CNN reporting 5th accuser comes forward against Al Franken

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21. Well here is the flip side

when I was a much younger man I went out with a girl that was a little nuts. One night we got in an argument and she started hitting me as she liked to do when she was mad and so in my underwear I walked outside to get away from her. She slammed the door behind me and locked me out in the middle of winter. I banged on the door for 15 minutes and when she wouldn't let me in I proceeded to break down the door. Mostly because I was freezing in my underwear and it was my apartment.

After breaking down the door I went inside and sat on the bed. 5 minutes later the cops showed up. I was promptly handcuffed and taken to jail.

When I finally got to see a judge 4 days later he and the prosecutor wanted me to plead guilty to assault... they treated me like pond scum despite the fact they knew only her side. She told them she was pregnant, she was not. and that I had kicked her in the stomach. I most certainly had not. I never laid a finger on her despite her abuse.

They offered me time served if I just plead guilty to the assault charges. If I refused I would remain in jail till trial. This meant I would certainly lose my job and most likely my place to live. It was very tempting because jail sucks and I certainly could not afford to lose my job or my place to live. Despite that I could not bring myself to plead guilty to something I did not do just to get out of jail and save my job I also knew that charge would follow me the rest of my life if I did again even though I never laid a finger on her.

So I plead innocent and I sat in jail for three weeks waiting after the judge of course told me how disappointed he was in me wasting the tax payers time and money. Then one day they just released me. She apparently was not willing to testify.

When I got home she had stolen everything I owned and left with no trace. I never saw her or any of my stuff again.

Long story short every woman who claims abuse is not telling the truth. Most of them maybe but not all of them and in Frankens case I find the details highly unlikely given everything we know about Franken and all of the woman who have worked for him or with him over the years who stand up for him.

I am certainly sensitive to the fact that it is difficult for women to come forward especially in cases where the perpetrator holds power over them but that does not mean I am going to just give every single story a pass just because they are women.

I have direct experience with a woman who lied outright to the police because she was pissed off and sent me to jail for weeks behind #metoo BS and while I certainly hope women who face these things come forward and that they see justice the idea that we should automatically believe every one of them, as someone who was falsely accused, is ridiculous.