> How is that more than having a criminal boyfriend? The call was
> recorded because he's in prison. He used her account as a front.
> That could be a crime in itself (money laundering), but has no bearing
> on this one.
>
> And saying it might be a benefit to pursue the case? You're a
> criminal for having that thought occur to you? That pretty much rules
> out rights for everyone.
>
> The prosecutors say they don't believe anything she says. But AFAICT,
> they offer no evidence here anything she said about the incident is
> wrong.
>
> I think they're just afraid she'll get savaged on the stand and in the
> press for her associations. Sadly, they're probably right about that.
Well, yeah. If the facts turn out exactly as you posit here, then, as I said, this would turn out to be tragic red herring.
SA