Woman jailed for five months despite no evidence of wrongdoing sues for 10 Million

[BoberFett]

If the only evidence is unreliable testimony and a video that doesn't show evidence of abuse, how did they get an indictment?

Your name is smackababy, which gives me a concern that you might be abusing infants. I'll send your local prosecutor some internet cat videos, and when they review them in 5 months, you can thank them for only keeping you in jail that long.

 

[Pipeline 1010]

No, it doesn't state that at all. It says "they", implying the prosecutors reviewed the tapes and also that her case was dismissed. It then gives a quote from the suit, not the prosecutors, that they found "no evidence of sexual abuse". That is the wording of the suit, not of the prosecutors. The case could have been dismissed because the stars weren't properly aligned for all we know.

Yeah, her lawyer did word that phrase VERY specifically. “discovered that the videotapes did not contain any evidence of sexual abuse on the part of the plaintiff.” Why did it need the words "evidence of"? The sentence could have more succinctly been “discovered that the videotapes did not contain any sexual abuse on the part of the plaintiff.”

When lawyers throw in extra unnecessary words, it makes me ask why? Because there is almost always a very important reason. In this case, it would seem that the "evidence", which would be the video, was illegally obtained. If so, it would be legally incorrect to call that video evidence. So they may have seen the video, seen the sexual abuse, but are not allowed to call it "evidence of sexual abuse." So technically, in legalese sense, the lawyer's statement is true even if she did engage in sexual abuse. SMH lawyers.

I could totally be wrong, but something stinks about this whole thing. And 5 months in jail despite a video exonerating her just doesn't make any flipping sense. That's like the prosecution/jail/police/city are just ASKING to pay out $10 million. If it turns out my gut feeling is wrong, then lawsuits and firings all around, please.

What's sad is even if she did commit the sexual abuse, she's going to win her case. The fact that there were warrant(s) issued and she was thrown in jail over evidence that was illegally obtained will ensure that. Police, prosecutors, judges issuing warrants...they all KNOW you can't do this.

 

[JEDIYoda]

We don't have any real information except something was evidence enough of abuse to charge a women and have her held on bail. She wasn't held illegally, that I could see anyway. Her suit is that she was accused of a crime and chargers were dropped? She won't win this lawsuit, as she shouldn't. If there was any reasonable suspicion leading to her charges and her time spend in jail was because she couldn't afford bail, the case will be thrown out.

don`t be goofy......she will get compensated.....

On Sept. 30, 2013, prosecutors reviewed the tapes. Later that day Busby was released from jail on her own recognizance, according to the suit. The charges were dismissed two days later.
The prosecutors were wrong inholding her for 5 months regardless of if she could afford bail or not!! Who sets bail at $50,000 cash only unless they have a real damn good case against her??

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

If the only evidence is unreliable testimony and a video that doesn't show evidence of abuse, how did they get an indictment?

Your name is smackababy, which gives me a concern that you might be abusing infants. I'll send your local prosecutor some internet cat videos, and when they review them in 5 months, you can thank them for only keeping you in jail that long.

This

 

[RandomWords]

The prosecutors were wrong inholding her for 5 months regardless of if she could afford bail or not!!

Unfortunately many systems take this long to get people into a courtroom... the upside - you are paid for the 5 months you are in jail if it is dismissed or you get that time taken off your sentence if convicted. Not good for your job or bills - but it makes me question her character if she had no family or friends to help her.

Also, there is something off about this story. Too many questions or things that don't add up. For example: it would take an actual conviction for her to lose actual custody of her kids - sure - the kids might go live with Dad for 5 months - but they wouldn't take the custody away from her unless something else was going on. (That's in my state though)

To me, it sounds like she had a poor lawyer - which was likely state appointed. If she had a good one, the case would have been thrown out quickly. Or maybe she had a decent one and that is why it was thrown out - there's not enough information really.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

but it makes me question her character if she had no family or friends to help her.

Texashiker was her dad.

 

[Victorian Gray]

Texashiker was her dad.

Out loud, I laughed. :biggrin:

 

[Sonikku]

How does someone get indicted without anyone having reviewed the evidence?

Poverty. Had she known better and been a job creator, this wouldn't have happened.

 

[Thebobo]

Gotta say though. Id take 10 million for 5 months in jail

Yea lol if only there was a way to guarantee it..