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and once in the courtroom to shred them to pieces on the stand and question every decision they've ever made and to reveal their sexual history into public record.

This is only half true. Read the Federal or Tennessee Rule of Evidence 412.

That kind of thing is subject to stringent requirements, and has to be approved by the judge in a motion before it can be admissible at trial.

Anyway it doesn't matter that the alleged victim did not press charges, the district attorney's office is responsible for charging decisions and does not need a victim to "press charges".

This entire situation leaves an incredibly bad taste in my mouth, but I don't see what could have been a better way to handle it. If the D.A. legitimately and reasonably decided that there wasn't even enough evidence for probable cause then it's irresponsible to charge.

I will only have a problem with the way this situation has been handled if it comes to light that that the victim was coerced or there was a cover-up involved.

The article itself smacks of yellow journalism and irresponsible reporting. There wasn't even an arrest. If there's nothing to report, then there's nothing to report. Lane was suspended for two months pending an internal investigation. Don't see any point in saying, "Oh by the way, this guy is being suspended because of accusations of sexual misconduct.", when there wasn't an arrest or a charge.

Lane is not exactly a star player either, and Butch kicked off one player for domestic violence issues (wasn't charged), so it seems uncharacteristic of him to turn a blind eye.

There's a difference in not reporting to proper authorities which seems to have been done here and not making a media circus out of it.

This post was edited on 11/1/14 at 3:49 am