04-14-2020, 09:20 PM
2006alum, the operative words in winflop's tweet were "if true". Sure, he should have said "was alleged to have been involved".
Hector's admission was rescinded; I believe he had been accepted, but offers of admission are revocable.
It is obviously very difficult to know exactly what happened, all the more so because virtually any reference to the event is being scrubbed from the internet. From what I recall of the original Palo Alto Daily article, the family was pursuing legal action to keep things out of the papers. It is not clear if the records request was fulfilled despite there being a gag order in place or was fulfilled before the gag order went into effect. I can't help but wonder if it was leaked "accidentally" (and by "accidentally", I mean "on purpose") by a Sheriff's department that was frustrated that the matter was not or could not be pursued further and felt justice wasn't being done to the victim. (end idle speculation on my part)
But the whole thing brings up issues of justice and fairness and privacy that I can't even begin to work through. I can only hope that the alleged victim, whoever she is, is ok.
BC
Hector's admission was rescinded; I believe he had been accepted, but offers of admission are revocable.
It is obviously very difficult to know exactly what happened, all the more so because virtually any reference to the event is being scrubbed from the internet. From what I recall of the original Palo Alto Daily article, the family was pursuing legal action to keep things out of the papers. It is not clear if the records request was fulfilled despite there being a gag order in place or was fulfilled before the gag order went into effect. I can't help but wonder if it was leaked "accidentally" (and by "accidentally", I mean "on purpose") by a Sheriff's department that was frustrated that the matter was not or could not be pursued further and felt justice wasn't being done to the victim. (end idle speculation on my part)
But the whole thing brings up issues of justice and fairness and privacy that I can't even begin to work through. I can only hope that the alleged victim, whoever she is, is ok.
BC