This story is blowing my mind a little.
WABC’s Heidi Jones (you may recognize her from when she fills in on Good Morning America) was arrested after she was forced to admit to police that she lied about being raped earlier this year. In her initial report, Heidi said that she was running in Central Park when she was attacked and then raped by a Hispanic man. When the cops found absolutely no evidence supporting her rape claim, she came clean and said that she made the entire story up. According to Heidi, she thought that saying she was raped might get her a little bit of public sympathy since she was going through some unknown personal issues in her private life. Can you even imagine that kind of logic? “Things are tough at home, so I’ll just lie about being raped so that the public will make me feel good about myself.”
Disgusting.
Heidi faces up to one year in jail or a $1000 fine if convicted, but I’m hoping she gets the year in jail. She needs to made made an example of. Lying about rape anywhere, but especially in a large city like New York where actual rapes that need to be investigated are happening all the time, is completely sinister and a massive disservice to all of mankind. This doesn’t just affect female victims of rape, it affects everyone who knows them creating a chain reaction throughout our society. She should be ashamed of herself.
A-fucking-men. Gives the rest of us a bad name. She must have some sort of mental problem but I don’t care. NYC needs to throw the book at this moron.
It seems she does have a mental problem. At least she did not falsely accuse anyone. People need to know all the facts before completely condemning a person.
Oh, you stupid, dumb BITCH. This is why women who actually have that horrific, violent act done to them get put through the wringer when they go to the cops. I don’t give a shit if she’s got mental issues or not, this is beyond disgusting. She should be forced to watch real rape videos over and over to get it through her fucking head this is one of the things that should never be lied about. Ever. I have zero sympathy for this numb freak.
@leigh~ Hmmm, sounds like you’ve maybe lied about something to garner support? That’s what I’m reading into your comment.
I hope that she didn’t actually get raped :/ I know she admitted to lying, but I’ve known women personally who got raped and then basically took the story left after they were told there was nothing to support their claims. It’s sad. I’m just sort of suspicious about this story all around.