From the article:
Brawley now works in Richmond, Va. as a nurse at the The Laurels of Bon Air nursing home, under a different name…. A court has ordered Brawley’s employer to garnish her wages in order to begin paying Pagones.
…Unfazed, Pagones and his lawyer Gary Bolnick decided to file for the wage garnishment in January, according to the New York Post. Pagones said he’s waited a long time for vindication, adding that it’s not simply about the money.
“It’s a long time coming,” Pagones told The Post in a recent interview. “Every week, she’ll think of me. And every week, she can think about how she has a way out—she can simply tell the truth.”
Still, Pagone and his attorney aren’t optimistic that Brawley will be able to come up with the cash.
Yikes. Stuff like this is why rape is why rape is so underreported today. If you falsely accuse someone, or just can’t prove your case, the reprisals can be worse than for actual rapists.
I mean, was it really necessary for the article to publish her new name and location? Now anybody on the internet can find her. It compromises her safety. The man involved in the case has this sort of gleefully vindictive tone- sounds like he doesn’t need the money, and she does. (The phrase “every week, she’ll think of me” especially creeped me out. Rape is about having power over somebody. If there’s even the tiniest chance that he actually did it…)
If this were about a fifteen-year-old boy who might have raped someone years ago, we wouldn’t still be talking about it today. I don’t condone false accusations. I just don’t like that they’re throwing the book at her, while rapists often walk away.