Cheerleader must compensate school that told her to clap 'rapist'

[Ladette]

Bigger question, why is the guy who assaulted her still on a high school sports team? Unless they had a really, really flimsy case that is bullshit.

They should have just let the cheering issue slide, and they shouldn't have demanded compensation. They already look like the villain to the general public, they're just making it worse.

I don't know how I feel about her suing. I think it was bullshit that they kicked her off the team, but i'm always really iffy about suing the City/State/Government.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Ah Texas, such a lovely part of the world.
And then people wonder why some students go on a murder spree...

 

[Stryc9]

I prefer this version of the article better.
http://www.truecrimereport.com/2010/10/rakheem_bolton_case_girl_kicke.php

And yea, this is complete and total bullshit, but it's also Texas.

*Snip*
WTF is up with texas and there wholehearted, Complete and utter devotion to high school level sports!?... Fukin retards

Well, it's Texas. Cheerleading isn't considered an actual sport, they just finished up a court case and huge waste of taxpayer money figuring this out, so she wouldn't be protected when accusing the STAR football player of rape. The STAR football player gets the protection because he is more likely to win the school recognition than a lousy cheerleader. That and in Texas high school football is almost a religion of it's own.

 

[Plurralbles]

sports players will always be put above a female.

That's the cheerleader\player dynamic in a very sexist and stupid society.

Shame on that schoolx 1000.

 

[Jake Martinez]

Okay so reading through that, the $45,000 comes from her having to reimburse to school for suits and appeals she brought against them and which she lost.

Lost becaue, while performing as a cheerleader girls and women apparently don't have the right to free speech.

That bold part right there is a far bigger issue if you ask me. I say she'd get much further if she were to appeal this new rooling based on the fact that one of her basic rights was being violated.

Unless there is some sort of epic fine print contract that high school cheerleaders sign (akin to non-disclosure agreements) that I am unaware of?

Sure she has the right to free speech. Everyone does. People just don't have the right to not perform the responsibilities of their roles (jobs, sports teams, etc) and still expect to be part of the team.

 

[gentleben]

Okay so reading through that, the $45,000 comes from her having to reimburse to school for suits and appeals she brought against them and which she lost.

Lost becaue, while performing as a cheerleader girls and women apparently don't have the right to free speech.

That bold part right there is a far bigger issue if you ask me. I say she'd get much further if she were to appeal this new rooling based on the fact that one of her basic rights was being violated.

Unless there is some sort of epic fine print contract that high school cheerleaders sign (akin to non-disclosure agreements) that I am unaware of?

Why would freedom of speech extend to a voluntary activity you put yourself in? Just because you have the right of free speech doesn't mean you have the right for it to be free of consequences. You have the right to call your boss a fuckhead in the middle of a business meeting, and you would have no recourse under free speech when you were fired. The cheerleading team would have been a voluntary association - if she had been yelling out racial slurs and offensive language rather than keeping silent, do you believe the team still shouldn't have the right to remove her?

A lot of people in this thread have a fundamantal misunderstanding of how the law works.

And how US freedom of speech works. I'm Australian and it appears that I know more about American law than most people in this thread do.

 

[Ladette]

Could someone who knows the law explain why the guy who assaulted her only got probation and community service? Because that seems like a really light sentence. Did Johnny Cochran rise from the grave to take the case?

 

[Xanian]

SO Silsbee High School, in south-east Texas supports rapists if they play sports well and denigrates victims if they don't suck it up and take it? Good to F*cking know. Gotta say, it ought to be nice for opposing teams to be able to bring in signs that say "Beat the RAPISTS!" for the next ten years.

Oh Texas...you silly, backwards state. Why do we put up with your bizarre crap?

 

[default]

Yup. This stuff doesn't surprise me anymore.

God-damn retarded idiots. Who the fuck was the supreme judge in this case?! Are they retarded?

 

[MercurySteam]

Faith in humanity...... dwindling.

 

[Rahxephon5]

I know people are going to disagree with this but here it goes anyway.

I can understand how the school/courts could see this case as 'frivolous'. This guy was let back on the basketball team after the initial incident. Chances are good that this wasn't a big secret. So from the schools point of view, she should have realized, that at some point being on the cheer squad she would have to cheer for the basketball team and through that, the person who assaulted her. With that train of thought, she had several choices that she could have done to avoid the situation at the game. She could have talked to the coach to see about not participating during basketball games and if that wasn't an option she could have removed herself from the squad. So in short she had ways to avoid the situation and as far as I can tell from the story, she didn't even attempt any of them.

Also, if the person who raped your daughter, was back in the same school as her, wouldn't you see about moving her to a different school?

 

[TilMorrow]

I just read the rape charge was dropped after he got 2 years of probation, community service and went to anger management. And being a cheerleader means she has no free speach rights and what sounds like no humane rights? The fuck is wrong with people these days!

Capthca: component cepagT

 

[Happy Toki Toki]

see this is why we need capital punishment in town squares, a man rapes a woman and gets his wang cut off - case closed

instead we have a retarded justice system that allows criminals to get away with this kind of crap

my rant..

 

[Gigano]

I can understand - and largely agree with - the court's reasoning of it being justified to put her off the team for refusing to perform the tasks required of her, but terming the lawsuit, whose motives are quite understandable, to be "frivolous" and ordering 45.000 $ to be paid seems unjustified and disproportionate.

The school could have handled the situation much more elegantly, and that should've factored far more prominently into the decision of whether or not to award them costs.

 

[Astoria]

Fined? What the hell for! Dropped from the team yeah sure fair enough but fined?

 

[Risingblade]

what? now way...there's just no fucking way...my head is about to explode from reading this....wtf

 

[dmase]

He'll be leaving high school and going straight to jail in no time. Lets hope this completely fucks any chance he has of getting scholarships.

I can understand why the supreme court wouldn't take the case but its fucking crazy shouldn't couldn't get a fair shot in another court in texas.

 

[Furbyz]

Oh God, this happened in Silsbee? I was expecting Vidor. It's always Vidor down here. Please don't lump the whole state(Or even just the south-east) in with the actions of a few. I swear we aren't all insane.

Although, I can see the twisted legal logic that allowed this to be possible.

 

[yanipheonu]

Man, I'd raise a whole stink if I were her.

If I lived in the same country, I'd be right outside with a sign saying "School wants Student to pay for being Raped".