kansascity.com — It?s the only way Tory Bowen knows to honestly describe what happened to her. She was raped. But a judge prohibited her from uttering the word ?rape? in front of a jury. The term ?sexual assault? also was taboo, and Bowen could not refer to herself as a victim or use the word ?assailant? to describe the man who allegedly raped her...
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Closed AccountJun 10, 2008
When I was a witness in a criminal trial of a man who was beaten by police officers, but called by a different name. I was told by a 'lawyer' to describe "in my own words" of what I had witnessed in my driveway.
minsley1021Jun 10, 2008
It's not rape if you yell 'surprise!'
Closed AccountJun 10, 2008
Talk about a god damn activist judge. I am wondering if this judge is a rapist himself since he has such sympathy for the rapist. This motherf**ker needs to be impeached and the prosecuted.
rushjaycarrJun 12, 2008
I am going to wait until marriage. I don't think my wife will ever accuse me of rape. This guy may or may not have raped her. Regardless of whethor or not he did, the alleged offense should still be called wgat it is.
rushjaycarrJun 12, 2008
Ok...there is disagreeing with someone, and then there is being a complete assh**e. You are the latter.
raymondpistJul 30, 2009
Nebraska defense lawyer Clarence Mock successfully argued that the word "Rape" was simply too prejudicial to be used to describe the actions of his client, Pamir Safi, on Halloween, 2004.Safi, a US Soldier awaiting deployment to Iraq, got drunk at a bar with one Tori Bowen, who, at the time, was dressed like Jessica Rabbit. The couple shared drinks and kisses, and around closing time, left arm-in-arm. (Though she admits to being too drunk to remember this, witnesses confirm it.)She awakens the next day in bed with him, naked. (And she also can't remember consenting to that.)At that time, she rejects his sexual advances, and, like a perfect gentleman, he stops. They lay in bed for about an hour after awakening, and then he drives her home.Anywayyyyyyy, the judge, Honorable Jeffre Cheuvront, probably tired of seeing cases where "victims" such as Ms. Bowen suffer from next-day regrets about having behaved sluttily, tells her she has to tell her whiny story to the jury WITHOUT using the following words: rape, sexual assault, victim, assailant, and sexual assault kit.FURTHERMORE, the jury won't be told of the ban, left to speculate on what the hell she's even bitching about, as she babbles on-and-on for THIRTEEN HOURS in the witness chair, sobbing about the "sexual encounter" and "intercourse" that she and the defendant had. Verdict? Hung jury. So they reset, and try again, with the same prohibitions in place.Next verdict? Hung jury.Prosecutor announces he'll try, try again, in clear violation of the spirit, if not the letter, of the Constitution's Double Jeapardy protections. But before things can be reset for a third miscarriage of justice, the prosecutor manages to get it through his thick mellon that We the People might not want to be tossing people in prison for FIFTY YEARS for having drunken, regrettable sex. AND, that maybe, just maybe, WOMEN should hold THEMSELVES responsible for drinking themselves slutty and going home at 2am with a guy they just met, RATHER THAN blaming the drunken guy for behaving like a drunken guy.And after this enormous waste of time and rescources, does Ms. Bowen apologize to the court? Say "I'm sorry" to the taxpayers? Beg forgiveness from Soldier Safi? Nope. She remains just as bitter and vindictive as ever, saying she was "raped all over again" by the judicial system. Hopefully, someday she'll learn the difference between what is and what isn't rape. Hopefully, someday, someone will teach her.--Ray