Syracuse assistant facing molestation allegations

HOW DARE THE POST-STANDARD NOT JUST RUN ONE PERSON'S ALLEGATION WITHOUT CHARGES! It's their fault it happened at all! [/sgrenwell]

 

From just what I saw on Sportscenter, Boeheim is denying some of what this guy said and really sticking behind Fine.

Post Standard has this to say:

I'm really hoping this turns out to be false.

 

WTF? Things are starting to get a little out of hand!

 

Oh, come on. It isn't like these cases will just start multiplying.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/16/us/south-carolina-reville-profile/

Ah, shitfuck.

 

My retort is that ESPN, and pretty much every outlet, sees no problem with doing it all the time - It's not like DWI or domestic abuse charges don't usually boil down to one person saying something vs. another.

I imagine the argument against publicizing it at all would be something like, "We don't want to destroy a person's career based on an uncorroborated accusation," because of the severity of a child abuse / molestation charge. However, if that's the case, why does it matter that there are now two uncorroborated accusations instead of just one? Where is the dividing line between when you need more than he said, she said to run a story?

 

Legal question: Syracuse cops declined to pursue the matter in 2003 because statute of limitations had expired. So why are they looking into it now? Is the newest allegation within the time frame allowed by law?

 

The accuser sounds like he has the brain of Navin Johnson.

 

" I found my purpose!"
The difference between shit and shineola.

 

Because with two sources, you at least have someone backing up the original charge. That doesn't necessarily mean the two sources aren't full of shit, but at least you can say that you're not just relying on one person's say-so.

Woodward and Bernstein used to have a rule that they needed at least two sources to corroborate anything unofficial they wrote in their Watergate series, for instance. They didn't always go by that rule, though, especially with Deep Throat. Sometimes, Deep Throat would be their only corroboration.

 

Also because he's been put on administrative leave. THAT makes it enough smoke to post.

Two he-saids, I wouldn't be sold. But the school took action. That makes it headline-worthy.

 

If I'm at an outlet, I, in most cases, don't touch this stuff until:

(1) Charges or the filing of a formal civil action.
(2) School takes action.

Even when the school takes an action with an administrative leave, I think long and hard about identifying someone as a sex offender until No. 1 occurs.

I'm not convinced I would have gone with the Fine story, even at this point.

We had a starting basketball player at a major conference school one year accused of sexual assault. It was in the public record and so forth because she had filed a police report. But we never went with it, and neither did anyone else. It would pop up on a message board from time to time. But the rule was no charges, no story.

 

Yep.

WWL in the clear here.