A Media Star 2 Years Ago, False Accuser Megan Williams Comes Clean
October 22nd, 2009 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Two years ago, the nation was agog at the story of Megan Williams. The young West Virginia woman had been kidnapped, held against her will, repeatedly beaten, tortured, burned with hot wax and raped. In February of 2008, seven people were indicted by the Charleston, WV district attorney. Eventually, all seven pleaded guilty to a wide range of offenses and were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison each. Because all the defendants are white and Williams is African-American, one person was charged with a hate crime. Read about it here (Charleston Gazette, 2/6/08).
Except now we learn that it was all a lie. Megan Williams has announced her intention to recant it all. She was having a consensual sexual affair with one of the men involved, and that was that. Read about it here (Charleston Gazette, 10/20/09).
Why would people plead guilty to heinous crimes they did not commit? The second article quotes officials who claim not to be able to figure that one out. But I can. They took a deal that they figured was more lenient that what they'd get if the case went to trial.
And that's doubly understandable given the nationwide attention the case received with newspapers far and wide reporting on the case, CNN devoting significant time to its coverage and Williams appearing with her mother on the Montel Williams Show.
So the defendants took a look at the mob outside and did the smart thing - they took the deal.
One sidelight, with all the media hooplah, donations poured in to help poor Megan. She now says she's never seen a dime of that money. And that's too bad; the defendants who hopefully will soon be released from prison, could use some of that. So is it the prospect of civil suits that's brought about the claim that all that money vanished into thin air?
At this point I'd believe anything.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Well, clearly, she's lying *now*, because no woman or child ever lies about rape, racism, assault or harassment.
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Robert said: "She was having a consensual sexual affair with one of the men involved, and that was that."
The article states: ""She fabricated the story and she did this in retaliation because she was having a relationship with one of them."
I believe it is important to note that she lied for purposes of retaliation (for what, I wonder?), as retaliation/revenge is a common motivation for women who lie about rape. Once again we see a black woman (presumably doubly oppressed) freely accusing white men (presumably doubly privilaged) of rape and other serious crimes and sending them off to jail. Remind me again, please, WHO holds all the power?
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:41 pm
The authorities can just perk up and say, "You know, victims ALWAYS do this. They recant out of guilt or fear. These men are EVIL."
Boom. Close the case. Prison for profit.
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:44 pm
All sarcasm aside, her statement that she acknowledges she faces possible criminal charges, and choses to continue anyway is worth mention.
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:46 pm
What else do you expect from a system of collectivized monopoly of violence?
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:52 pm
The saga continues:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091022/ap_on_re_us/us_woman_tortured_21
This news articles says the people in jail are not likely to be released anytime soon.
October 22nd, 2009 at 4:29 pm
I just want to put in my prediction now. Feminists will either:
1. Declare that although this is bad it is not an indicator of anything and was just an isolated incident. And don't dare mention that this happned because the accused are men.
2. Delcare that that woman MUST be lying or was intimidated.
4. Abolute silence.
October 22nd, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Hofstra, cough, cough....Duke Lacrosse cough, cough...Danny, you know the feminists will say that she has Stockholm syndrome, or point to her alleged "being slow" - not my wording, claimed by her own mother in an article i read earlier today....or they'll pull a Duke LaX and just assume that "something must have happened!" even if the people all their claim nothing did.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:02 pm
It's already happening. I've read a comment on a different board that said if she made it all up, why would the men confess to something like this. [We all know why! Robert pointed it out in his write up here. Would you rather hang for this or only do 15 years in prison?] The person went on to say that if they confessed then "something definitely went on".
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Why would the plead guilty?
Because the laws in place don't allow them to make a defense.
From the very little I've read about it, one of the problems is that they did do some of the "heinous" acts against her, only that those acts were consensual. She was into that type of sex. Now the real problem is the rape shield laws which would have not allowed any of the defendants to use any of her previous sexual partner's testimony as to the type of sex she enjoyed on the stand. The jury box would have been facing a He Said/She Said where people who like that type of sex are rare and unusual... meaning they would lean towards believing her. Were the defendants allowed to introduce testimony from Megan's previous partners, the jury would start to lean in the He Said direction and return a not-guilty determination.
But those rape-shield laws exist, so they can't even defend themselves. Their only option is to plead guilty and take a lesser punishment than they will take after the trial which they are guaranteed to lose due to the laws surrounding rape.
FWIW, you have my permission to re-post this on any comment thread.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:27 pm
This is stunning.
Why am I not able to find the story in The New York Times?????!!!!!
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Oooops....I stand corrected!!!!
The story was covered by the *New York Times*. Among other things their reporter quoted the a prosecuting attorney as saying the men jailed were not convicted on Williams comments, but instead on "physical" evidence and their own corroborating testimony.
That's even more scary....conviction on physical evidence of a crime that did not happen.
Nonetheless, I'd wager $100 against a good Cuban cigar that *The Times* will have nothing to say about this on their editorial pages.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:25 pm
This isn't simply an anti-male issue. If I'm not mistaken, one or two of the falsely accused were women. It could be more of a reverse racism issue than misandry. I'm not sure what it is with some women. In the media we see a number of ww accusing nonwhite men of crimes and even a few bw who do the same. Hopefully, an example will be made out of Williams in order to discourage other women from making bogus claims.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Clarence,
This case doesn't show us who holds power. The fact is, white men rarely if ever commit crimes against black women and black women rarely go around making rape claims against white men (whether true or false accusations). Seems to happen more often with the opposite race/gender (bm/ww).
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:06 am
"Hopefully, an example will be made out of Williams in order to discourage other women from making bogus claims."
On second thought, it looks like she may not be the only one who is guilty of bogus claims in this case.
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:39 am
I'm going to repost info on this that I found at another news blog. It refers to the blog "What About Our Daughters" which is written about and for black women.
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Commentor says:
"There is a popular, well-known race blog (popular and well-known among people who read race blogs, I mean) that frequently digs up boatloads of information on criminal cases involving black women. The purpose of the blog is to bring more attention to crimes that don't involve young white girls, so it does some degree of investigative reporting when major media outlets fall short of giving a shit.
As a result, the blog often ends up as a magnet for people involved in the cases who want to say their piece, either because they are crazy, defensive, or just can't get a news station to bother with them. (As an aside, if you'd like to be as depressed as you can possibly be, read their coverage of the Dunbar case!) The blog has been getting weird comments and emails from people claiming to be Megan Williams or her family members over the last few months. Most were left unpublished, because the blogger felt Megan Williams was being exploited and didn't want to participate. She's publishing them now that the retraction is coming out, because she thinks the whole thing is fishy."
http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/2009/10/additional-background-on-megan-williams-case-you-probably-didnt-read-from-the-associated-press/
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The meat of it is this:
"Someone purporting to be Megan spelled out what her objective was back in June. It wasn’t to set the accused and convicted free, but to send her father/stepfather/foster father to jail and write a book because she didn’t receive any of the proceeds of the money that was donated to her."
As you can see from the blog there is healthy criticism within the community that the blog advocates for, against media exploitation that they see around this case. So please keep it in mind before posting the anti-minority hate coming from some readers (not writers) of glennsacks.com.
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:06 am
lormarie
Yes this is a good example of how women can be falsely accused and spend time in prison for things they did not do.
So false accusations do hurt women at times also.
And I agree...if you are a black woman you are the ultimate victim. After seeing the Duke lacrosse girl get away with what she did and be REWARDED for it that has got to tell this country everything they need to know right there.
It will be interesting to see how they will figure out a way that the woman in this case will get off with nothing or more rewards for putting 6 innocent people in prison.
I have always thought that if the majority of false accusations of serious crimes like sexual offenses were against women instead of men and they were put through hell and had their lives ruined or went to prison.
Well then making false accusations would be punished more severely than murder.
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:10 am
It is repeated issues like this one that have me not believing accusations of rape or DV anymore. 5 years ago, if a woman had cried rape or DV, I would have said, "Get him!!" Now, I begin to ask questions if I can, and if it is something in the news, my main reaction is, "Oh really? Prove it!"
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:39 am
"So the defendants took a look at the mob outside and did the smart thing - they took the deal."
MCA says..This mob / Klan mentality is a direct result of the faulty and inflammatory misinformation that is being manufactured and distributed.
Mass hysteria is only tempered with the truth.
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:34 am
lormarie:
...reverse racism....
No need for the reverse. When using the reverse if gives some shred of credibility that for something to be racist one must have institutional power when that is not the case.
Wow I just looked at my October 22nd, 2009 at 4:29 pm comment and realized I never listed a third item. LOL.
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Lormarie:
The issue isn't nutjob women, the issue is the nutjob justice system.
We had a very stark picture painted w/Mike Nifong of a corrupt DA who was breaking his oaths, violating law, and perverting the course of public justice, and a willful disregard for whether he was prosecuting innocents all so he could "score" some votes among his black constituency.
There will always be nutjobs of every type and color willing to claim any wild thing. The problem is these unconstitutional and misandrist and out-of-control prosecutors and DA's. The ironic part is that it is mainly poor black and hispanic men that are spending their lives behind bars due to these false allegations.
Look at the Hokstra rape case, in which the accuser stated she was gang-raped by 5 men. Luckily, one of the men had a cell phone vid showing her enthusiastically enjoying consensual sex with 5 men.
It just so happened that the next person to see her minutes after the 6way was her boyfriend, and she lied and said she was raped to explain the reason for her looking like she had just been well in a gang bang.
The simple fact is there needs to be more overview of these prosecutors and DA's. Also, the anti-male false statistics on rape need to come to an end.
Reputable studies show false allegations, from the time the police are called to the "victim's" recantation is about 50%. And these studies only count actual instances where the accuser **recants**
If you add in the fact that there is a mystery quantity of false allegations in the cases where the accuser simply stops cooperating with police (like Kobe's accuser stopped cooperating upon finding out that her panties could be used as evidence in the case) it could be much higher.
As an aside, when subjected to the rape-test kit it was found that Kobe's accuser had dna evidence from *3 other men* in her panties and on/in her body--so she had sex with 3 other men after being "raped"--not typical behavior.
Also, the judge had decided that Kobe's accuser mental health history was also not covered by rape shield laws. Kobe's accuser had been in & out of mental institutions and made a suicide attempt.
I have argued with feminists who say we live in a patriarchy simply because all of the leaders are men.
This is as retarded as if I were to say that: "since 90% of the day-time talk hosts are men, their shows are aimed at men". Is DR. Phil a show aimed at men because he's a man? Is Montel's show a show aimed at men because he's a man?
Of course not. The fact that the majority of day-time tv hosts are men, has nothing to do with who the target audience is.
And just as these day-time talk shows try to "grab" female audience members by structuring the shows around women's issues because they are the largest viewers of tv in that time segment, so to do politicians try to "grab" female votes (women vote in much larger numbers) to achieve re-election.
In other words if you want to determine who the laws favor, here's a novel idea--look at the laws! Not the leaders gender.
And overwhelming it is substantially proven that the vast majority of politicians pass laws granting female privilege to feather their own nests.
I think it is truly astonishingly devious of feminists to try and mis-direct the conversation of male vs female entitlement by stating that the vast majority of leaders are male.
The metrics we use to determine powerlessness when we talk about black powerlessness and disenfranchisement are: health care, employment, education, suicide, crime, life-span, incarceration, and homelessness,. But, when we look at men vs women feminists want to play a switcheroo game. When we look at the black-type metrics of powerlessness and apply them to men we find:
men are 95% of on-the-job deaths
live 7 years shorter than women
are 80% of all suicides
are 90% of all homeless
have no right to their bodies (baby boys are forcibly circumcised, young men can be
forced into conscription at will by the government)
are 97% of all prisoners
are 42% of college enrollees
are 36% of bachelor degrees
are the victims of 80% of violent crimes (even when you include rape)
are awarded shared custody 15% of the time and sole custody 5% (versus 15% & 80% for women)
and women have female-specific disease research funding 5 to 1 over male-specific
One step forward is for the lies to STOP.
And for well-meaning but misguided people (of whom I would include you) to start really questioning feminist leaders motives and desire for "equality".
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:41 pm
women vote in much larger numbers...
I think it is truly astonishingly devious of feminists to try and mis-direct the conversation of male vs female entitlement by stating that the vast majority of leaders are male.
John D,
Wouldn't that mean that they are the ones responsible for electing the "Patriarchy"? Um, hello?
For this post, there were 3 men and 3 women involved. A 7th person, a man, wasn't convicted, he made a plea deal and got probation. The only thing they all had in common was that they were white. What is really funny/good to see, is that Al Sharpton is calling for a new investigation. Read it Here.
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:56 pm
The gal that cried rape, and was believed, led to seven people, mostly men, being sentensed to terms in federal prison.
She recants her story and no authority or body representing the state or the law is seriously considering laying charges, more serious than the nature of mischief, against her?
The damages levied against the falsely accused need to be considered as more than just mere inconveniences against them. The list of damages must be highlighted over and again until the matter of false accusations is taken seriously.
Loss of rights (adequate due process - innocent until proven guilty)
Widescale loss of reputation
Loss of income due to trial and incarceration
Indebtedness to lawyers
Loss of freedom (incarceration)
Subject to possible intense prison harassment and violence/death from inmates
A criminal record (procured falsely)
Difficulty re-entering society
Stigmatized until proven innocent of charge
Possible future hiring discrimination
Emotional suffering
These issues, above, apparantly are not considered by too many people, other than to the falsely accused.
The false accuser walks away with nary a scratch. This is fair? This is just? Making the accusations and letting the system do the rest is more than simple mischief or misappropriation of civic finances for the investigations. Allegations of rape proven false is a gross form of character assassination.
Financial restitution to the victims from the assailent would be a start. National public apology to the victims would be in order.
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:26 pm
What About Our Daughters is an excellent blog by a writer who does wonderful work. I am a frequent reader/participant (comments).
On a sidenote, I haven't noticed a lot of anti-minority hate coming from this blog.
October 24th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
This may not be a very simple case to figure out. Apparently one of the women in prison insists the incident happened.
http://wvgazette.com/News/200910240430
October 25th, 2009 at 9:25 am
This is just another example of how a person can manipulate our system. THE GREATEST LEGAL SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. If our system really was fair and impartial, this would not happen. Murder, rape, lying under oath, or whatever other crime... it is is WRONG. Black, white, hispanic, whatever the sking color is does NOT make the crime any more or less harsh. If men and women were treated EQUALLY for crimes, then this manipulation would stop. America needs to stop all the HYPOCRISY.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Mike Brentnall Says:
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:56 pm
She recants her story and no authority or body representing the state or the law is seriously considering laying charges, more serious than the nature of mischief, against her?
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They're not even willing to have a re-trial or release the 8 people! Charging her is a distant (and non-existent) second!
If a female teacher statutorily raped a boy, and he recanted you can bet your bottom dollar she would get a new trial.
October 26th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Wouldn't that mean that they are the ones responsible for electing the "Patriarchy"? Um, hello?
No that means that the patriarchy has women so brainwashed that they have been tricked into thinking the patriarchy is actually good for them. But rest assured that this ONLY applies to women. Men, no matter how high or low we are in the power structure, are actively participating in the subjagating of women.
lormarie:
On a sidenote, I haven't noticed a lot of anti-minority hate coming from this blog.
A lot of that anti-minority hate is usually attributed by feminists that are desparate to shut down anyone that doesn't agree with them. For them to claim to be all inclusive of all walks of life I've seen the likes of Renee from Womanist Musings often tear them a new one for their racism. But MRAs are the racist ones right?
The Damned Olde Man Says:
This may not be a very simple case to figure out. Apparently one of the women in prison insists the incident happened.
Then by all means let a new investigation begin. (How much to you wanna bet that after it comes to light that this woman may have falsely recanted the you-know-who's will start coming out of the wood work?)
John D:
If a female teacher statutorily raped a boy, and he recanted you can bet your bottom dollar she would get a new trial.
And considering the weak punishment she would have more than likely gotten in the first place...