This is Desiree Washington, Mike Tyson's rape accuser:
The interesting thing is there is a little actual forensic evidence in this case (small abrasions to her introitus, a hotel maid saying she saw blood on the sheets, an inconclusive bloody clothing item), which tells you that you should NEVER believe a female rape accuser unless there's video (and that video needs to contain sufficient context).
The refutation to Desiree Washington's rape claims is Desiree Washington herself, from her interview with Barbara Walters.
As the saying goes, "if the accuser is full of shit, you must acquit."
Washington's story is as follows: Mike Tyson met her at a beauty pageant ("Miss Black America"). Despite the fact that the other contestants testified that Tyson was going around telling all of them that he wanted to fuck them, Washington says that Tyson told her she's a "good Christian girl" and only asked her out on a date, and she said, "yes."
She says that she did not find Tyson attractive. This in no way suggests she was looking to use Tyson for things, as that would be unChristian of her, wouldn't it?
As she's telling this story to Walters, she's unable to contain her smile remembering how excited she was about it. She didn't find him attractive, but she still smiles when recalling being asked out by this male celebrity who "raped" her.
She says that Tyson called her at 1:45 AM and told her really wanted to see her. She says she was confused by this, as she wasn't sure what would be open at that time. But she says her roommate told her that he probably wanted to take her to all the after parties.
They were in Indianapolis. Indiana. Huge nightlife over there, yo. She was hoping to meet...Bobby Knight? Reggie Miller?
Tyson picked her up in his limo and tried to kiss her, and she says she jumped back. They arrive at Tyson's hotel and he tells her he's gotta go pick up his body guard real quick. Despite the fact that he had just tried to kiss her in the limo around 2 AM after having asked her out at a Beauty Contest, she says she had no idea he wanted sex. She went with him up to his hotel room.
She says when they got to his room, he started asking her questions about school and other shit. He then said, "you're turning me on," and she said I don't know what you brought me up here for, but I'm not "like that," and then asked to use the bathroom. She told him that when she comes out, she wants to see Indianapolis.
Just think about the fucking self-entitlement of this. This woman is saying she thinks she's so special that a male celebrity asked her out just to show her around a city...for NOTHING in return? All because she's just so special that she deserves it?
She also says she went out with him because he's her father's hero. Mike "I was hoping to kill this opponent in the ring by breaking his nose a certain way because I heard you can do that" Tyson is the hero of this father of a good, Christian girl.
Mike "Robin Givens had just done an infamous sitdown interview with Barbara Walters saying I abused her" Tyson.
Mike "I'm gonna make you my girlfriend"..."you kiss me good with those thweet lipth" Tyson.
She says Tyson just seemed like a nice guy and she thought she could trust him. The Bad Boy Of Boxing, Mike Tyson, whose fights her father always watched according to her.
She says she actually did go to the bathroom. She says she was on her period, so she removed her shield before going, but did not replace it. She says she had forgotten her purse, which she had left on the bed.
She says she came out and Tyson came over to her in his underwear and "raped" her.
Barbara Walters asked her how long she thinks he should be in prison, and she said, "until he is rehabilitated." She says that if Tyson had merely gone to her after raping her and said "I have a problem," she would not have pursued criminal charges. She said she was trying to help him.
At some point after that interview, she sued Tyson and settled out of court. You know, to make sure he was rehabilitated because she was just trying to help him.
A lawyer she and her father had retained before the trial to sue Tyson actually told the ethics committee that Washington and her father had made false statements (though he wouldn't refer to that as "perjury") when they said that they had not retained a lawyer to sue Tyson when they were on the stand.
This is what rape convictions look like. Just imagine how ridiculous most rape accusations in general are.
The interesting thing is there is a little actual forensic evidence in this case (small abrasions to her introitus, a hotel maid saying she saw blood on the sheets, an inconclusive bloody clothing item), which tells you that you should NEVER believe a female rape accuser unless there's video (and that video needs to contain sufficient context).
The refutation to Desiree Washington's rape claims is Desiree Washington herself, from her interview with Barbara Walters.
As the saying goes, "if the accuser is full of shit, you must acquit."
Washington's story is as follows: Mike Tyson met her at a beauty pageant ("Miss Black America"). Despite the fact that the other contestants testified that Tyson was going around telling all of them that he wanted to fuck them, Washington says that Tyson told her she's a "good Christian girl" and only asked her out on a date, and she said, "yes."
She says that she did not find Tyson attractive. This in no way suggests she was looking to use Tyson for things, as that would be unChristian of her, wouldn't it?
As she's telling this story to Walters, she's unable to contain her smile remembering how excited she was about it. She didn't find him attractive, but she still smiles when recalling being asked out by this male celebrity who "raped" her.
She says that Tyson called her at 1:45 AM and told her really wanted to see her. She says she was confused by this, as she wasn't sure what would be open at that time. But she says her roommate told her that he probably wanted to take her to all the after parties.
They were in Indianapolis. Indiana. Huge nightlife over there, yo. She was hoping to meet...Bobby Knight? Reggie Miller?
Tyson picked her up in his limo and tried to kiss her, and she says she jumped back. They arrive at Tyson's hotel and he tells her he's gotta go pick up his body guard real quick. Despite the fact that he had just tried to kiss her in the limo around 2 AM after having asked her out at a Beauty Contest, she says she had no idea he wanted sex. She went with him up to his hotel room.
She says when they got to his room, he started asking her questions about school and other shit. He then said, "you're turning me on," and she said I don't know what you brought me up here for, but I'm not "like that," and then asked to use the bathroom. She told him that when she comes out, she wants to see Indianapolis.
Just think about the fucking self-entitlement of this. This woman is saying she thinks she's so special that a male celebrity asked her out just to show her around a city...for NOTHING in return? All because she's just so special that she deserves it?
She also says she went out with him because he's her father's hero. Mike "I was hoping to kill this opponent in the ring by breaking his nose a certain way because I heard you can do that" Tyson is the hero of this father of a good, Christian girl.
Mike "Robin Givens had just done an infamous sitdown interview with Barbara Walters saying I abused her" Tyson.
Mike "I'm gonna make you my girlfriend"..."you kiss me good with those thweet lipth" Tyson.
She says Tyson just seemed like a nice guy and she thought she could trust him. The Bad Boy Of Boxing, Mike Tyson, whose fights her father always watched according to her.
She says she actually did go to the bathroom. She says she was on her period, so she removed her shield before going, but did not replace it. She says she had forgotten her purse, which she had left on the bed.
She says she came out and Tyson came over to her in his underwear and "raped" her.
Barbara Walters asked her how long she thinks he should be in prison, and she said, "until he is rehabilitated." She says that if Tyson had merely gone to her after raping her and said "I have a problem," she would not have pursued criminal charges. She said she was trying to help him.
At some point after that interview, she sued Tyson and settled out of court. You know, to make sure he was rehabilitated because she was just trying to help him.
A lawyer she and her father had retained before the trial to sue Tyson actually told the ethics committee that Washington and her father had made false statements (though he wouldn't refer to that as "perjury") when they said that they had not retained a lawyer to sue Tyson when they were on the stand.
This is what rape convictions look like. Just imagine how ridiculous most rape accusations in general are.
