The SOB is a fucking rapist of the worst kind - and being let go by
liberals. WTF is wrong with this country?

A California appellate court has overturned the rape conviction of
former San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Dana Stubblefield – finding
it “legally invalid” – on the grounds of racial bias.

On Thursday, the Santa Clara County Sixth District Court of Appeal
vacated the former NFL star’s conviction and prison sentence, saying
that the prosecution’s statements during the trial “constituted
‘racially discriminatory language about’ Stubblefield’s race” and
violated the California Racial Justice Act of 2020, which makes it
illegal to obtain a conviction “on the basis of race, ethnicity, or
national origin.”

In 2020, Stubblefield was sentenced to 15 to years to life after a jury
found him guilty of rape by force using a firearm, oral copulation by
force and false imprisonment after prosecutors said he had lured an
intellectually disabled woman to his home in April 2015 with the promise
of a babysitting job.

During the trial, the prosecution had alleged that Stubblefield had
threatened the woman with a handgun. In closing arguments, which were
made eight weeks after George Floyd was murdered by then-Minneapolis
police officer Derek Chauvin, a prosecutor said police had not searched
Stubblefield’s house after the woman reported the incident, based partly
on the fact that he was a famous Black man and doing so would have
caused “a storm of controversy,” according to a court filing.

Following the conviction in 2020, Allen Sawyer, one of Stubblefield’s
trial attorneys, told CNN he “firmly believe(d)” his client is innocent.

In its Thursday opinion overturning the conviction, the appeals court
wrote: “The statement implied the house might have been searched and a
gun found had Stubblefield not been Black, and that Stubblefield
therefore gained an undeserved advantage at trial because he was a Black
man.

“Second, the claim that a search would ‘open up a storm of controversy’
implicitly referenced the events that followed George Floyd’s
then-recent killing, appealing to racially biased perceptions of those
events and associating Stubblefield with them based on his race,” it added.

CNN has contacted the California Attorney General’s office for comment.

In a statement to CNN, Stubblefield’s lawyer, Joseph Doyle, said, “We’re
all tremendously grateful for the court’s decision and for what this
means for Mr. Stubblefield and his family. This reversal is a
significant development for those facing potential racial bias in the
legal system, and the court’s thorough and considered opinion
demonstrates a commitment to addressing these complex issues. The
opinion also sets a strong precedent for future cases.

“Unfortunately for Mr. Stubblefield, the racial undertones in the case
were just one of many problems with his conviction. There was also a
tremendous amount of evidence that was excluded at Mr. Stubblefield’s
trial that would have fundamentally altered the prosecution’s narrative.
But we look forward to righting those wrongs when we get back to the
trial court.”

In an interview with the Bay Area News Group, Sawyer said Thursday,
“We’re over the moon. We knew from the day we stepped out of this
courtroom when the jury came back, that this was not over, that this
would not stand.”

Sawyer also told the news outlet: “The context of this case was so
unfair, layers upon layers, but we’re happy, and we can’t wait to get
Dana out of custody. We expect that to happen soon.”

The Santa Clara County District Attorney will decide whether there will
be a retrial, though there is no timeline for a decision. When reached
by CNN for comment, the county District Attorney’s office said it was
“studying the opinion.”

The now 54-year-old was a first-round draft pick in 1993 for the 49ers,
where he spent a total of seven years in two spells either side of a
three-year stint with the then-named Washington Redskins. He finished
his career after spending one season with the Oakland Raiders in 2003,
retiring due to an injury shortly after being signed by the New England
Patriots in 2004.

He won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award in 1997, made three
All-Pro and Pro Bowl teams, and he won a Super Bowl ring with the 49ers
in Super Bowl XXIX.

CNN’s Jill Martin contributed to reporting.

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>The SOB is a fucking rapist of the worst kind - and being let go by
>liberals. WTF is wrong with this country?
>
>A California appellate court has overturned the rape conviction of
>former San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Dana Stubblefield –
finding
>it “legally invalid” – on the grounds of racial bias.
>
>On Thursday, the Santa Clara County Sixth District Court of Appeal
>vacated the former NFL star’s conviction and prison sentence, saying
>that the prosecution’s statements during the trial “constituted
>‘racially discriminatory language about’ Stubblefield’s race”
and
>violated the California Racial Justice Act of 2020, which makes it
>illegal to obtain a conviction “on the basis of race, ethnicity, or
>national origin.”
>
>In 2020, Stubblefield was sentenced to 15 to years to life after a jury
>found him guilty of rape by force using a firearm, oral copulation by
>force and false imprisonment after prosecutors said he had lured an
>intellectually disabled woman to his home in April 2015 with the promise
>of a babysitting job.
>
>During the trial, the prosecution had alleged that Stubblefield had
>threatened the woman with a handgun. In closing arguments, which were
>made eight weeks after George Floyd was murdered by then-Minneapolis
>police officer Derek Chauvin, a prosecutor said police had not searched
>Stubblefield’s house after the woman reported the incident, based
>partly on the fact that he was a famous Black man and doing so would
have
>caused “a storm of controversy,” according to a court filing.
>
>Following the conviction in 2020, Allen Sawyer, one of Stubblefield’s
>trial attorneys, told CNN he “firmly believe(d)” his client is
>innocent.
>
>In its Thursday opinion overturning the conviction, the appeals court
>wrote: “The statement implied the house might have been searched and a
>gun found had Stubblefield not been Black, and that Stubblefield
>therefore gained an undeserved advantage at trial because he was a Black
>man.
>
>“Second, the claim that a search would ‘open up a storm of
>controversy’ implicitly referenced the events that followed George
>Floyd’s then-recent killing, appealing to racially biased perceptions
>of those events and associating Stubblefield with them based on his
>race,” it added.
>
>CNN has contacted the California Attorney General’s office for
comment.
>
>In a statement to CNN, Stubblefield’s lawyer, Joseph Doyle, said,
>“We’re all tremendously grateful for the court’s decision and for
>what this means for Mr. Stubblefield and his family. This reversal is a
>significant development for those facing potential racial bias in the
>legal system, and the court’s thorough and considered opinion
>demonstrates a commitment to addressing these complex issues. The
>opinion also sets a strong precedent for future cases.
>
>“Unfortunately for Mr. Stubblefield, the racial undertones in the case
>were just one of many problems with his conviction. There was also a
>tremendous amount of evidence that was excluded at Mr. Stubblefield’s
>trial that would have fundamentally altered the prosecution’s
>narrative. But we look forward to righting those wrongs when we get back
>to the trial court.”
>
>In an interview with the Bay Area News Group, Sawyer said Thursday,
>“We’re over the moon. We knew from the day we stepped out of this
>courtroom when the jury came back, that this was not over, that this
>would not stand.”
>
>Sawyer also told the news outlet: “The context of this case was so
>unfair, layers upon layers, but we’re happy, and we can’t wait to
get
>Dana out of custody. We expect that to happen soon.”
>
>The Santa Clara County District Attorney will decide whether there will
>be a retrial, though there is no timeline for a decision. When reached
>by CNN for comment, the county District Attorney’s office said it was
>“studying the opinion.”
>
>The now 54-year-old was a first-round draft pick in 1993 for the 49ers,
>where he spent a total of seven years in two spells either side of a
>three-year stint with the then-named Washington Redskins. He finished
>his career after spending one season with the Oakland Raiders in 2003,
>retiring due to an injury shortly after being signed by the New England
>Patriots in 2004.
>
>He won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award in 1997, made three
>All-Pro and Pro Bowl teams, and he won a Super Bowl ring with the 49ers
>in Super Bowl XXIX.
>
>CNN’s Jill Martin contributed to reporting.
>
>https://news.yahoo.com/news/california-appeals-court-overturns-ex-
18083368
>9.html
>

Matt Gaezt and Trump will one day rape each other.

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Joan Toribio

LITCHFIELD >> As Joan Toribio was handcuffed and led out of a courtroom at the Litchfield Judicial District courthouse Tuesday morning to begin a nine-month prison sentence for second-degree sexual assault, his family burst into tears.

Toribio’s sentencing is a final chapter in a case that drew national headlines after he and a football teammate were arrested for sexually assaulting two separate 13-year-old girls on the same February night earlier this year. After Toribio and his friend, Edgar Gonzalez, were arrested, fellow athletes and classmates took to social media to bully the victims, calling them “whores” and “snitches.”

The night before the sentencing, a porch light at the former Torrington High School football player’s home was off. Except for the blue glare of a television lighting the window sill, there were no signs of activity. Inside, Toribio clung to his final moments of freedom.

A woman who identified herself as Toribio’s sister pulled up to the family home, a modest apartment complex in Torrington on Highland Avenue, and an unassuming epicenter for a rape case that garnered national attention, drew comparisons to a similar one in Steubenville, Ohio, and forced school administrators to confront whether its school was doing something to foster a “culture of rape” and “male privilege.”

Lost in the fervor, friends and Toribio’s attorney said, is the identity of a 18-year-old rising football star, who they say will likely be remembered for a “juvenile” mistake.

On Tuesday, before a mostly empty courtroom at Litchfield Superior Court, Judge John Danaher handed down Toribio’s sentence: He’ll spend nine months in jail and serve 10 years of probation - but won’t have to register as a sex offender - after pleading guilty to second-degree sexual assault in the February rape of a 13-year-old girl. Nine months is the mandatory minimum for second-degree sexual assault.

Toribio’s teammate, Edgar Gonzalez, is already serving a six-year sentence for second-degree sexual assault and second-degree robbery. He was also required to register as a sex offender for 10 years.

Toribio, who stood before the judge in a black sweatshirt and dark blue jeans, didn’t say much when addressing the court, but acknowledged his decision to engage in what prosecuting State’s Attorney Terri Sonnemann called a “consensual” sexual encounter with an underage girl was “wrong.”

Toribio’s Torrington-based attorney, Charles Brower, told the court his client was a “very nice kid” who did something “juvenile and immature.”

Danaher said he hopes Toribio can salvage his life after he’s released.

“You are the beneficiary of the victims whose parents aren’t out for blood,” he said. “Sometimes what people do goes beyond a mistake and becomes a crime, and that’s where you are today.”

Members of the 13-year-old victim’s family elected not to attend Tuesday’s sentencing, with Sonnemann speaking on their behalf. She condemned Toribio’s decision to have at least two sexual encounters with a girl he knew was underage.

The state’s age of consent is 16, falling outside the state’s Romeo and Juliet provision, which allows for sexual relationships if the participants aren’t more than three years apart, because of the five-year age gap between Toribio and the victim.

“I don’t think it was a rash [decision]; it was just a bad one,” Sonnemann said. “He’ll pay a steep price for it. This was a difficult situation, and this was the most palatable resolution. No one is 100 percent happy, but this is something everybody can live with.”

A local victim’s advocate said the state’s age of consent laws safeguard victims from being taken advantage of by much-older perpetrators.

“If a girl has a drink, it doesn’t mean she wants to be raped,” said Barbara Spiegel, executive director of Torrington’s Susan B. Anthony Project. “If a girl wears a short skirt, it doesn’t mean she wants to be raped. It means she wants to wear a short skirt.”

Toribio, who had been free on bond, sat quietly with his family before his case was called. His sister and other family members burst into tears when marshals led Toribio away in handcuffs. Afterward, his attorney, Brower, said Toribio never denied the sexual relationship.

“The facts are the facts, and he’s never tried to deny any of the facts,” Brower said. “He’s very stoic about this and very accepting about what occurred.”

The real Joan Toribio?

A former teammate who spoke to the Register Citizen didn’t see Toribio as a criminal.

“I don’t think of him as a criminal,” said Joel Beltre, 20, who went to school with Toribio, played on the same football team with him for two years and has lived next door to him for a half-decade.

Raised by a single mother the last eight years, Toribio developed a reputation as a talented football player at Torrington High School. He spent much of his life in the same apartment complex, on Highland Avenue, where he and friends played football in a small grass lot feet from his front door,

In his formative years, during those games, Toribio developed a knack for football. In high school, Beltre said, Toribio was an indispensable part of the team, playing multiple positions. Because of his athletic prowess, he was a popular figure on campus, but was quiet and “not much of a trouble-maker.”

It was that popularity which led some of Toribio’s classmates to stand up for him on a social media website. A Register Citizen report in March detailed cyber-bullying in which Torrington students took to Twitter to blast the victims, calling them “whores” and “snitches.”

Toribio is only one of four former Red Raiders charged with sexual assault stemming from the February incident at Toribio’s mother’s home.

Another victim, also 13, told police she was forced to drink alcohol and smoke marijuana, before being raped by Gonzalez, the school football team’s most valuable player. The girl suffered “internal injuries” from the attack, Sonnemann said.

Two other former football players, both juveniles, were also charged with second-degree sexual assault of one of the victims. Their names and the details of those cases have not been released due to the age of the suspects. Those alleged assaults did not occur on the same night as those involving Toribio and Gonzlez.

But it was Toribio and Gonzalez’s names that were splashed across newspapers and appeared on national websites, with TV crews setting up camp in the otherwise quaint town to chronicle every scintillating development.

The Torrington rape case, and similar ones across the country, was cited as evidence of a “rape culture” and prompted school officials to draft a new code of conduct criticized by a local chapter of the American Civil Liberties for severely restricting students’ freedom of speech.

Beltre said the rape case unraveled Toribio’s chances of getting a football scholarship.

“He pretty much ruined his future,” Beltre said. “He was on the road to getting recruited.”

Since he was released on bond, the 18-year-old Toribio maintained a low profile.

His Facebook page has been dormant for more than a year. His last status update, a picture of him carrying the ball in one of Torrington’s football games, was posted in October 2012, four months before he and Gonzalez were arrested and accused of sexual assault.

In Toribio’s mugshot, he stared back blankly at the camera. Few neighbors who lived in his complex identified him for anything other than his mugshot, recalling scant details about his life aside from what they read in newspaper accounts.

That’s a far cry from how Brower described his client, saying he is intelligent and interested in attending college after his release.

One woman, who lives next door to Toribio but declined to give her name, said Toribio’s criminal case weighed heavy on his conscience, transforming him from sociable into a shut-in, reticent to speak to anyone.

“It’s a miracle if I see him outside,” she said.

Brower said his client, who was suspended from school after charges were filed and later expelled, has been finishing required course work to get his high school diploma, which was awarded in August. Brower said his client has a “college-level GPA” and will apply to a nearby college. He believes the sexual assault was isolated and that Toribio won’t become a repeat offender.

“I’m 74 years old,” Brower said. “I’ve seen a lot of wiseguys, and he’s not one of them.”

‘A black eye’

Months later, as the school and city looks to move forward from the ugly episode, the head of the Board of Education is convinced the school’s culpability in the football rape case is limited.

Board Chairman Ken Traub said the rape case “wasn’t a black eye for the school” since it took place off campus, on a weekend, not during school hours.

“The school’s responsibility has to end at some point,” Traub said. “I don’t believe the schools had any responsibility or culpability in what happened.”

Internally, the school board made efforts to ensure students are better educated about rape, ramping up educational programs, changing policy and restructuring the football program. Torrington also now has an administrator assigned for every grade in secondary education, Traub said, a measure aimed at making administrators more aware of potential problems.

Dan Dunaj, the former football coach who allowed Gonzalez to play football while facing robbery charges, resigned, and he was replaced in June by Gaitan Rodriguez. For awhile, the board discussed cutting its athletic programs, including football, since it’s a “non-mandated” program, Traub said.