Mr. Olympia Accused of Sexual Assault

[Kobal2]

@kayaker

I misread “Mr.” as “Mt.” and immediately figured Zeus was up to no good.

Is he ever up to good tho ?

[kayaker]

@Kobal2

Is he ever up to good tho ?

Zeus punished men by giving them women.

Dude had a sense of humor!

[Oakminster]

Oh Hell…I thought this was about Jerry Stubbs, who wrestled as Mr. Olympia.

[Kobal2]

@kayaker

Dude had a sense of humor!

I mean, yeah, but even your example’s kind of a dick move IME.

[Shodan]

@Loach

I was speaking nothing to whether the allegations are true. From the perspective of someone who had worked in SVU for multiple years I am merely saying it can be difficult to get a conviction. You don’t want to go to trial with 100% riding on the victim’s testimony. Given the information available it looks to me like it’s about 90% riding on her testimony. It’s very possible to have a jury believe the victim but not be able to get past reasonable doubt. That is the biggest problem with prosecuting acquaintance rape cases. Often there is not enough evidence to even charge. Absent lowering the burden of proof in sexual assault cases I don’t know what the solution is.

All I’ve seen so far is the affidavit of probable cause. There may be other evidence that comes out in discovery.

I wouldn’t dispute any of this - you would know a great deal more about cases like this in general than me.

I am not Rhoden’s lawyer, nor a juror, I have never met any of the people involved, and I am not even much of a fan of Rhoden’s. I’m speculating based on the evidence to date, which is almost by definition incomplete.

Maybe some startling piece of evidence will come to light proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is guilty as Cain. Maybe the accuser will withdraw the accusation and she and Rhoden will announce their engagement. Maybe Rhoden will plead to a lesser charge, or be acquitted at trial, or be convicted. Who knows?

I am wondering what anyone else thinks of it. If nobody else thinks anything, oh well.

Regards,
Shodan

[F.U.Shakespeare]

For those unfamiliar with the sport of bodybuilding, Mr. Olympia is the most prestigious title, even though titles like Mr. America, Mr. World, and Mr. Universe are better known.

In fact, that’s why there is a Mr. Olympia: there were numerous titles with the same name (kind of like the different boxing organizations all having a world heavyweight champion) and the promoters of Mr. Olympia sought to unify the title.

I once heard a comedian say that the Mr. Universe contest is unfairly biased in favor of Mr. World, because of the home-planet advantage.