Woman sues UF fraternity brothers for videotaping sexual encounter

[CrackerBarrel]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Tinia, I also think (and I am not a lawyer) that her name was published because it's a civil suit.

In my limited knowledge of the law, which is basically Night Court, LA Law, and Law & Order, a plaintiff in a civil suit might not have a right to privacy.

Also (and finally) I don't think even if it was a criminal case that the media HAS to keep the identity of the victim secret, but most of them do to be nice.

I think the names of minors and victims of some sex crimes are legally supposed to be protected.

Originally Posted by Tinia2

otw-it may be nice if you removed the other persons page from your prior posting.

If you read carefully, I deleted the post that linked to the wrong Lauren. If you have a problem with the wrong Lauren's Facebook link up there, ask my sister to edit/delete it.

And even if I didn't already delete it, I'd probably still have that up there just because you asked me to remove it. You should know by now that no on tells OTW what to do.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel

I think the names of minors and victims of some sex crimes are legally supposed to be protected.

I think you're right about minors.

Here's what wikipedia had to say about the "rape shield" as it relates to the media: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_sh..._media_outlets

[Tinia2]

Originally Posted by OTW

If you read carefully, I deleted the post that linked to the wrong Lauren. If you have a problem with the wrong Lauren's Facebook link up there, ask my sister to edit/delete it.

And even if I didn't already delete it, I'd probably still have that up there just because you asked me to remove it. You should know by now that no on tells OTW what to do.

i just asked, i do not believe i told you to do anything. and perhaps i may have missed a deletion between the times i looked at this thread.

[Tinia2]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Tinia, I also think (and I am not a lawyer) that her name was published because it's a civil suit.

In my limited knowledge of the law, which is basically Night Court, LA Law, and Law & Order, a plaintiff in a civil suit might not have a right to privacy.

Also (and finally) I don't think even if it was a criminal case that the media HAS to keep the identity of the victim secret, but most of them do to be nice.

i agree with you. perhaps i failed to make the distinction between my very first thoughts on matter and my own follow through.

[Kevin]

If everyone could help me police this thread, I'd appreciate it if you report anything which might help identify this woman. I think that she's entitled to her privacy. If she truly was damaged, I would hate to add to any of that by being a party to further publication of something which is ordinarily a very private thing.

If we can't keep things under control, I'll have to delete the thread.

I can't tell you what the law is in Florida. I'm just not going to take a chance. I know her name is accessible, and that's fair game I guess, but I'm not going to add to this girl's worries by facilitating further intrusion into her private life. Thanks for your cooperation.

[Senusret I]

Lauren Highley has filed a civil suit. Her name is listed in the initial article. Can we not even discuss the article?

Originally Posted by Kevin

If everyone could help me police this thread, I'd appreciate it if you report anything which might help identify this woman. I think that she's entitled to her privacy. If she truly was damaged, I would hate to add to any of that by being a party to further publication of something which is ordinarily a very private thing.

If we can't keep things under control, I'll have to delete the thread.

Or you could move it to News and Politics and not have to deal with it.

And what Senusret I said.

Whatever, Kevin. Thanks for removing the links.

Good thing people know how to search Facebook and MySpace on their own. That, you cannot moderate.

[Kevin]

Absolutely. That's why this thread is still here.

And I know people can probably find her very easily on Myspace, etc. It's just that if the individual whose profile is being linked to isn't the same Lauren Highley in the article, we could be talking civil liability. Even if it was her, we could still be talking civil liability.

These dignity torts are odd critters and I'm not in a risk-taking mood tonight

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by OTW

Or you could move it to News and Politics and not have to deal with it.

And what Senusret I said.

I think it's a reasonable RM issue.

I remember a nearby chapter of my organization having an issue like this in the 90's which did some serious damage to their chapter.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by OTW

Good thing people know how to search Facebook and MySpace on their own. That, you cannot moderate.

All I can control is this forum.

Search Myspace and Facebook to your heart's content.

Originally Posted by Kevin

All I can control is this forum.

Thank God for that.

[SWTXBelle]

Back in the day, our pledges were instructed to never go up to a guy's room in a fraternity house. I'm thinking we were onto something there . . .

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Back in the day, our pledges were instructed to never go up to a guy's room in a fraternity house. I'm thinking we were onto something there . . .

In the past I've cautioned New Members about fraternity guys, especially the ones that prey on the fresh meat.

Still, given the date and the girl's age now, it seems like she was a (naive) UCF freshman who went to a frat party at UF.

[Blue Skies]

"In May 2007, the men were convicted in Alachua County court of misdemeanor voyeurism and sentenced to 10 days in jail, 50 hours of community service and a year of probation."

Sounds fair to me. But a civil suit on top of that seems excessive. Now if that video hit YouTube, I would say go for it.

I keep trying to tell myself that the frontal lobe of the brain is not fully developed until about age 24 or so. From my textbook: "Full maturation [of the frontal lobe] occurs about a year earlier in females than in males. In other words, the last part of the brain to grow up is the part capable of making rational decisions, understanding the consequences of one's actions, and putting the brakes on emotional impulses."