burned ever one of em. Force of one, my man. Stick em.
I don't blame her for leaving but she obviously knew something ill was going down she either could have informed others in the bar or called the police.
shareYeah, I don't think she belongs in jail, but the least she could have done was call the police when she left! That was her friend back there.
But I think what happens to a lot of people whenever something really bad happens is they start to rationalize it.
'They were just having a little fun, maybe they were playing around, it couldn't have been rape, I must have just been seeing things, she's my friend and my friend is ok, she has to be'
Some things are too terrible to believe, so many people just don't believe them.
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It was played like the Waitress just thought she was whoring it up back there and she left in total anger at her friend.
The rape scene itself, frankly glorified rape. The 1st guy literally got his rocks off.
It was played like the Waitress just thought she was whoring it up back there and she left in total anger at her friend.
During the flashback scenes, the waitress goes near the game room and has a curious look on her face, from her point of view, it looks as though there is just an intense game of pinball happening..her view of Sara was blocked by the large crowd. Plus she also told the prosecutor that she thought Sara was just partying in there. When scorpion man yelled out to her, "you're next".. I got the impression that she thought he was talking about playing pinball. In the 80s, it was not uncommon to see large crowds huddled in game rooms..watching someone play a video game. That's my take on it anyway.
shareYessss she ran out of there (not finishing her shift) because she was afraid of being challenged to a pinball match. Idiot.
shareIt was played like the Waitress just thought she was whoring it up back there and she left in total anger at her friend.
The waitress did nothing wrong, so why should she go to jail? She was very scared. Maybe you should go to jail, Jayson, with he rapists.
shareShe wasn't the one who was involved in soliciting the crime, like those other scumbags who were cheering on the rapists. She could have found out what was going on and reported it, yet she was also scared being female herself. Nice touch that it was a male who took upon the initiative to see what was happening and do something about it, even if he couldn't physically stop the rapists. I would have liked to have seen that happen actually, or at least make an attempt to pull one the dirtballs off Tobias.
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