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Old 03-17-2018 | 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by FlyingKat
Well when your attorney points out that anything you say can be used in court against you, and you are involved in something that could result in criminal charges, you shut up. Nothing like the possibility of being bubbas ***** to make you clam up.

Once any criminal investigation, trial or hearing is over and settled, then you make your case to the media. If you say anything before it should be a statement issued through your attorney that has been vetted. Nothing irks an attorney more than a loud mouthed client to likes to talk in public.

He's right. The statute of lims for assault or rape are nowhere near expired.

And given the publicity, an ambitious DA might just decide to run it up the flagpole, even though he wouldn't have touched it last year on the merits alone. Or the DA could get pressured to prosecute a losing case.