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The man who raped me, was arrested but never charged. I had REAL evidence, unlike Russell Brand’s accuser.  In my early 20’s after not placing in a bikini modeling competition, I hit the bar to console my hurt pride, then missed my last train.  A father who was much older than me, said “My kids are away from home, you can sleep in their room at my place. Then you can get a train in the morning.”  He took me to other bars and kept buying my drinks. Double vodka and red bull. His friend had tagged along. There would have been CCTV of the man  getting me more and more drunk. His friend shared the taxi and heard the narrative that I would sleep in the kids room. There had been NO ROMANTIC activity. The rapist's friend was dropped off, at a different address.  The last thing I remember before I woke up with him inside me, was violently throwing up in his bathroom. (The DNA from my vomit on his bathroom floor, could have been evidence that I was too intoxicated to consent.)  When I woke up during the sexual assault. I froze. Then passed out again. In the morning when I woke up, the man tried to cuddle me, as if nothing happened. I hit him.  As soon as I got to the train station, away from my attacker, I walked up to police officers and burst into tears.  I was taken for a medical examination. Swabs were taken.  A few days after he was arrested, the police called me. The rapist told them I had consented, he told them we were kissing and cuddling. It would be my word against his in court. So no prospect of conviction. No charges were pressed. The only consolation was that the police said the case would be reopened if he tried it with someone else, if another woman came forward.  My rapist walked free.  This is despite; This man being a stranger to me. A witness to him buying me alcohol. Then taking me to his home drunk. Assuring me I’d sleep alone, in his kids room, the kid was away from home.  Potential CCTV of the man getting me VERY drunk.  Vomit on his bathroom floor. Had they took DNA from my mouth, that would have proven he was lying. He said we were kissing.  I went to the police IMMEDIATELY.  Forensic evidence from the police medical examination.  I was naive back then, but I learned to take care of myself better. I have set internal boundaries for myself. I do not drink to excess. If I go on a date, I insist it is in a public place. I would NEVER invite a stranger into my private realm or go to their home.  See why I am not jumping on the narrative against Russell Brand? He has been convicted SOLELY on the word of a groupie. Who says she withdrew consent, after participating willingly in other sexual activities.  She showed up at his home stinking of alcohol, she was in active addiction and cheating on her boyfriend. She did not go to the police (despite knowing he would go on to seduce potentially thousands more women.) She had no forensics. She CHOSE to engage in sexual activity with Brand within minutes of first meeting him. On entering his dressing room after a show. She likely got her pride hurt, she was an obsessed fan, who would have fantasised about romance with him. He discarded her for the next conquest. She likely would have felt rejected, used, naive and GUILTY, she cheated on her boyfriend.  How is it that the police didn't have a single call, or even a tip from someone who had heard of the alleged crimes, before journalists started poking around?  Had she not spoken to a journalist first (journalists are experts at twisting narratives and sensationalising stories.) Her accusation would not even have reached the police, 17 years later. There’s also inconsistencies in her accounts to others, following the alleged incident. Going to journalists first, undermines the police. The media have weaponised the court, as a mechanism to generate more headlines, to sell more papers. Headlines which potentially prejudiced the jury! The HUMAN RIGHT to a fair trial has NOT been upheld.  Photo: Gregory Mason