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[QUOTE="liljoe, post: 83952, member: 1071"]
[b][i]New York law experts have told USA TODAY that Davis and the other accuser, Mike Lang, 45, appear to have no grounds for a criminal case or civil recourse to sue. Civil lawsuits must be filed within a year of the alleged offense or a within a year of the victim 18th's birthday. The statute of limitations for criminal charges is five years from the victim's 18th birthday.

"There's no case here," New York University law professor Martin Guggenheim said Friday.

That seems to debunk Boeheim's theory that the accusers are out for money.[/i][/b]

No, it doesn't debunk Boeheim's theory in any way shape or for.  In the majority of false accusations, they aren't looking for a court ordered payout.  They're looking for hush money.  As this case illustrates, the damage is done well before a proper investigation takes place.  It's not the threat of legal action that causes people to settle these types of allegations.  It's the threat of going public...

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